specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: ReqKey
providerId: reqkey
created: '2026-08-09'
modified: '2026-08-09'
generated: '2026-08-09'
method: searched
reconciled: true
tags:
  - API Management
  - Usage Metering
  - Rate Limiting
description: >-
  ReqKey prices on a single meter — a request, defined as one key validation
  (/key/validate) or one logged traffic event (/ingest). Nothing else is billed:
  teams, consumers, projects, APIs, keys and dashboard activity all draw from the
  same request pool, which is why seats are free. Pro is a prepaid volume ladder
  paid up front and billed monthly with no annual contract. Crossing an
  allowance never hard-stops traffic and the overage is never billed. Captured
  verbatim from the published pricing page on 2026-08-09.
sources:
  - https://www.reqkey.com/pricing
billing:
  meter: request
  meter_definition: one key validation OR one logged API call shipped to /ingest
  cadence: monthly, paid up front
  annual_contract: false
  per_seat_fees: false
  overage_billed: false
  hard_stop_at_allowance: false
  tier_changes: instant, in both directions; unused requests carry into the first month on an upgrade
  processor: Paddle
plans:
  - id: reqkey-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    price: 0
    currency: USD
    period: month
    description: For side projects and first launches. No credit card required.
    entries:
      - {label: Included requests, name: requests, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 100000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 0}
      - {label: API keys, name: keys, type: quota, metric: keys, limit: 1000, timeFrame: concurrent, unit: 1, price: 0}
      - {label: APIs, name: apis, type: quota, metric: apis, limit: -1, timeFrame: concurrent, unit: 1, price: 0}
    features:
      - 100,000 free requests every month
      - 1,000 API keys
      - Unlimited APIs
      - Single-member workspace
  - id: reqkey-pro
    name: Pro
    type: usage-based
    price: 25
    currency: USD
    period: month
    description: >-
      For APIs in production with real customers. Prepaid volume tiers from
      500K to 50M requests per month; the per-million rate falls as volume grows.
    entries:
      - {label: 500K requests, name: pro_500k, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 500000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 25, per_million: 50}
      - {label: 1M requests, name: pro_1m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 1000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 50, per_million: 50}
      - {label: 2M requests, name: pro_2m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 2000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 75, per_million: 37.5}
      - {label: 5M requests, name: pro_5m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 5000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 150, per_million: 30}
      - {label: 10M requests, name: pro_10m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 10000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 200, per_million: 20}
      - {label: 25M requests, name: pro_25m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 25000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 350, per_million: 14}
      - {label: 50M requests, name: pro_50m, type: quota, metric: requests, limit: 50000000, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: 500, per_million: 10}
      - {label: API keys, name: keys, type: quota, metric: keys, limit: 100000, timeFrame: concurrent, unit: 1, price: 0}
    features:
      - 100,000 API keys
      - Unlimited consumers, projects & APIs
      - Key validations + traffic logs on one meter
      - Teams included — no per-seat fees
      - 30-day traffic logs
      - 180-day audit logs
      - Analytics API for your own user dashboards
      - No hard cutoffs when you cross your plan
  - id: reqkey-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: custom
    price: null
    currency: USD
    period: month
    description: For 100M+ requests a month. Everything in Pro, sized to your traffic.
    entries:
      - {label: Volume pricing past 50M requests, name: enterprise_volume, type: metered, metric: requests, limit: -1, timeFrame: month, unit: 1, price: contact-sales}
    features:
      - Everything in Pro
      - Volume pricing past 50M requests
      - Unlimited projects & APIs
      - SLA & custom contracts
      - Dedicated support
    contact: https://www.reqkey.com/contact
data_retention:
  traffic_logs: 30 days (Pro)
  audit_logs: 180 days (Pro)
signup: https://www.reqkey.com/sign-in?mode=signup