specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Akka
providerId: akka
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Actor Model
  - Distributed Systems
  - Frameworks
  - Java
  - Microservices
  - Reactive
  - Scala
description: Akka offers a hybrid commercial model. Pre-production usage and OSS/academia/startup workloads
  are free. Production workloads are licensed in two shapes - self-managed (per-core annual licensing for
  Akka SDK and Akka Libraries with custom pricing) and Akka-managed (Akka Serverless starting at $0.25
  per Akka hour, or per-region annual subscriptions for dedicated VPC deployments). Volume discounts and
  flexible multi-cloud credits are available via committed-use contracts.
sources:
  - https://akka.io/pricing
plans:
  - id: akka-development
    name: Development & Pre-Production
    type: freemium
    description: Free commercial license for pre-production workloads. Includes confidential ticket support,
      Akkademy training, liability protections, and 4-month renewals. Also free for OSS, academia, and
      startups.
    entries:
      - label: Pre-Production License
        description: Free commercial license valid for development and pre-production workloads
        name: preprod_license
        type: flat
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Commercial License (Pre-Production)
      - name: Confidential Ticket Support
      - name: Akkademy Training
      - name: Liability Protections
      - name: 4-Month Renewals
      - name: Akka SDK
      - name: Akka Libraries
  - id: akka-sdk
    name: Akka SDK (Self-Managed)
    type: subscription
    description: Per-core annual licensing for self-managed Akka SDK production deployments. Targeted at
      agentic systems with 24/7 support and technical management. Free for OSS, academia, startups, and
      pre-prod.
    entries:
      - label: Per-Core License
        description: Annual per-core subscription for self-managed Akka SDK production
        name: per_core_sdk
        type: subscription
        metric: core
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Akka SDK Production License
      - name: 24/7 Support
      - name: Technical Account Management
      - name: Agentic Systems Optimization
  - id: akka-libraries
    name: Akka Libraries (Self-Managed)
    type: subscription
    description: Per-core annual licensing for self-managed Akka Libraries production deployments. Targeted
      at distributed-systems workloads with 24/7 support and technical management.
    entries:
      - label: Per-Core License
        description: Annual per-core subscription for self-managed Akka Libraries production
        name: per_core_libraries
        type: subscription
        metric: core
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Akka Libraries Production License
      - name: 24/7 Support
      - name: Technical Account Management
      - name: Distributed Systems Coverage
  - id: akka-serverless
    name: Akka Serverless
    type: usage-based
    description: Akka-operated serverless platform billed per Akka hour. Includes active-active HA/DR,
      runtime patching, rolling updates, multi-tenancy, elastic scaling, and shared compute.
    entries:
      - label: Akka Hour
        description: Hourly metered consumption of the Akka Serverless platform
        name: akka_hour
        type: metered
        metric: akka-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'starting at $0.25 / Akka hour'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Active-Active HA/DR
      - name: Runtime Patching
      - name: Rolling Updates
      - name: Multi-Tenancy
      - name: Elastic Scaling
      - name: Shared Compute
      - name: Credit Card / Contract / AWS / GCP / Azure Marketplace Billing
  - id: akka-vpc
    name: Akka in Your VPC
    type: enterprise
    description: Akka-managed deployments inside the customer's VPC. Per-region annual subscription with
      data isolation, custom security posture, strict compliance support, and data sovereignty controls.
    entries:
      - label: Per-Region Subscription
        description: Annual subscription per managed region inside the customer VPC
        name: per_region_vpc
        type: subscription
        metric: region
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: configurable
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Data Isolation
      - name: Custom Security Posture
      - name: Strict Compliance Support
      - name: Data Sovereignty
      - name: Akka-Managed Operations
  - id: akka-committed-use
    name: Committed Use Contract
    type: enterprise
    description: Volume-discounted committed-usage contract with 24x7 white-glove support and flexible
      multi-cloud credit usage.
    entries:
      - label: Committed Spend
        description: Negotiated annual or multi-year committed-spend agreement
        name: committed_spend
        type: subscription
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Volume Discounts
      - name: 24x7 White-Glove Support
      - name: Flexible Multi-Cloud Credits
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - compute
  - negotiated
  - period
  plans:
  - name: Development & Pre-Production
    access: freemium
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Akka SDK (Self-Managed)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Akka Libraries (Self-Managed)
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Akka Serverless
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - compute
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Akka in Your VPC
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - year
  - name: Committed Use Contract
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - negotiated
    periods:
    - year