transparent · usage-based

From free to production, limits and prices are transparent.

Each tier maps to real infrastructure numbers. We email near the limit; we don't surprise your card.

Free

$0

Forever. No card.

Spin up, ship, and stay free as long as you fit the limits.

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includes

✓100K requests / mo
✓5s CPU / req
✓500MB DB · 1GB storage
✓1 project · 1 env
✓backlex.com subdomain
−No backup / PITR
−Community support

most teams

Pro

$19 / project / mo

billed monthly

Production, small teams. 14-day free trial.

Try 14 days free

Free +

✓10M requests / mo
✓30s CPU / req
✓5GB DB · 25GB storage
✓3 projects · unlimited envs
✓Custom domain
✓Daily backup, 7-day PITR
✓Preview branches
✓Slack Connect support

Scale

$99 / project / mo

billed monthly

Traffic grew, SLA matters.

Go Scale

Pro +

✓100M requests / mo
✓5min CPU / req
✓10GB DB · 500GB storage
✓25 projects
✓Region pinning
✓30 day PITR
✓90-day audit log
✓99.9% SLA
✓SAML SSO

Max

$199 / project / mo

billed monthly

Highest tier — self-serve, no sales call.

Go Max

Scale +

✓500M requests / mo
✓10GB DB · 2TB storage
✓100 projects
✓1-year audit log
✓99.95% SLA
✓SCIM provisioning
✓Priority support

All prices exclude VAT. 20% off annual plans. The managed database is capped at 10 GB.

Prefer to run it yourself? The open-source core is free, forever.

Same Apache-2.0 backlex — Bun, Node, Deno, Docker, or your own infrastructure. No seat fees, no quotas.

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full comparison

Everything, line by line.

Feature	Free	Pro	Scale	Max
capacity
Monthly requests	100K	10M	100M	500M
CPU / request	5s	30s	5min	5min
Database size	500MB	5GB	10GB	10GB
Object storage	1GB	25GB	500GB	2TB
AI inference	5K/mo	200K/mo	2M/mo	10M/mo
Egress	∞	∞	∞	∞
Realtime (WebSocket / SSE)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Projects	1	3	25	100
Team members	1	10	50	200
runtime · region
Edge network	Global	Global	Global	Global
Region pinning	—	—	✓	✓
Custom domain	—	✓	✓	✓
Preview branches	—	✓	✓	✓
backup · restore
Daily backup	—	✓	✓	✓
PITR window	—	7d	30d	30d
One-click export	✓	✓	✓	✓
identity · security
Email / OAuth / Passkey	✓	✓	✓	✓
SAML SSO	—	—	✓	✓
SCIM provisioning	—	—	—	✓
Audit log	7d	30d	90d	1y
IP allowlist	—	✓	✓	✓
support · SLA
Support channel	community	slack	slack · email	slack · email · priority
First response SLA	—	48h	8h	4h
Uptime SLA	none	none	99.9%	99.95%

add-ons

Added when needed, paused any day.

R

Extra storage

all tiers

$0.20 / GB / mo

Zero-egress object storage. Scales beyond your tier quota, no ceiling.

✓Zero egress cost
✓Image transforms auto
✓Per-GB-second billing

+

Extra request pack

Pro+

$2 / 1M req

Add request packs instead of jumping a tier. Unused packs don't roll over.

✓80% email alert
✓Manual top-up
✓Cap configurable

+

AI overage

Pro+

$0.025 / 1K units

AI inference beyond your tier quota — embeddings, vector search, LLM calls. Billed only past the included units.

✓Per-1K-unit billing
✓Hard cap available
✓Usage in dashboard

faq

Frequently asked.

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Will you charge my card on the free tier?

No. No card on free. When limits are reached, the project pauses; you can upgrade to Pro to resume, or export and self-host.

What if infrastructure prices change?

On annual — your price is locked until renewal. On monthly — we email 30 days ahead; you automatically benefit from any cuts.

My workload needs full Postgres. What are my options?

The managed cloud database is capped at 10 GB. Keep large blobs in object storage (separately billed, effectively uncapped). If you need full Postgres, the open-source backlex runs on any Postgres — self-host it with one-click export from Cloud.

What if I want to take my data out?

Every plan offers one-click full export: schema (DDL), data (SQL + JSON), and a storage archive. It is the same Apache-2.0 backlex — runs on your own infrastructure in minutes. No contract lock-in.

Can I require data to stay in a specific region?

From Scale onwards you get region pinning — primary database and object storage pinned to the region you choose. Edge nodes cache reads; writes stay in-region. A DPA is available for data residency.

I already self-host. Why switch to Cloud?

Often, don't. If self-host works and your team enjoys uptime, migrations, and backups — stay. Cloud is for solo devs and scale-ups who don't have that role.

100K requests, no card, 30 seconds.

Don't like it? One-click export, run on your own infrastructure.

Start free → Go Max