specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
provider: Grist
providerId: grist
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
url: https://www.getgrist.com/pricing/
billingModel:
  type: per_user_per_month
  description: >
    Grist charges per user per month for cloud-hosted team sites. A free tier
    is available with document-level row caps and daily API call quotas. Paid
    plans (Pro and Business) scale document row limits and daily API call
    quotas. The Business plan requires a minimum of 5 users. Annual billing
    provides a 20% discount over monthly billing.
  currency: USD
  billingCadence:
    - monthly
    - annual
focusColumns:
  - ChargeCategory: Usage
  - ChargeType: Usage
  - BilledCurrency: USD
  - PricingUnit: User/Month
  - ServiceName: Grist
  - ServiceCategory: Database / Spreadsheet SaaS
meters:
  - name: User Seats
    unit: user/month
    description: >
      Primary billing dimension. Each user with access to a team site counts
      toward the per-seat charge.
    rates:
      - plan: Free
        price: 0.00
      - plan: Pro (Monthly)
        price: 10.00
      - plan: Pro (Annual)
        price: 8.00
      - plan: Business (Monthly)
        price: 30.00
      - plan: Business (Annual)
        price: 24.00
  - name: API Calls per Document
    unit: calls/document/day
    description: >
      Daily API call quota per document determines throughput capacity for
      integrations and automations.
    rates:
      - plan: Free
        limit: 5000
        overage: blocked
      - plan: Pro
        limit: 40000
        overage: blocked
      - plan: Business
        limit: 60000
        overage: blocked
  - name: Document Rows
    unit: rows/document
    description: >
      Maximum rows per document controls how much data can be stored in a
      single Grist document.
    rates:
      - plan: Free
        limit: 5000
      - plan: Pro
        limit: 100000
      - plan: Business
        limit: 150000
  - name: AI Assistant Credits
    unit: credits
    description: >
      AI Assistant credits consumed for formula assistance and AI-powered
      features within documents.
    rates:
      - plan: Free
        limit: 100
        period: lifetime
      - plan: Pro
        limit: 100
        period: monthly
      - plan: Business
        limit: 2000
        period: monthly
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >
      Grist exposes usage metrics through the pricing page and plan
      comparisons. Document-level API call counts are tracked per plan to
      help teams monitor consumption against daily quotas. Snapshot history
      retention periods are clearly defined per tier.
    practices:
      - Monitor daily API call usage per document against plan quotas
      - Track row counts per document to avoid hitting tier limits
      - Review AI Assistant credit consumption monthly (Pro/Business)
  - name: Optimization
    description: >
      Teams can optimize Grist costs by right-sizing user seats, batching
      API requests to stay within daily quotas, archiving or splitting
      documents approaching row limits, and choosing annual billing for a
      20% savings over monthly billing.
    practices:
      - Choose annual billing to save 20% vs monthly pricing
      - Batch API calls to maximize efficiency within daily quotas
      - Split large documents to stay within per-document row limits
      - Use the free Community self-hosted edition for workloads without
        SaaS requirements to eliminate per-seat costs entirely
      - Right-size team seats; Business plan requires minimum 5 users