specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: The Graph
providerId: the-graph
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:
- Web3
- Indexing
- GraphQL
- Subgraphs
- Multi-chain
- Plans
description: The Graph charges per query at the gateway. The Free plan includes 100k
  queries/month; thereafter queries are billed in USD (or GRT on the decentralized
  network). Token API and Substreams have separate metering.
notes: Verify against thegraph.com/billing.
sources:
- https://thegraph.com/billing
- https://thegraph.com/docs/en/billing/
plans:
- id: the-graph-free
  name: Free
  type: free
  description: Free tier with 100k subgraph queries/month.
  entries:
  - label: Free Queries
    name: free_queries
    type: included
    metric: queries
    limit: 100000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Subgraph Queries
  - name: Hosted Gateway
- id: the-graph-growth
  name: Growth (Pay-as-you-go)
  type: paid
  description: Per-query billing once Free quota is exhausted. $4 per 100k queries
    on the Pinned Mainnet gateway (verify).
  entries:
  - label: Per-Query Rate
    name: query_rate
    type: metered
    metric: queries
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 100000
    price: 4
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Email Support
  - name: Higher Quotas
- id: the-graph-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: Custom enterprise contracts including dedicated Substreams capacity
    and Token API volume discounts.
  entries:
  - label: Custom
    name: custom
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Dedicated Substreams
  - name: Volume Discount
  - name: SLAs
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com