specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Alchemy
providerId: alchemy
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Web3
- Blockchain
- RPC
- NFT
- Indexing
- Account Abstraction
- Plans
description: Alchemy uses a tiered Compute Unit (CU) model. Each plan includes a monthly
  CU allowance plus per-second CU throughput. Overages are billed at published per-CU
  rates on paid plans.
notes: CU costs vary per RPC method; Data APIs have separate per-call pricing. Verify
  against alchemy.com/pricing.
sources:
- https://www.alchemy.com/pricing
- https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/throughput
- https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/compute-units
plans:
- id: alchemy-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: Free plan with monthly compute unit allotment for individuals and prototyping.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Compute Units
    name: monthly_cus
    type: included
    metric: compute_units
    limit: 100000000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: All public chains
  - name: Community support
- id: alchemy-growth
  name: Growth
  type: paid
  description: Paid tier for production with higher CU allotment, archive node access,
    debug tracing, and overages.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: monthly_subscription
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: 1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 49
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Monthly Compute Units
    name: monthly_cus
    type: included
    metric: compute_units
    limit: 1500000000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Overage
    name: overage_per_million_cu
    type: overage
    metric: compute_units
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: see pricing page
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Archive Data
  - name: Debug & Trace APIs
  - name: Email Support
- id: alchemy-scale
  name: Scale
  type: paid
  description: Higher-volume tier with more throughput, dedicated capacity, and priority
    support.
  entries:
  - label: Monthly Subscription
    name: monthly_subscription
    type: flat
    metric: subscription
    limit: 1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 289
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Monthly Compute Units
    name: monthly_cus
    type: included
    metric: compute_units
    limit: 4000000000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Higher CU/sec
  - name: Priority Support
  - name: Reserved capacity
- id: alchemy-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: Custom pricing with dedicated infrastructure, SLAs, and SOC 2 Type
    II.
  entries:
  - label: Custom
    name: custom
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Dedicated Nodes
  - name: Custom SLAs
  - name: SOC 2 Type II
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com