specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: OpenMeter
providerId: openmeter
created: '2026-07-01'
modified: '2026-07-01'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Usage Metering
- Billing
- Entitlements
- CloudEvents
- Open Source
- Plans
description: >-
  OpenMeter ships as a free, Apache-2.0 open-source project you self-host, and
  as OpenMeter Cloud, a managed service. Cloud offers a free tier to get
  started, usage-based paid tiers priced on ingested/metered events, and an
  Enterprise tier with SSO, higher volumes, dedicated support, and negotiated
  terms. Exact Cloud tier prices are set on the OpenMeter pricing page and
  should be verified there; the entries below capture the shape of the tiers,
  not fixed dollar figures.
notes: >-
  Verify current OpenMeter Cloud tier names, included event volumes, and
  per-event overage rates on the pricing page during reconciliation. The
  open-source project itself is free; infrastructure (e.g. ClickHouse, Kafka)
  is self-hosted at your own cost.
sources:
- https://openmeter.io/pricing
- https://openmeter.io/docs
- https://github.com/openmeterio/openmeter
plans:
- id: openmeter-oss
  name: Open Source
  type: free
  description: >-
    Self-hosted, Apache-2.0 licensed OpenMeter. Full metering, entitlements,
    and billing surface with no license fee; you run and pay for the underlying
    infrastructure.
  entries:
  - label: Open Source License
    name: oss
    type: flat
    metric: license
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: $0 (Apache 2.0, self-hosted)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Event Ingestion (CloudEvents)
  - name: Meters and Usage Query
  - name: Entitlements, Features, Grants
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Billing and Plans
- id: openmeter-cloud-free
  name: Cloud Free
  type: free
  description: >-
    Managed OpenMeter Cloud free tier for getting started, with a capped
    monthly metered-event allowance.
  entries:
  - label: Included Metered Events
    name: cloud_free_events
    type: usage
    metric: events
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: included up to the free monthly event allowance
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Event Ingestion (CloudEvents)
  - name: Meters and Usage Query
  - name: Entitlements
  - name: Notifications
- id: openmeter-cloud-usage
  name: Cloud Usage-Based
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Managed OpenMeter Cloud paid tier billed on metered event volume above the
    included allowance, with the full metering, entitlements, and billing
    surface.
  entries:
  - label: Metered Events
    name: cloud_metered_events
    type: usage
    metric: events
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: per-1M metered events; see OpenMeter pricing page
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Event Ingestion (CloudEvents)
  - name: Meters and Usage Query
  - name: Entitlements, Features, Grants
  - name: Notifications and Webhooks
  - name: Billing, Plans, and Stripe Integration
- id: openmeter-cloud-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Volume commitments, SSO/SAML, higher throughput and retention, SLAs,
    dedicated support, and negotiated terms. Contact OpenMeter sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: SSO / SAML
  - name: High-Volume Metering
  - name: Dedicated Support and SLAs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com