specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Redpanda
providerId: redpanda
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Streaming
  - Kafka
  - Event Streaming
  - Open Source
  - Plans
description: >-
  Redpanda is offered in two consumption models. The open-source Redpanda Community Edition (Business Source License 1.1) is free to download and self-host with all core streaming features. The commercial Redpanda Cloud is sold in three deployment topologies — Serverless (multi-tenant, usage-based), Dedicated (single-tenant on Redpanda-managed infrastructure), and BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud, deployed in the customer's account) — each priced by throughput tier with options for tiered storage. Redpanda Enterprise (self-managed) and BYOC carry a license fee with support, SSO, audit logging, and tiered storage.
notes: >-
  Reconciled at the tier level against https://www.redpanda.com/pricing and https://www.redpanda.com/redpanda-cloud on 2026-05-08. Specific dollar pricing for Dedicated and BYOC is custom-quoted; Serverless is usage-based with $100 trial credits. The price-estimator tool on redpanda.com produces project-specific quotes.
sources:
  - https://www.redpanda.com/pricing
  - https://www.redpanda.com/redpanda-cloud
  - https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/dev/licenses/bsl.md
plans:
  - id: redpanda-community
    name: Community Edition (Open Source)
    type: free
    description: >-
      Self-managed Redpanda under the Business Source License 1.1 — Kafka API, Admin API, Schema Registry, HTTP Proxy, rpk, Console (open-source). All core features required to run a streaming platform in production at no software cost. Customer pays only their own infrastructure (compute, storage, network).
    entries:
      - label: Self-Host
        name: self_host
        type: flat
        metric: cluster
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 0
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Kafka API Compatibility
      - name: Schema Registry
      - name: HTTP Proxy
      - name: rpk + Console
      - name: BSL 1.1 License
  - id: redpanda-enterprise-self-managed
    name: Enterprise (Self-Managed)
    type: enterprise
    description: >-
      Self-managed deployment of Redpanda with the Enterprise feature set — tiered storage, transparent disk encryption, SSO/OIDC, audit logging, role-based access control, AWS PrivateLink, and 24x7 support. License fee is custom-quoted by capacity, deployment, and term.
    entries:
      - label: Custom License
        name: custom_license
        type: custom
        metric: cluster
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: contact_sales
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Tiered Storage
      - name: SSO / SAML / OIDC
      - name: Audit Logging
      - name: RBAC
      - name: PrivateLink
      - name: 24x7 Support
  - id: redpanda-cloud-serverless
    name: Cloud Serverless
    type: paid
    description: >-
      Multi-tenant Redpanda Cloud clusters created on demand with no base cost; billed by usage on ingress, egress, partitions, and retained data. New trials receive $100 in credits. Aimed at variable workloads, prototypes, and bursty traffic.
    entries:
      - label: Trial Credit
        name: trial_credit
        type: flat
        metric: account
        limit: 1
        timeFrame: lifetime
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 100
        currency: USD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Usage-Based
        name: usage_based
        type: per_unit
        metric: gb-and-partition
        unit: 1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        price: contact_sales
        currency: USD
    elements:
      - name: Zero Base Cost
      - name: Multi-Tenant Hosting
      - name: Auto-Scale
      - name: Trial Credits
  - id: redpanda-cloud-dedicated
    name: Cloud Dedicated
    type: paid
    description: >-
      Single-tenant Redpanda Cloud cluster on AWS, GCP, or Azure managed by Redpanda. Priced per throughput tier (small / medium / large) by hour with separate charges for tiered storage, networking, and PrivateLink. Custom pricing per region and reserved-capacity discount available.
    entries:
      - label: Throughput-Tier Hourly
        name: throughput_tier_hourly
        type: per_unit
        metric: cluster-hour
        unit: 1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        price: contact_sales
        currency: USD
    elements:
      - name: Single-Tenant Cluster
      - name: AWS / GCP / Azure
      - name: Configurable Instance Sizes
      - name: Tiered Storage Available
      - name: Reserved-Capacity Discount
  - id: redpanda-cloud-byoc
    name: Cloud BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
    type: paid
    description: >-
      Fully managed Redpanda cluster deployed in the customer's own AWS/GCP/Azure account. Customer pays cloud infrastructure costs directly to their cloud provider; Redpanda charges a per-throughput-tier management fee. Sensitive data and credentials never leave the customer's environment.
    entries:
      - label: Management Fee per Throughput Tier
        name: byoc_management_fee
        type: custom
        metric: cluster-month
        unit: 1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        price: contact_sales
        currency: USD
    elements:
      - name: In-Tenant Deployment
      - name: Redpanda-Managed Operations
      - name: Data Sovereignty
      - name: Tiered Storage
      - name: PrivateLink Support
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com