specification: API Commons Plans specificationVersion: '0.1' schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans provider: Plandex providerId: plandex created: '2026-05-29' modified: '2026-05-29' tags: - AI Coding Agent - Developer Tools - CLI - LLM - Open Source - Pricing - Self-Hosted description: >- Machine-readable plans and pricing for the Plandex commercial surface. Plandex is open source (MIT) and free to self-host. The hosted Plandex Cloud offering is winding down as of 2025-10-03 and is no longer accepting new users — its tiers are retained here as a historical record of the BYO API Key Mode and Integrated Models Mode billing surface. Conforms to the API Commons Plans schema. status: historical plans: - id: plandex-self-hosted name: Self-Hosted / Local Mode type: open-source description: >- Free, MIT-licensed Plandex server + CLI run locally with Docker. Users bring their own model-provider API keys (OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI Studio, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Ollama, or any OpenAI-compatible custom provider). All model costs accrue with the chosen upstream provider. entries: - label: Plandex Server description: Unlimited self-hosted Plandex server (Docker container) and Postgres database. name: server type: feature metric: instances limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - http://localhost:8099 unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Plandex CLI description: Unlimited installs of the Plandex CLI / pdx alias and REPL on developer machines. name: cli type: feature metric: installs limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - https://plandex.ai/install.sh unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Plans description: Unlimited plans, branches, and conversation history. name: plans type: feature metric: plans limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - http://localhost:8099 unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Public Documentation - name: Community Support (Discord, GitHub Discussions) - name: MIT License - name: Docker self-host - name: BYO model provider API keys - name: All built-in model packs - name: Custom models + custom providers - name: Plandex Server REST API - name: 2M-token effective context window - name: Tree-sitter file maps (30+ languages) - name: Cumulative diff sandbox - name: Git integration - name: Browser debugging (Chrome required) - id: plandex-cloud-byo name: Plandex Cloud — BYO API Key Mode (Historical) type: paid description: >- Hosted Plandex with user-supplied model-provider API keys. Free trial up to 10 plans and 20 model responses per plan, then $30/month. Winding down as of 2025-10-03; no new users. status: deprecated deprecatedAt: '2025-10-03' entries: - label: Free Trial description: Free trial with capped plans and model responses. name: trial-plans type: trial metric: plans limit: 10 timeFrame: trial geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Free Trial — Responses Per Plan description: Maximum model responses per plan during the free trial. name: trial-responses type: trial metric: model_responses_per_plan limit: 20 timeFrame: trial geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Paid Subscription description: Monthly subscription after the trial; model usage billed directly to the user's own provider accounts. name: subscription type: subscription metric: months limit: 1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '30.00' userMultiplied: true elements: - name: Hosted Plandex server description: Plandex AI managed the server and database. - name: BYO model provider API keys - name: All built-in model packs - name: Email + community support - id: plandex-cloud-integrated name: Plandex Cloud — Integrated Models Mode (Historical) type: paid description: >- Hosted Plandex with integrated model billing. $10 trial includes $10 in credits. After the trial, $45/month includes $20 in credits per month that never expire. Credits were deducted at the upstream model's price plus a small markup to cover card processing. Winding down as of 2025-10-03; no new users. status: deprecated deprecatedAt: '2025-10-03' entries: - label: Paid Trial description: $10 one-time trial that includes $10 in usable Plandex credits. name: trial type: trial metric: credits_usd limit: 10 timeFrame: trial geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '10.00' userMultiplied: false - label: Monthly Subscription description: Monthly paid plan that bundles $20 of non-expiring credits each billing cycle. name: subscription type: subscription metric: months limit: 1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '45.00' userMultiplied: true - label: Included Monthly Credits description: Plandex credits included each billing cycle for use against integrated model providers. name: monthly-credits type: included-allowance metric: credits_usd limit: 20 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: '0.00' userMultiplied: true - label: Pay-as-you-go Credits description: Additional credits purchased via auto-recharge or one-off top-up; billed via Stripe. name: additional-credits type: metered metric: credits_usd limit: -1 timeFrame: month geo: global domains: - https://app.plandex.ai unit: 1 price: pass-through-plus-markup userMultiplied: false elements: - name: Hosted Plandex server - name: Integrated billing for OpenAI, OpenRouter (Anthropic / Google / open source), Google Vertex (Gemini / Anthropic), Relace - name: Auto-recharge + monthly budget controls - name: Email notification thresholds - name: Stripe payment processing maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com