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 · 3 workspaces
✓backlex.com subdomain
✓EU or Global residency
−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 · 50 workspaces
✓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 · 50 seats
✓30 day PITR
✓90-day audit log
✓99.9% SLA
✓SSO — OIDC + SAML 2.0

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 · 200 seats
✓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
Managed AI (neurons)	5K/mo	200K/mo	2M/mo	10M/mo
Egress	∞	∞	∞	∞
Realtime (WebSocket / SSE)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Projects	1	3	25	100
Organizations	1	5	10	20
Workspaces / project	3	50	250	1,000
Team members	1	10	50	200
runtime · region
Edge network	Global	Global	Global	Global
Data residency (EU / Global)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Managed AI · email · push · SMS	✓	✓	✓	✓
In-place instance upgrades	✓	✓	✓	✓
Custom domain	—	✓	✓	✓
Preview branches	—	✓	✓	✓
backup · restore
Daily backup	—	✓	✓	✓
PITR window	—	7d	30d	30d
One-click export	✓	✓	✓	✓
identity · security
Email / OAuth / Passkey	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enterprise SSO (OIDC + SAML)	—	—	✓	✓
SCIM provisioning	—	—	—	✓
Audit log	7d	30d	90d	1y
IP allowlist · 2FA · passkeys	✓	✓	✓	✓
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

Add capacity when you need it, not before.

+

Request pack

one-time

$2 / 1M requests

Cover a spike without jumping a tier. Applies to the current billing month and expires with it — it never renews behind your back.

✓Buy any quantity
✓This month only
✓Alarm at any %

+

AI neurons

one-time

$25 / 1M neurons

One budget for every AI we run for you — embeddings, vector search, and generation. Metered and hard-capped at the gateway.

✓$0.025 / 1K neurons
✓No key of your own
✓Usage in dashboard

R

Storage block

monthly

$2 / 10GB / mo

Object storage past your tier quota. You occupy it every month, so it renews monthly until you remove it.

✓Zero egress cost
✓Image transforms auto
✓Cancel any time

D

Database block

monthly

$2.50 / GB / mo

Extend the managed database past your tier quota, in 1GB steps. Renews monthly while the data sits there.

✓1GB steps
✓Applies instantly
✓Cancel any time

No auto-buy. At 100% of a quota we throttle and tell you — we never charge your card to keep the meter running.

faq

Frequently asked.

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Will you charge my card on the free tier?

No. No card on free, and no auto-buy on any plan. When you reach a limit we throttle that dimension and tell you — upgrade, add a pack, 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 can export the project as a portable SQL dump — schema and data — once a day. Uploaded files stay in your object storage and aren't folded into the dump yet. It is the same Apache-2.0 Backlex, so the dump restores on your own infrastructure in minutes. No contract lock-in.

Can I require data to stay in a specific region?

Yes, on every plan — you choose residency when you create the organization, and it is fixed from then on. European Union creates the database and the bucket in Cloudflare's EU jurisdiction, and read replicas stay in the EU too. Global lets Cloudflare place the primary across our eight regions for the lowest latency. A DPA is available.

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.

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