Astronomer Restructures Pricing Model to 4-Tier System, Introducing New Plans for Enhanced Security, Support, and Compute Capacity
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Astronomer's pricing page, Pulse recorded 7 changes: Worker compute options expanded from max A60 (12 vCPU, 24 GiB) to include A120 (24 vCPU, 48 GiB memory at $3.12/hr) and A160 (32 vCPU, 64 GiB memory at $4.16/hr); Pricing model restructured from 2-tier (Pay As You Go + Custom) to 4-tier model (Developer, Team, Business, Enterprise) with detailed feature comparison table across Security & Governance, Scale & Operational Efficiency, and Support & Success categories; Team plan introduced for teams with pipelines in production requiring Airflow support, includes Network Isolation, Audit Logging, and 24x5 Support Availability; Cluster pricing structure introduced: Standard cluster included in base pricing, Dedicated cluster starts at $2.40 per/hour for enhanced networking and security needs; Enterprise plan introduced for platform teams requiring additional security and governance, includes SCIM Provisioning, Custom RBAC, Executive Dashboards, and Dedicated success manager; Business plan introduced for mission-critical pipelines requiring 24x7 support, includes SSO Enforcement, CI/CD Enforcement, and 1hr Response Time SLA; Pay As You Go plan renamed to Developer, maintaining $0.35/hr starting price with same core features (flexible scale-to-zero compute, API access, 14-day trial with $300 credit). Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase, package change, new plan, threshold added, plan renamed) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Developer at $0.35 subscription and Team at $0.42 subscription.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Astronomer. Astronomer has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Datadog also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · LimitLimit increase
Worker compute options expanded from max A60 (12 vCPU, 24 GiB) to include A120 (24 vCPU, 48 GiB memory at $3.12/hr) and A160 (32 vCPU, 64 GiB memory at $4.16/hr)
- Developer, Team, Business · PackagingPackage change
Pricing model restructured from 2-tier (Pay As You Go + Custom) to 4-tier model (Developer, Team, Business, Enterprise) with detailed feature comparison table across Security & Governance, Scale & Operational Efficiency, and Support & Success categories
- Team · PlanAddedNo Team planTeam plan
- Cluster · LimitAdded
BeforeNo Cluster pricing structure
AfterCluster pricing structure
- Enterprise · PlanAddedNo Enterprise planEnterprise plan
- Business · PlanAddedNo Business planBusiness plan
- Developer · PlanRenamedPay As You Go planDeveloper
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | — | $3.12/hr | Limit increase |
| Developer, Team, Business | Packaging | — | 4 | Package change |
| Team | Plan | No Team plan | Team plan | Added |
| Cluster | Limit | No Cluster pricing structure | Cluster pricing structure | Added |
| Enterprise | Plan | No Enterprise plan | Enterprise plan | Added |
| Business | Plan | No Business plan | Business plan | Added |
| Developer | Plan | Pay As You Go plan | Developer | Renamed |
Values as written on Astronomer'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 Astronomer's pricing page (astronomer.io) from Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Team plan now appears.
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Astronomer, pricing history
Full history- Q4 2024packagingAstronomer Removes Key Support Features from Enterprise Tier, Including RSA Guidance and Customer Success Manager
- Q3 2024packagingAstronomer Restructures Deployment Pricing with New Standard and High Availability Categories, Enhancing Resource Allocation and Flexibility
- Q2 2024improvedAstronomer Introduces New High Availability Deployment Options with Enhanced Performance and Pricing
- Q1 2024packagingAstronomer Restructures Pricing Model to 4-Tier System, Introducing New Plans for Enhanced Security, Support, and Compute Capacity · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
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- DatadogJan 11Datadog Restructures Pricing Model: New Detection Tier at $0.03/ingested GB with 10% Sampling for Cost Optimization
- DatadogJan 11Datadog Expands Regional Availability to Asia-Pacific, Enhancing Global Data Protection and Resource Scanning Capabilities
- DatadogJan 11Datadog Introduces Governance Console to Infrastructure Enterprise Tier, Enhancing Cloud Management Capabilities
- DatadogJan 11Datadog Clarifies Session Metering: RUM with Session Replay Plan Now Billed Only for Replays
Questions about this change
Did Astronomer raise prices in April 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase, package change, new plan, threshold added, plan renamed.
What changed on Astronomer's pricing page between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?
Worker compute options expanded from max A60 (12 vCPU, 24 GiB) to include A120 (24 vCPU, 48 GiB memory at $3.12/hr) and A160 (32 vCPU, 64 GiB memory at $4.16/hr); Pricing model restructured from 2-tier (Pay As You Go + Custom) to 4-tier model (Developer, Team, Business, Enterprise) with detailed feature comparison table across Security & Governance, Scale & Operational Efficiency, and Support & Success categories; Team plan: No Team plan → Team plan, added; Cluster limit: No Cluster pricing structure → Cluster pricing structure, added; Enterprise plan: No Enterprise plan → Enterprise plan, added; Business plan: No Business plan → Business plan, added; Developer plan: Pay As You Go plan → Developer, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Astronomer change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Astronomer in the 90 days before this one; Astronomer has been tracked since 2023-11-14.