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Portworx pricing
Portworx 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 1 September 2026, Portworx pricing is $0.33/node hour 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
- $0.33/node hour
- Model
- Per node hour
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Portworx 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes | $0.33/node hour | 4 | Entry tier |
| Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes | $1.11/node hour | 3 | +$0.78/node hour, 2 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.
Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes
$0.33/node hourThe entry tier. It covers minimum 1,000 node hours per month, replicated persistent volumes, encryption and disaster recovery, any kubernetes distribution.
Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes
$1.11/node hourOver Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes, this tier adds:
- Same capabilities on bare metal clusters
- Higher rate reflects node density
What the product covers
The full Portworx 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
- Container-native volumes
- Failure domain placement
- Volume encryption
- Database automation
- Disaster recovery
- Autopilot capacity management
- Hardware independence
People bring Portworx in for running a production postgresql or cassandra cluster on kubernetes and needing the data to survive node loss, a platform team offering self-service databases to developers on an internal kubernetes platform, failing over stateful applications between clusters in different regions as a disaster recovery position, an openshift estate where the built-in storage option does not meet the availability requirement for stateful sets. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Portworx are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Cloud
Too few cloud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portworx (this page) | $0.33/node hour | Per node hour | - | |
| Rook | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx |
| OpenEBS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx |
| Longhorn | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx |
| Qovery | On request | quote | - | vs Portworx |
| Dokku | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx |
| Coolify | Free, then $5/month | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Portworx |
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 Portworx badges page.
Before you pay for Portworx
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 $0.33/node hour and $1.11/node hour, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Portworx against the tools that do have one before committing.
Portworx runs on linux, and is published by Portworx by Pure Storage of Santa Clara, California, United States. The full record is on the Portworx review, and the rest of the category is under best cloud tools.
Portworx pricing questions
- How much does Portworx cost?
- Portworx publishes 2 tiers, from $0.33/node hour for Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes up to $1.11/node hour for Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes. The cheapest paid tier is $0.33/node hour.
- Does Portworx have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Portworx is listed as Per node hour. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes and Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes on Portworx?
- Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes costs $1.11/node hour against $0.33/node hour, and adds same capabilities on bare metal clusters, higher rate reflects node density.
- Is the Portworx Enterprise on bare metal nodes plan on Portworx worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is same capabilities on bare metal clusters, higher rate reflects node density. It costs $1.11/node hour against $0.33/node hour for Portworx Enterprise on virtual machine nodes. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which cloud tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 cloud tools listed alongside Portworx have a free tier: Rook, OpenEBS, Longhorn, Dokku, Coolify.
- What am I actually paying for with Portworx?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for running a production postgresql or cassandra cluster on kubernetes and needing the data to survive node loss, a platform team offering self-service databases to developers on an internal kubernetes platform, failing over stateful applications between clusters in different regions as a disaster recovery position.
- Does Portworx 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 Portworx 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 Portworx against before paying?
- The closest cloud tools in this directory are Rook, OpenEBS, Longhorn, Qovery. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Portworx covering price, platforms and features.