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Appwrite pricing
Appwrite publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $15/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Appwrite plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Cloud Pro | $15/month | 2 | +$15/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Cloud Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 75k mau, 10gb storage, unlimited projects.
Cloud Pro
$15/monthOver Cloud Free, this tier adds:
- More storage
- Priority support
Where Appwrite stops being free
Cloud Free, Free
- 75K MAU
- 10GB storage
- Unlimited projects
Cloud Pro, $15/month
The first thing you pay for:
- More storage
- Priority support
What the product covers
The full Appwrite feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- REST API
- Authentication
- Database
Integrations
- Multiple SDKs
- Cloud functions
- File storage
Platform
- Docker support
- Self-hosted support
- Cloud support
- Kubernetes support
People bring Appwrite in for api development, api gateway, api testing, api documentation, microservices. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Appwrite are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in API Management
Across the 4 api management tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $1000/month. Appwrite starts at $15/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appwrite (this page) | Free, then $15/month | - | - | |
| Backendless | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Appwrite |
| Asyncapi | Free | open-source | - | vs Appwrite |
| Akana | $2500/monthly | subscription | - | vs Appwrite |
| Boomi API Management | $1500/monthly | subscription | - | vs Appwrite |
| AWS API Gateway | Free | usage-based | - | vs Appwrite |
| Apigee | $500/monthly | subscription | - | vs Appwrite |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Appwrite badges page.
Before you pay for Appwrite
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $15/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Appwrite runs on cloud (managed), self-hosted, docker, and is published by Appwrite of Global. The full record is on the Appwrite review, and the rest of the category is under best api management tools.
Appwrite pricing questions
- How much does Appwrite cost?
- Appwrite publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Cloud Free up to $15/month for Cloud Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Appwrite have a free plan?
- Yes. The Cloud Free tier costs nothing and covers 75k mau, 10gb storage, unlimited projects. Paying starts at $15/month for Cloud Pro.
- What is the difference between Cloud Free and Cloud Pro on Appwrite?
- Cloud Pro costs $15/month against Free, and adds more storage, priority support.
- Is Appwrite expensive for a api management tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 api management tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $1000/month; Appwrite starts at $15/month.
- Which api management tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 7 api management tools listed alongside Appwrite have a free tier: Backendless, Asyncapi, AWS API Gateway, Microsoft Azure API Management.
- What am I actually paying for with Appwrite?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for api development, api gateway, api testing.
- Does Appwrite charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Appwrite prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Appwrite against before paying?
- The closest api management tools in this directory are Backendless, Asyncapi, Akana, Boomi API Management. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Appwrite covering price, platforms and features.