The most affordable & powerful platform

You're just a few clicks away! Free and Pay As You Go plans are entirely self-serve. Chat with our team to get started on Enterprise.

Once you choose your plan and sign-up, you're good to go with near-instant access to the best developer platform in web3. To set up your Dashboard and make your first request, check out the step-by-step Getting Started Guide on our docs.

The Pay As You Go plan is our newest pricing option, launched on February 1, 2025. For complete details, please visit our documentation page.

If you value key benefits, e.g., 24/7 engineering access, a dedicated team, committed SLAs, etc. OR if you plan to use more than 20B Compute Units (CUs) / month, require more than 20k CUPS (throughput) or 700 requests/s,  then you should talk to our team and get set up on an Enterprise plan!

Pay as you go plan (PAYG) offers the best value on the most powerful web 3 development platform. Enjoy unparalleled flexibility by only paying for what you use. Our PAYG plan also offers generous throughput of 10K CUPs or 300 requests/s, 30 apps, 50 webhooks, and more!

Free plan - your onchain development journey starts here. We offer the most generous free plan in the industry. Our free plan gives you 3x the capacity to build for free compared to competitors. You get massive computing power and throughput to start building right away.

Alchemy currently supports Ethereum:

• Mainnet

• Sepolia

• Holesky

Alchemy also supports various Layer 2 solutions and their testnets:

• Polygon PoS 

• Arbitrum

• Arbitrum Nova

• Optimism

• Base

• Starknet

• ZKsync

• Blast

• Polygon zkEVM

• Mantle

• Metis

• Linea

Alchemy also supports other Layer 1 solutions:

• Solana 

• BNB Smart Chain and the opBNB L2

• Avalanche

• Gnosis

• Fantom Opera

• ZetaChain

• Astar

When do I get billed?

Pay As You Go will be charged on your usage for the month. The usage bill will be invoiced on the 1st of the next month.

Where can I see and pay my invoices?

Account Admins can access invoices in the dashboard in the Past Invoices tab: Past Invoices → View invoice.

How do I update my payment details?

Your payment details (e.g. credit card details, billing address) can be updated in the Admin section: Admin → Billing → Payment Details

How do I update who receives invoices and billing emails?

Invoice mailing list can be updated in ≈ → Details → Invoice Settings.

Where can I see my usage history?

Your platform usage summary is accessible by navigating Admin → Usage. For usage data before the last 6 months, please reach out to [email protected].

How can I set alerts and max spend limits?

Alerts and max spend limits can be configured under the Spend Limit section in Admin → Billing.

Can I change my plan?

Plans can be updated under the Upgrade Plan section within your Developer Dashboard.

How can I upgrade my account to the Enterprise tier?

To upgrade to Enterprise, please reach out to our sales team here for additional details regarding our Enterprise tier.

What is an app?

An app is your gateway to the blockchain! More specifically, it is a set of API keys and dashboards that keep all of your products and projects organized within Alchemy's suite of developer tools. Think 'Kyberswap Frontend' or '0x API Backend'.

What are compute units (CUs)?

A compute unit is a measure of how many resources (CPU, RAM, disk, etc) an API method consumes on Alchemy. A simple request like blockNumber only consumes 10 CUs, while a more complex request like eth_call consumes 26 CUs. You can see a full breakdown of CUs / method on our docs.

Why does Alchemy use compute units and not per-request pricing?

We're obsessed with providing the most developer-friendly experience across our platform, and this doesn't stop at pricing. Pricing on compute units allows us to provide developers with the most fair and transparent pricing possible. No more over-paying for simple requests - you only pay for what you use, period. Read more about our reasoning here.

What is throughput?

Throughput is a measure of the number of requests your application can send per second. It is often known as the applications "rate limit".

Since not all requests are the same, the advertised throughput is the average and you may experience lower and higher throughput depending on which API requests you send.

What if I hit my application's throughput limit?

If a large number of requests are sent at the same time, you may hit your throughput capacity. However, under Alchemy's elastic throughput system, users are guaranteed their given throughput limit, but will often experience higher throughput in practice.

In most instances, hitting your throughput limit will not affect your user's experience engaging with your application. As long as retries are implemented, the requests will go through in the following second.