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MakerDAO pricing
MakerDAO publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the crypto tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, MakerDAO pricing is free. 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
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
MakerDAO 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 |
Where MakerDAO stops being free
Free, Free
- DAI minting
- Vaults
- Governance
No paid tier on record
MakerDAO lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full MakerDAO 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
- DAI Stablecoin
- Vaults
- Stability Fees
- Liquidations
- Governance
Integrations
- MKR Token
- DAI
- Spark Protocol
Platform
- Web support
People bring MakerDAO in for defi, stablecoin, lending. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to MakerDAO are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Crypto
Too few crypto tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MakerDAO (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| FTX | Free | freemium | - | vs MakerDAO |
| Huobi | Free | transaction | - | vs MakerDAO |
| CoinMarketCap | Free | freemium | - | vs MakerDAO |
| Etherscan | Free, then $49/month | freemium | - | vs MakerDAO |
| Curve Finance | Free | free | - | vs MakerDAO |
| Bybit | Free | - | - | vs MakerDAO |
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 MakerDAO badges page.
Before you pay for MakerDAO
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
MakerDAO runs on web, and is published by MakerDAO of Decentralized. The full record is on the MakerDAO review, and the rest of the category is under best crypto tools.
MakerDAO pricing questions
- How much does MakerDAO cost?
- MakerDAO publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does MakerDAO have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers dai minting, vaults, governance.
- Which crypto tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 crypto tools listed alongside MakerDAO have a free tier: FTX, Huobi, CoinMarketCap, Etherscan, Curve Finance.
- What am I actually paying for with MakerDAO?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for defi, stablecoin, lending.
- Does MakerDAO charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 MakerDAO 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 MakerDAO against before paying?
- The closest crypto tools in this directory are FTX, Huobi, CoinMarketCap, Etherscan. Each has a side-by-side comparison with MakerDAO covering price, platforms and features.