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Frappe pricing
Frappe 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.
As of 31 August 2026, Frappe pricing is free, then $5/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $5/month
- Model
- Per month by site or server
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Frappe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Framework, self-hosted | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Frappe Cloud Sites | $5/month | 6 | +$5/month, 6 more features |
| Frappe Cloud Servers | $40/month | 5 | +$35/month, 5 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.
Framework, self-hosted
FreeThe entry tier. It covers mit licensed, no licence fee, install with bench on your own linux servers, you carry updates, backups and security patching, full access to every app in the ecosystem.
Frappe Cloud Sites
$5/monthOver Framework, self-hosted, this tier adds:
- Also listed at ₹410 per month
- Shared servers with 150+ installable apps
- Automatic updates and offsite backups
- Custom domains, SSH access and monitoring
- Multi-region hosting
- 14-day free trial
Frappe Cloud Servers
$40/monthOver Frappe Cloud Sites, this tier adds:
- Also listed at ₹3,600 per month
- Dedicated or shared virtual machines
- Unlimited sites on your server
- Server analytics, auto-scaling and expandable storage
- Choice of cloud provider and region
Where Frappe stops being free
Framework, self-hosted, Free
- MIT licensed, no licence fee
- Install with bench on your own Linux servers
- You carry updates, backups and security patching
- Full access to every app in the ecosystem
Frappe Cloud Sites, $5/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Also listed at ₹410 per month
- Shared servers with 150+ installable apps
- Automatic updates and offsite backups
- Custom domains, SSH access and monitoring
- Multi-region hosting
- 14-day free trial
What the product covers
The full Frappe 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.
Other
- DocType modelling
- Role and field permissions
- Built-in REST API
- Background jobs
- Bench CLI
- Frappe Cloud hosting
- App marketplace
- Multi-tenancy
People bring Frappe in for a team building an internal business application that needs permissions, audit trail and an api on day one rather than in month three, an erpnext user who wants managed hosting, automatic updates and offsite backups without hiring a systems administrator, an indian or emerging-market business that wants to pay for application hosting in local currency at local price points, a consultancy shipping custom vertical apps to clients on a shared framework with per-client site isolation. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Frappe are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Developer Tools
Across the 5 developer tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $99/month. Frappe starts at $5/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frappe (this page) | Free, then $5/month | Per month by site or server | - | |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Frappe |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs Frappe |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs Frappe |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs Frappe |
| Restate | Free, then $300/month | Per month by durable action count | - | vs Frappe |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Frappe |
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 Frappe badges page.
Before you pay for Frappe
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 $40/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.
Frappe runs on web, linux, docker, and is published by Frappe Technologies Pvt Ltd of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The full record is on the Frappe review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
Frappe pricing questions
- How much does Frappe cost?
- Frappe publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Framework, self-hosted up to $40/month for Frappe Cloud Servers. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Frappe have a free plan?
- Yes. The Framework, self-hosted tier costs nothing and covers mit licensed, no licence fee, install with bench on your own linux servers, you carry updates, backups and security patching. Paying starts at $5/month for Frappe Cloud Sites.
- What is the difference between Framework, self-hosted and Frappe Cloud Sites on Frappe?
- Frappe Cloud Sites costs $5/month against Free, and adds also listed at ₹410 per month, shared servers with 150+ installable apps, automatic updates and offsite backups, custom domains, ssh access and monitoring.
- Is the Frappe Cloud Servers plan on Frappe worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is also listed at ₹3,600 per month, dedicated or shared virtual machines, unlimited sites on your server, server analytics, auto-scaling and expandable storage. It costs $40/month against $5/month for Frappe Cloud Sites. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Frappe expensive for a developer tools tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 developer tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $99/month; Frappe starts at $5/month.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside Frappe have a free tier: Tilt, Hookdeck, Jitsu, Ona (formerly Gitpod), Restate.
- What am I actually paying for with Frappe?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a team building an internal business application that needs permissions, audit trail and an api on day one rather than in month three, an erpnext user who wants managed hosting, automatic updates and offsite backups without hiring a systems administrator, an indian or emerging-market business that wants to pay for application hosting in local currency at local price points.
- Does Frappe 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 Frappe 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 Frappe against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Tilt, Hookdeck, Jitsu, Ona (formerly Gitpod). Each has a side-by-side comparison with Frappe covering price, platforms and features.