generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: https://developer.apple.com/programs/, https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/
plan_count: 0
note: >-
  Apple publishes NO usage-priced plans for CloudKit. There is no per-request, per-GB or per-container
  price list, no free-tier quota table on any live Apple page, and no upgrade path to buy more capacity
  as a developer. Access is gated by Apple Developer Program membership instead, so the only published
  figure that touches CloudKit is the membership fee. The historical CloudKit public-database quota
  chart (asset/database/transfer allowances scaling with app users) is no longer served on
  developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/ — the only quantitative claim left there is "get up to 1PB of
  storage for your app's public data", with no tier structure behind it. plan_count is 0 because those
  are memberships, not API plans; the memberships are recorded below as context, not as plans.
pricing_url: https://developer.apple.com/programs/
usage_pricing_published: false
free_tier_quota_published: false
access_gate:
- name: Apple Developer Program
  price: '99'
  currency: USD
  period: year
  quote: '$99 annual membership'
  url: https://developer.apple.com/programs/
  note: Required to create an iCloud container, obtain a CloudKit API token, and use cktool.
- name: Apple Developer Enterprise Program
  price: '299'
  currency: USD
  period: year
  quote: 'Apple Developer Enterprise Program ($299/year)'
  url: https://developer.apple.com/programs/
  note: For private in-house distribution; also satisfies the CloudKit membership requirement.
storage_claim:
  quote: get up to 1PB of storage for your app's public data
  source: https://developer.apple.com/icloud/cloudkit/
  note: Marketing ceiling with no published tier table, no overage price and no enforcement detail.
quota_enforcement:
  signal: QUOTA_EXCEEDED (HTTP 413)
  scope: >-
    Public database — the app's quota. Private database — the end user's own iCloud storage, which the
    USER pays Apple for, not the developer.
  source: errors/cloudkit-problem-types.yml