Alchemy Reduces Free Plan Throughput by 50%, Significantly Impacting User Experience
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Support channel changed from 'Discord & Email Support' to 'Email & Ticket Form Support'; Free plan throughput decreased from 30 requests per second to 25 requests per second (17% decrease); Free plan throughput CU/s decreased from 1000 CU/s to 500 CU/s (50% decrease). Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature change, limit decrease) with a downward 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 Restructures Pricing Model, Introducing Usage-Based Pay As You Go Plan and Removing Subscription Tiers" (Q1 2025). 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.
- — · FeatureReworded
BeforeDiscord & Email Support
AfterEmail & Ticket Form Support
- — · Limit−17%30 requests per second25 requests per second
- — · LimitChanged1000 CU/s500 CU/s
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Discord & Email Support | Email & Ticket Form Support | Reworded |
| — | Limit | 30 requests per second | 25 requests per second | −17% |
| — | Limit | 1000 CU/s | 500 CU/s | Changed |
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 Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "Discord & Email Support" becomes "Email & Ticket Form Support".
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Alchemy, the last 90 days
Full history- Week 3, 2026packagingAlchemy cuts Enterprise webhook limit from Unlimited to 500
- 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 · this change
- Q1 2025packagingAlchemy Restructures Pricing Model, Introducing Usage-Based Pay As You Go Plan and Removing Subscription Tiers
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 July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature change, limit decrease.
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 2025?
Feature: Discord & Email Support → Email & Ticket Form Support, reworded; limit: 30 requests per second → 25 requests per second (−17%); limit: 1000 CU/s → 500 CU/s, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 4, 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 Restructures Pricing Model, Introducing Usage-Based Pay As You Go Plan and Removing Subscription Tiers" in Q1 2025; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.