specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Evidence
providerId: evidence-dev
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Business Intelligence
- BI as Code
- SQL
- Markdown
- Data Apps
- Open Source
- Plans
description: >-
  Evidence has two commercial shapes. The open-source framework (Evidence core,
  including the Universal SQL / DuckDB query layer) is free under the MIT license and
  can be self-hosted on Netlify, Vercel, or your own infrastructure at no charge.
  Evidence Cloud is the managed hosting product priced per developer/user per month
  with bundled monthly AI credits and metered overage on additional credits. Because
  Evidence is a framework/CLI rather than a metered REST API, there are no per-token
  or per-request API rates; pricing is seat-based plus AI-credit usage. Specific
  Evidence Cloud tier figures are captured here as published but are not reconciled.
notes: >-
  Open-source core is MIT-licensed and free. Evidence Cloud tier prices and AI-credit
  allowances below reflect the public pricing page at the time of writing and should
  be re-verified at https://evidence.dev/pricing during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://evidence.dev/pricing
- https://docs.evidence.dev/
- https://github.com/evidence-dev/evidence
plans:
- id: evidence-open-source
  name: Open Source (MIT)
  type: free
  description: >-
    The full Evidence framework - SQL + Markdown authoring, the Universal SQL /
    DuckDB-WASM query layer, and static-site build - free under the MIT license and
    self-hostable anywhere.
  entries:
  - label: Open-Source Framework
    name: open_source_framework
    type: free
    metric: license
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (MIT license)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: SQL + Markdown Framework
  - name: Universal SQL / DuckDB Query Layer
  - name: Static Site Build (Svelte/Vite)
  - name: Self-Hosting (Netlify / Vercel / own server)
- id: evidence-cloud-team
  name: Evidence Cloud Team
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Managed hosting for Evidence projects with unlimited users and a bundled monthly
    AI-credit allowance per user.
  entries:
  - label: Team Seat
    name: team_seat
    type: flat
    metric: user
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $15 per user/month
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: AI Credits (included)
    name: team_ai_credits
    type: usage
    metric: ai_credits
    limit: 1000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 1,000 AI credits/user/month included
    userMultiplied: true
  elements:
  - name: Managed Hosting
  - name: Managed Query Engine
  - name: Scheduled Data Syncs
  - name: AI Authoring Assistance
- id: evidence-cloud-pro
  name: Evidence Cloud Pro
  type: paid
  description: >-
    Everything in Team plus a larger bundled monthly AI-credit allowance per user.
  entries:
  - label: Pro Seat
    name: pro_seat
    type: flat
    metric: user
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $25 per user/month
    userMultiplied: true
  - label: AI Credits (included)
    name: pro_ai_credits
    type: usage
    metric: ai_credits
    limit: 3000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 3,000 AI credits/user/month included
    userMultiplied: true
  elements:
  - name: Everything in Team
  - name: Higher AI Credit Allowance
- id: evidence-cloud-enterprise
  name: Evidence Cloud Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom per-user pricing with a custom AI-credit volume, plus enterprise terms,
    security, and support. Contact Evidence sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: custom per user/month - contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom AI Credit Volume
  - name: Row-Level Security
  - name: Enterprise Support
- id: evidence-ai-credit-overage
  name: AI Credit Overage
  type: usage
  description: >-
    AI credits consumed beyond the included monthly allowance are billed per credit
    across all paid tiers.
  entries:
  - label: Additional AI Credits
    name: ai_credit_overage
    type: usage
    metric: ai_credits
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0.01 per credit
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Metered AI Credits
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com