generated: '2026-08-16'
method: searched
source: https://connect.gala.com/info/swagger.json (info.description, "GalaChain Fees"
  section) + https://galachain.com/ + https://gateway-mainnet.galachain.com/docs
plan_count: 0
summary: >-
  Gala publishes no API plans, no tiers, no free/paid split and no API pricing page.
  There is nothing to sign up and pay for: the GalaChain Gateway, Block Explorer and
  DeFi backend read endpoints are open and uncredentialed, and GalaConnect requires a
  wallet rather than a subscription. The commercial model is not API pricing at all —
  it is per-transaction gas denominated in the GALA token, charged on chain.
plans: []
monetization:
  model: per-transaction on-chain fees
  currency: GALA
  unit: token
  summary: >-
    Some GalaChain operations carry a fee. The fee is quoted per operation, not per
    plan, and is discoverable programmatically rather than from a pricing page.
  quote_mechanism:
    description: Append /fee to any GalaConnect route path and POST the same body with
      signature and uniqueKey omitted. The response is the fee schedule for that exact
      operation with those exact arguments.
    example_request: POST https://api-galaswap.gala.com/v1/RequestTokenSwap/fee
    example_response_fields:
    - fees[].type
    - fees[].operationName
    - fees[].galaChainMethod
    - fees[].channel
    - fees[].fee
    - fees[].feeInGala
    - fees[].feeToken
    note: The /fee routes are deliberately absent from the OpenAPI; the rule applies
      to every route.
  fee_types:
  - id: galachain_automatic
    charged: automatically deducted from wallet balance when the operation commits
    caller_action: none
  - id: galachain_cross_channel_authorization
    charged: must be authorized and paid in advance
    caller_action: POST /v1/channels/{channel}/AuthorizeFee, which burns GALA on the
      asset channel and credits a fee allowance on the target channel. Can be batched
      — authorize ten GALA once, then perform ten one-GALA transfers.
    when: operations on channels other than asset, commonly NFT operations on per-game
      channels
  - id: project-token creation fee
    charged: levied in addition to chaincode fees when creating a project token
    caller_action: quote via POST /v1/CreateProjectToken/fee
    note: The docs are explicit that this is a separate concept from chaincode fees.
  observed_example:
    operation: RequestTokenSwap
    fee: '1'
    fee_token: GALA|Unit|none|none
    source: worked example published in the GalaConnect API description
  on_chain_reference: openapi/gala-games-galachain-asset-fee-contract-openapi.json
access_gates:
- surface: GalaChain Gateway read + write
  gate: none for reads; a registered on-chain public key and a signed DTO for writes
  cost: no subscription; per-operation GALA fees may apply
- surface: GalaConnect API
  gate: a Gala account (games.gala.com) or a headless wallet created via POST /v1/CreateHeadlessWallet
  cost: no subscription; per-operation GALA fees may apply
- surface: Gala Block Explorer API
  gate: none observed
  cost: free
- surface: Gala DeFi Backend API
  gate: none for public trade/explore/market endpoints; X-Api-Key for admin endpoints
  cost: free
- surface: chaincode deployment
  gate: developer registration via `galachain register`, then chaincode submitted for
    automated review before it may run on testnet
  cost: not published
note: >-
  plan_count is 0 as a finding, not as a gap in this pass. Gala genuinely sells no API
  plans. Recording a zero here is the accurate measurement for a chain provider whose
  pricing is gas, and it should not be read as "pricing not found".