Alchemy Growth Plan Now 3x Cheaper with Enhanced Messaging and New Throughput Metrics
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Growth plan: Debug APIs now marketed as '3x cheaper' with enhanced messaging; Growth plan: Base throughput metric added (660 CUs/s); Scale plan: Base throughput metric added (3,000 CUs/s); Custom Webhooks limits added to comparison table (Free: 5, Growth: 5, Scale: 100, Enterprise: Custom); Free plan: Base throughput metric added (330 CUs/s). Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, threshold added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 14, 2026) lists Pay as You Go at $0.45 per million compute units.
Alchemy's previous recorded change was "Alchemy Introduces Signature Limit Metric: 2,000/mo for Free Plan, Unlimited for Growth/Scale/Enterprise" (Q1 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "Alchemy Removes Pricing Metrics and Decreases Query Costs, Enhancing Value for Growth and Scale Plans" (Dec 2023). Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window QuickNode also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Growth · FeatureFeature change
Growth plan: Debug APIs now marketed as '3x cheaper' with enhanced messaging
- Growth · LimitThreshold added
Growth plan: Base throughput metric added (660 CUs/s)
- Scale · LimitThreshold added
Scale plan: Base throughput metric added (3,000 CUs/s)
- Enterprise · LimitAdded
BeforeNo Custom Webhooks limits
AfterCustom Webhooks limits
- — · LimitThreshold added
Free plan: Base throughput metric added (330 CUs/s)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | Feature | Growth plan: Debug APIs now marketed as '3x cheaper' with enhanced messaging | Feature change | |
| Growth | Limit | Growth plan: Base throughput metric added (660 CUs/s) | Threshold added | |
| Scale | Limit | Scale plan: Base throughput metric added (3,000 CUs/s) | Threshold added | |
| Enterprise | Limit | No Custom Webhooks limits | Custom Webhooks limits | Added |
| — | Limit | Free plan: Base throughput metric added (330 CUs/s) | Threshold added | |
Values as written on Alchemy's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Alchemy's pricing page (alchemy.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Custom Webhooks limits now appears.
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Alchemy, pricing history
Full history- Q2 2025packagingAlchemy Reduces Free Plan Throughput by 50%, Significantly Impacting User Experience
- Q1 2025packagingAlchemy Restructures Pricing Model, Introducing Usage-Based Pay As You Go Plan and Removing Subscription Tiers
- Q4 2024improvedAlchemy Updates Enterprise Tier with New Volume-Based Discount Structure
- Q3 2024improvedAlchemy Growth Plan Now 3x Cheaper with Enhanced Messaging and New Throughput Metrics · this change
- Q1 2024improvedAlchemy Introduces Signature Limit Metric: 2,000/mo for Free Plan, Unlimited for Growth/Scale/Enterprise
- Dec 2023improvedAlchemy Removes Pricing Metrics and Decreases Query Costs, Enhancing Value for Growth and Scale Plans
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- QuickNodeOct 19QuickNode adds security controls, 90-day retention and SQL Explorer
- QuickNodeAug 31QuickNode: trace_transaction API credit rate up 20x (2 to 40/request)
- QuickNodeAug 17QuickNode cuts Build plan to $34/mo via 30% promo, saving $176/yr
- QuickNodeAug 5QuickNode: Accelerate plan overage rate increased ($0.55→$0.56/1M)
- QuickNodeJul 20QuickNode: launched 'Quicknode Earn' automated USDC yield product
Questions about this change
Did Alchemy raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, threshold added.
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Growth plan: Debug APIs now marketed as '3x cheaper' with enhanced messaging; Growth plan: Base throughput metric added (660 CUs/s); Scale plan: Base throughput metric added (3,000 CUs/s); Enterprise limit: No Custom Webhooks limits → Custom Webhooks limits, added; Free plan: Base throughput metric added (330 CUs/s). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Alchemy change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Alchemy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Alchemy Introduces Signature Limit Metric: 2,000/mo for Free Plan, Unlimited for Growth/Scale/Enterprise" in Q1 2024; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.