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Parse Server pricing
Parse Server publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the apis tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Parse Server 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
- Open-source
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Parse Server 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 | 2 | Entry tier |
Where Parse Server stops being free
Open Source, Free
- Self-hosted Parse Server
- Community support
No paid tier on record
Parse Server lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Parse Server 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
- REST API
- GraphQL API
- Authentication
Integrations
- Node.js
- Cloud functions
- File storage
- Webhooks
Platform
- Node.js support
- Self-hosted support
- Docker support
People bring Parse Server in for api development, api gateway, api testing, api documentation, microservices. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Parse Server are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in APIs
Too few apis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parse Server (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Mambu | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
| Fintech Farm | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
| Flybits | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
| Neonomics | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
| Brite Payments | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
| Meniga | On request | quote | - | vs Parse Server |
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 Parse Server badges page.
Before you pay for Parse Server
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.
Parse Server runs on node.js, express, rest api, graphql api, and is published by Parse Foundation of Global. The full record is on the Parse Server review, and the rest of the category is under best apis tools.
Parse Server pricing questions
- How much does Parse Server cost?
- Parse Server publishes a single tier, Open Source, at Free.
- Does Parse Server have a free plan?
- Yes. The Open Source tier costs nothing and covers self-hosted parse server, community support.
- What am I actually paying for with Parse Server?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for api development, api gateway, api testing.
- Does Parse Server 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 Parse Server 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 Parse Server against before paying?
- The closest apis tools in this directory are Mambu, Fintech Farm, Flybits, Neonomics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Parse Server covering price, platforms and features.