Alchemy Reduces Free Plan Monthly Compute Units by 70%, Significantly Impacting User Access
What happened
Between the Jul 4, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded 6 changes: Platinum tier introduced as exclusive Beta offering with 2.5x faster performance, uncapped throughput, limitless log queries, and custom analytics; Product suite rebranded from 'Embedded Wallets/Account Abstraction' with 'Account Kit SDK' to 'Smart Wallets' with 'Smart Wallets SDK'; Pay As You Go support response time increased from 6 hours to 24 hours; Free plan monthly compute units decreased from 100M CU to 30M CU (70% reduction); Free plan support response time increased from 24 hours to 48 hours; Enterprise plan '<5m response time' specification removed from main plan features (still maintains 5 minutes target in comparison table). Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan, feature change, limit decrease, feature removed) 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 Reduces Free Plan Throughput by 50%, Significantly Impacting User Experience" (Q2 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.
- Platinum · PlanAddedNo Platinum tierPlatinum tier
- — · FeatureRewordedAccount Kit SDKSmart Wallets
- Pay as You Go · Limit+300%6 hours24 hours
- — · LimitChanged100M CU30M CU
- — · Limit+100%24 hours48 hours
- Enterprise · FeatureRemoved
BeforeEnterprise plan '<5m response time' specification
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | Plan | No Platinum tier | Platinum tier | Added |
| — | Feature | Account Kit SDK | Smart Wallets | Reworded |
| Pay as You Go | Limit | 6 hours | 24 hours | +300% |
| — | Limit | 100M CU | 30M CU | Changed |
| — | Limit | 24 hours | 48 hours | +100% |
| Enterprise | Feature | Enterprise plan '<5m response time' specification | Not listed | 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 Jul 4, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where Platinum tier now appears.
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Alchemy, the last 90 days
Full history- Mar 2, 2026packagingAlchemy caps Enterprise webhooks at 500, ends unlimited access
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2025packagingAlchemy Reduces Free Plan Throughput by 50%, Significantly Impacting User Experience
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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 4, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan, feature change, limit decrease, feature removed.
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Jul 4, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025?
Platinum plan: No Platinum tier → Platinum tier, added; feature: Account Kit SDK → Smart Wallets, reworded; Pay as You Go limit: 6 hours → 24 hours (+300%); limit: 100M CU → 30M CU, changed; limit: 24 hours → 48 hours (+100%); Enterprise feature: Enterprise plan '<5m response time' specification → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 4, 2025 and Oct 5, 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 Reduces Free Plan Throughput by 50%, Significantly Impacting User Experience" in Q2 2025; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.