Alchemy Restructures Pricing Model, Introducing Usage-Based Pay As You Go Plan and Removing Subscription Tiers
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded 6 changes: Pay As You Go plan added with usage-based pricing starting at $0.40-$0.45/1M CUs, no monthly fees, 300 requests per second, 30 apps & 100 webhooks; Scale plan removed ($199/mo with 1.5B CUs per month, 3,000 CUs/s throughput); Pricing model restructured from Free/Growth/Scale tiers to Free/Pay As You Go/Enterprise. Removed subscription-based Growth ($49/mo with 400M CUs) and Scale ($199/mo with 1.5B CUs) plans. Introduced usage-based Pay As You Go with transparent per-CU pricing ($0.40-$0.45/1M CUs); Free plan base throughput increased from 330 CUs/s to 1000 CUs/s (30 requests per second unchanged); Free plan Compute Units decreased from 300 Million CUs per month to 100M CUs per month; Growth plan removed ($49/mo with 400M CUs per month, 660 CUs/s throughput). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, plan removed, package change, limit increase, limit decrease) 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 Updates Enterprise Tier with New Volume-Based Discount Structure" (Q4 2024). 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.
- Pay as You Go · PlanAddedNo Pay As You Go planPay As You Go plan
- Scale · PlanPlan removed
Scale plan removed ($199/mo with 1.5B CUs per month, 3,000 CUs/s throughput)
- Pay as You Go, Enterprise · PackagingChangedFree/Growth/Scale tiersFree/Pay
- — · LimitChanged330 CUs/s1000 CUs/s
- — · LimitChanged
Before300 Million CUs per month
After100M CUs per month
- Growth · PlanPlan removed
Growth plan removed ($49/mo with 400M CUs per month, 660 CUs/s throughput)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay as You Go | Plan | No Pay As You Go plan | Pay As You Go plan | Added |
| Scale | Plan | Scale plan removed ($199/mo with 1.5B CUs per month, 3,000 CUs/s throughput) | Plan removed | |
| Pay as You Go, Enterprise | Packaging | Free/Growth/Scale tiers | Free/Pay | Changed |
| — | Limit | 330 CUs/s | 1000 CUs/s | Changed |
| — | Limit | 300 Million CUs per month | 100M CUs per month | Changed |
| Growth | Plan | Growth plan removed ($49/mo with 400M CUs per month, 660 CUs/s throughput) | Plan removed | |
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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Pay As You Go plan now appears.
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Alchemy, the last 90 days
Full history- Jan 10, 2026improvedAlchemy Discontinues Platinum Tier, Impacting Performance and Throughput Options for Users
- Q3 2025improvedAlchemy Reduces Free Plan Monthly Compute Units by 70%, Significantly Impacting User Access
- 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 · this change
- Q4 2024improvedAlchemy Updates Enterprise Tier with New Volume-Based Discount Structure
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 April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, plan removed, package change, limit increase, limit decrease.
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Pay as You Go plan: No Pay As You Go plan → Pay As You Go plan, added; Scale plan removed ($199/mo with 1.5B CUs per month, 3,000 CUs/s throughput); Pay as You Go, Enterprise packaging: Free/Growth/Scale tiers → Free/Pay, changed; limit: 330 CUs/s → 1000 CUs/s, changed; limit: 300 Million CUs per month → 100M CUs per month, changed; Growth plan removed ($49/mo with 400M CUs per month, 660 CUs/s throughput). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Alchemy change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Alchemy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Alchemy Updates Enterprise Tier with New Volume-Based Discount Structure" in Q4 2024; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.