specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Pocket Network
providerId: pocket-network
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Pocket Network
  - Grove
  - PATH
  - RPC
  - Pricing
description: 'Reconciled plans for the Grove portal (the dominant gateway on Pocket Network Shannon)
  and the underlying protocol-level wholesale pricing. Source: grove.city/pricing, pocket.network,
  and the on-chain Shannon tokenomics parameters.'
sources:
  - https://grove.city/pricing
  - https://pocket.network/
  - https://docs.pokt.network/
  - https://path.grove.city/
plans:
  - id: grove-free-public
    name: Grove Public Endpoints
    type: free
    description: No-API-key public endpoints per chain (e.g. eth.rpc.grove.city/v1). Intended for
      development; throttled per IP.
    entries:
      - label: Relays
        name: relays
        type: included
        metric: relay
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 69+ supported chains
      - name: No API key required
      - name: Shared per-IP rate limit
      - name: Best-effort QoS
      - name: Free public RPCs with 99.9% uptime target
  - id: grove-portal-paid
    name: Grove Portal — Pay-As-You-Go
    type: usage-based
    description: Authenticated Grove portal applications with dedicated quotas, dashboards, and
      relay analytics. Billed per relay.
    entries:
      - label: Relays
        name: relays
        type: metered
        metric: relay
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1000000
        price: '1.00'
        userMultiplied: false
        description: $1 per 1,000,000 relays (limited-time promo via RELAY2025 valid through Jan 1, 2026).
    elements:
      - name: 69+ supported chains
      - name: Per-application API keys with portal-managed Application IDs
      - name: Relay analytics dashboard
      - name: Authenticated bearer or whitelist controls
      - name: Custom rate limits per application
      - name: Service-level support
  - id: grove-enterprise
    name: Grove Enterprise
    type: contract
    description: Negotiated agreements for high-volume teams, dedicated PATH gateways, archive node
      access, custom chain support, and SLAs.
    entries:
      - label: Custom
        name: relays
        type: contract
        metric: relay
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: Call
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Dedicated PATH gateway deployment
      - name: Custom service onboarding
      - name: Archive and debug/trace method support where available
      - name: SLA-backed availability
      - name: Direct supplier relationships
      - name: Premium support
  - id: pocket-network-wholesale
    name: Pocket Network Wholesale (Non-Profit)
    type: usage-based
    description: Protocol-level wholesale rate offered by the Pocket Network Foundation to public
      goods and non-profit consumers. Compute-unit based on-chain pricing.
    entries:
      - label: Compute Units
        name: compute_units
        type: metered
        metric: compute_unit
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1000000000
        price: '1.00'
        userMultiplied: false
        description: $1 per 1,000,000,000 compute units (1 CU = $0.000000001 USD).
    elements:
      - name: Direct on-chain settlement in POKT
      - name: 97.5% mint ratio (deflationary post-PIP-41)
      - name: Permissionless service registration
      - name: F-Chains public-data program