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Pay As You Go Pricing FAQ

Pay As You Go Pricing FAQ Our goal is to accelerate development onchain by providing the most developer-friendly web3 infrastructure pricing. We firmly believe that costs shouldn't be a barrier to building innovative apps onchain. We've worked hard to optimize our infrastructure to reduce our costs,...

Our goal is to accelerate development onchain by providing the most developer-friendly web3 infrastructure pricing.

We firmly believe that costs shouldn't be a barrier to building innovative apps onchain. We've worked hard to optimize our infrastructure to reduce our costs, and we're excited to pass on those savings to you.

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This FAQ answers what you need to know about our Pay As You Go plan.

  1. What is Pay As You Go plan? Pay As You Go is our new pricing plan. You only pay for what you use, with no platform fees. All usage is billed at a flat rate of $0.525 per million Compute Units.

  2. When is Pay As You Go plan available? Pay As You Go is available now.

  3. What does Pay As You Go plan include? Check out alchemy.com/pricing for full details.

  4. How do I calculate my costs under the Pay As You Go plan? Pay As You Go is billed at a flat $0.525 per million Compute Units across all usage.

    For an app using 120M Compute Units / month:
 
- You pay 120 * $0.525 = $63/month
 
For an app using 460M Compute Units / month:
 
- You pay 460 * $0.525 = $241.50/month

  5. How do Compute Units work? Each API request uses Compute Units (CUs) based on its complexity. Check out this breakdown of Alchemy's compute unit costs per method, chain, and product. On average, one API request uses about 25 CUs, though this can vary. For example, 4M requests typically use around 100M CUs.

  6. How does Pay As You Go plan work for Gas Manager?

    Check out alchemy.com/pricing for full details.

  7. How does this impact Enterprise plans? Enterprise plans remain unchanged.

  8. How do I make sure I don't spend more than I'm willing to? Once on the Pay As You Go plan, head to Billing Settings in your dashboard and set a Usage Limit — either as a Compute Unit amount or its dollar equivalent. Your usage will be capped at that limit and you won't be charged beyond it.

  9. What do I need to know if I'm an existing Scale or Growth Customer? All Growth and Scale plans transitioned to Pay As You Go on February 1st, 2025.

  10. I'm a free plan user! What happens after I hit 30M Compute Units?

We offer the most generous free plan in the industry. Our free plan gives you 3x the capacity to build for free compared to competitors, giving you massive computing power and throughput to start building right away.

When you're ready to scale beyond 30M Compute Units per month, Pay As You Go plan provides a seamless path forward with a competitive flat rate.

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