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PartyKit pricing
PartyKit publishes 2 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 29 August 2026, PartyKit pricing is free across 2 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
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
PartyKit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Commercial | Free | 3 | +$0/month, 3 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.
Individual
FreeThe entry tier. It covers up to 10 live projects, deploy to the global edge platform, storage clears every 24 hours.
Commercial
FreeOver Individual, this tier adds:
- Unlimited projects
- Custom domains
- Runs on your own Cloudflare account; pay only Cloudflare usage
Where PartyKit stops being free
Individual, Free
- Up to 10 live projects
- Deploy to the global edge platform
- Storage clears every 24 hours
No paid tier on record
PartyKit lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full PartyKit 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
- Stateful edge servers
- WebSocket-first API
- Global edge deployment
- Custom domains
integration
- CRDT library compatibility
- Framework integrations
People bring PartyKit in for multiplayer collaborative apps, realtime ai agent backends, live cursors and presence, collaborative whiteboards and documents. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to PartyKit are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Developer Tools
Too few developer tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PartyKit (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Deep Code | Free, then $5/month | freemium | - | vs PartyKit |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs PartyKit |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs PartyKit |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs PartyKit |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs PartyKit |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs PartyKit |
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 PartyKit badges page.
Before you pay for PartyKit
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: 2 tiers between Free and Free, 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.
PartyKit runs on web, api, and is published by PartyKit. The full record is on the PartyKit review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
PartyKit pricing questions
- How much does PartyKit cost?
- PartyKit publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Individual up to Free for Commercial. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does PartyKit have a free plan?
- Yes. The Individual tier costs nothing and covers up to 10 live projects, deploy to the global edge platform, storage clears every 24 hours.
- What is the difference between Individual and Commercial on PartyKit?
- Commercial costs Free against Free, and adds unlimited projects, custom domains, runs on your own cloudflare account; pay only cloudflare usage.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside PartyKit have a free tier: Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod).
- What am I actually paying for with PartyKit?
- The record lists 6 features across 2 areas: core, integration. In practice it is brought in for multiplayer collaborative apps, realtime ai agent backends, live cursors and presence.
- Does PartyKit charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 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 PartyKit 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 PartyKit against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with PartyKit covering price, platforms and features.