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Etherscan pricing
Etherscan publishes 3 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
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Etherscan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Standard | $199/month | 2 | +$199/month, 2 more features |
| Pro | $399/month | 2 | +$200/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.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers block explorer, 5 api calls/sec, basic analytics.
Standard
$199/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 10 API calls/sec
- Advanced APIs
Pro
$399/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- 30 API calls/sec
- Priority support
Where Etherscan stops being free
Free, Free
- Block explorer
- 5 API calls/sec
- Basic analytics
Standard, $199/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 10 API calls/sec
- Advanced APIs
What the product covers
The full Etherscan 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
- Block Explorer
- Transaction Tracking
- Token Tracker
- Contract Verification
- Gas Tracker
Integrations
- Ethereum mainnet
- Testnets
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
People bring Etherscan in for looking up ethereum transactions, addresses and token transfers in a block explorer, reading and verifying deployed smart contract source code, pulling on-chain data into an application through the explorer api. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Etherscan are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Etherscan
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: 3 tiers between Free and $399/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.
Etherscan runs on web, api, and is published by Etherscan of Malaysia. The full record is on the Etherscan review.
Etherscan pricing questions
- How much does Etherscan cost?
- Etherscan publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $399/month for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Etherscan have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers block explorer, 5 api calls/sec, basic analytics. Paying starts at $199/month for Standard.
- What is the difference between Free and Standard on Etherscan?
- Standard costs $199/month against Free, and adds 10 api calls/sec, advanced apis.
- Is the Pro plan on Etherscan worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 30 api calls/sec, priority support. It costs $399/month against $199/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Etherscan?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for looking up ethereum transactions, addresses and token transfers in a block explorer, reading and verifying deployed smart contract source code, pulling on-chain data into an application through the explorer api.
- Does Etherscan charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 Etherscan 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 Etherscan against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Etherscan to make a useful price comparison.