Alchemy Drops Pay-As-You-Go Minimum, Adds Tiered Premium Support Plans
What happened
Between the Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Enterprise plan apps & webhooks changed from Unlimited to 200 apps & 500 webhooks; throughput now shown as starting from 1000 requests/second rather than custom; New Premium Support tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold) added with 12h/4h/2h response times and dedicated Slack/Telegram. PAYG plan now shows included: Premium endpoints, Enterprise-grade latency, Throughput add-on; Enterprise support response time changed from 5 minutes to Custom. Gas Sponsorship Base Limit ($100/mo) replaced with Pre-load funds model. Page headline changed to performance/scale messaging; Pay As You Go plan minimum price of $5 for 11M CUs removed; plan is now fully usage-based with no stated entry price or minimum CU allotment. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit lowered, feature added, feature change, packaging change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Pay as You Go at $0.45 per million compute units.
This quarterly roll-up includes 3 changes Pulse first recorded in a shorter period: "Alchemy Caps Enterprise at 200 Apps, Launches Tiered Support" (week of Mar 16, 2026, saved Mar 23, 2026), "Alchemy caps Enterprise webhooks at 500, ends unlimited access" (week of Feb 23, 2026, saved Mar 2, 2026) and "Alchemy cuts Enterprise webhook limit from Unlimited to 500" (week of Jan 5, 2026, saved Jan 13, 2026). They are the same changes, not new ones. Before that, Alchemy's previous recorded change was "Alchemy Discontinues Platinum Tier, Impacting Performance and Throughput Options for Users" (Jan 10, 2026). 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.
- ChangedEnterpriseLimitUnlimited200 apps & 500 webhooks
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterPremium Support tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold)
- ChangedEnterpriseFeature5 minutesCustom
- RemovedPay as You GoPackaging
BeforePay As You Go plan minimum price of $5 for 11M CUs
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Limit | Unlimited | 200 apps & 500 webhooks | Changed |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Premium Support tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold) | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | 5 minutes | Custom | Changed |
| Pay as You Go | Packaging | Pay As You Go plan minimum price of $5 for 11M CUs | 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 Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Unlimited" becomes "200 apps & 500 webhooks".
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Alchemy, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026Price decreaseAlchemy: Solana gRPC price cut to $75/TB + Emergency button dropped
- Jun 7, 2026PackagingAlchemy cuts Solana gRPC add-on price to $75/TB
- Apr 27, 2026ImprovementAlchemy Drops Emergency Button, Renames Support Roles Across Tiers
- Apr 2, 2026Limit loweredAlchemy Drops Pay-As-You-Go Minimum, Adds Tiered Premium Support Plans This change
- Apr 1, 2026PackagingAlchemy Caps Enterprise at 200 Apps, Launches Tiered Support
- Mar 2, 2026PackagingAlchemy caps Enterprise webhooks at 500, ends unlimited access
- Week of Jan 5, 2026PackagingAlchemy cuts Enterprise webhook limit from Unlimited to 500
- Jan 10, 2026PackagingAlchemy Discontinues Platinum Tier, Impacting Performance and Throughput Options for Users
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- QuickNodeNov 2QuickNode Platform API now lists rate limits by plan, from 20 to 250 RPS
- QuickNodeOct 26QuickNode: Activity Logs and Metrics API added to Enterprise plan
- 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
Questions about this change
Did Alchemy raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit lowered, feature added, feature change, packaging change.
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026?
Enterprise limit: Unlimited → 200 apps & 500 webhooks, changed; Enterprise feature added: Premium Support tiers (Bronze/Silver/Gold); Enterprise feature: 5 minutes → Custom, changed; Pay as You Go packaging removed: Pay As You Go plan minimum price of $5 for 11M CUs. Pulse compared the captures it took on Dec 29, 2025 and Mar 30, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Alchemy change its pricing?
This quarterly roll-up includes 3 changes Pulse first recorded in shorter periods, not new ones; Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Alchemy in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Alchemy Discontinues Platinum Tier, Impacting Performance and Throughput Options for Users" on Jan 10, 2026; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.