Alchemy: Pay as You Go rate hiked to flat $0.525/1M CU
What happened
Between the Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026 captures of Alchemy's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pay as You Go rate changed from tiered pricing ($0.45/1M CU up to 300M, $0.40/1M CU after) to a flat $0.525/1M CU for all usage. In detail: Pay as You Go rate changed from tiered volume pricing ($0.45/1M CU up to 300M, then $0.40/1M CU) to a flat $0.525/1M CU for all usage; volume-discount tiering removed. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. The current page lists Pay as You Go at $0.45 per million compute units.
It lands 73 days after Alchemy's previous change, "Alchemy: Solana gRPC price cut to $75/TB + Emergency button dropped" (Jul 2, 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.
- Pay as You Go · PriceRemoved
Beforevolume-discount tiering
AfterNo volume-discount tiering
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay as You Go | Price | volume-discount tiering | No volume-discount tiering | 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 Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the volume-discount tiering no longer appears.
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Alchemy, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026increaseAlchemy: Pay as You Go rate hiked to flat $0.525/1M CU · this change
- Jul 2, 2026packagingAlchemy: Solana gRPC price cut to $75/TB + Emergency button dropped
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- 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 September 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Alchemy's pricing page on Sep 7, 2026 and again on Sep 14, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Pay as You Go: volume-discount tiering → No volume-discount tiering (removed).
What changed on Alchemy's pricing page between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026?
Pay as You Go price: volume-discount tiering → No volume-discount tiering, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 14, 2026; 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: Solana gRPC price cut to $75/TB + Emergency button dropped" on Jul 2, 2026; Alchemy has been tracked since 2023-11-14.