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Jitsu pricing
Jitsu publishes 4 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, Jitsu pricing is free, then $99/month across 4 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 $99/month
- Model
- Per month by event volume
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Jitsu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Cloud Free | Free | 5 | +$0/month, 5 more features |
| Business | $99/month | 5 | +$99/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
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.
Open Source
FreeThe entry tier. It covers mit licence, self-host on any cloud, no usage limits, community support.
Cloud Free
FreeOver Open Source, this tier adds:
- Unlimited captured events
- 200,000 active events per month
- Manual connector runs only
- 1 daily active sync
- ClickHouse access and event debugger
Business
$99/monthOver Cloud Free, this tier adds:
- 2,000,000 active events per month
- $40 per additional million events
- Hourly connector sync frequency
- 5 monthly active syncs, $20 each thereafter
- Unlimited destinations
Enterprise
On requestOver Business, this tier adds:
- Custom event volume
- One minute sync frequency
- Unlimited active syncs
- Private cloud or on-premises deployment
- Quoted pricing
Where Jitsu stops being free
Open Source, Free
- MIT licence
- Self-host on any cloud
- No usage limits
- Community support
Business, $99/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 2,000,000 active events per month
- $40 per additional million events
- Hourly connector sync frequency
- 5 monthly active syncs, $20 each thereafter
- Unlimited destinations
What the product covers
The full Jitsu 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
- Event collection
- Warehouse destinations
- Connector syncs
- Transformations
- Bundled ClickHouse
- Event debugger
- Self-hosting
- Custom domains
People bring Jitsu in for a team paying five figures a year to a customer data platform when all it actually does is send events to snowflake, an engineering group that needs event collection running inside its own vpc for data residency or security review reasons, a product analytics setup that wants raw events in the warehouse as the source of truth rather than trapped in a vendor tool, a startup that needs first-party event collection on its own domain to reduce loss from tracker blocking without paying cdp prices. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Jitsu 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 $39/month. Jitsu starts at $99/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsu (this page) | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Jitsu |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs Jitsu |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs Jitsu |
| Restate | Free, then $300/month | Per month by durable action count | - | vs Jitsu |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Jitsu |
| Frappe | Free, then $5/month | Per month by site or server | - | vs Jitsu |
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 Jitsu badges page.
Before you pay for Jitsu
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: 4 tiers between Free and On request, 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.
Jitsu runs on web, linux, docker, kubernetes, ios, android, and is published by Jitsu of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Jitsu review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
Jitsu pricing questions
- How much does Jitsu cost?
- Jitsu publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Open Source up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Jitsu have a free plan?
- Yes. The Open Source tier costs nothing and covers mit licence, self-host on any cloud, no usage limits. Paying starts at $99/month for Business.
- What is the difference between Open Source and Cloud Free on Jitsu?
- Cloud Free costs Free against Free, and adds unlimited captured events, 200,000 active events per month, manual connector runs only, 1 daily active sync.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Jitsu worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom event volume, one minute sync frequency, unlimited active syncs, private cloud or on-premises deployment. It costs On request against $99/month for Business. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Jitsu expensive for a developer tools tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 developer tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $39/month; Jitsu starts at $99/month.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside Jitsu have a free tier: Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod), Restate, Cloud Native Buildpacks.
- What am I actually paying for with Jitsu?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a team paying five figures a year to a customer data platform when all it actually does is send events to snowflake, an engineering group that needs event collection running inside its own vpc for data residency or security review reasons, a product analytics setup that wants raw events in the warehouse as the source of truth rather than trapped in a vendor tool.
- Does Jitsu charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 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 Jitsu 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 Jitsu against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod), Restate. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Jitsu covering price, platforms and features.