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Unkey

www.unkey.com

API authentication and rate limiting infrastructure

Entry price

Starter (Deploy) · /mo

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Subscription

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

6 changes

20266 changes

Oct 5, 2026

Improvement

Weekly

Unkey doubles Starter plan compute to 2 vCPU per instance

Starter plan max compute per instance raised from up to 1 vCPU / 2 GB to up to 2 vCPU / 2 GB.

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Aug 11, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Unkey: Starter/Pro vCPU limits cut, custom domains now unlimited

Starter vCPU per Instance decreased 2->1; Pro vCPU per Instance decreased 8->4. Pro custom domains limit increased 10->Unlimited; Business custom domains limit increased 100->Unlimited.

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Aug 4, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Unkey: Business plan vCPU cut 32→16 + new Active Keys billing dimension

Business plan Max vCPU per Instance reduced from 32 to 16 (Max RAM unchanged at 32 GB per instance) New usage-based billing dimension added: Active keys, billed at $0.002 per active key/month; total usage estimate for default inputs rose from $186 to $188/mo

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Jul 20, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Unkey adds metered ephemeral disk pricing and SOC 2 Type II certification

New billable dimension added: ephemeral disk is now metered and priced at $0.00000006/GB/sec, with a matching 'Ephemeral disk / instance' input added to the usage calculator. Site added a 'SOC 2 Type II Certified' badge and a new 'Trust Center' footer link, both pointing to trust.inc/unkey, signaling a new compliance certification.

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Jul 4, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Unkey drops free tier, shifts to compute-based Deploy pricing plans

Unkey pivoted from key/request-based pricing (Free $0, Pro $25, Enterprise Custom) to compute-based Deploy plans (Starter $5, Pro $25, Business $50, Enterprise) billed on vCPU/RAM/egress; free tier gone. Enterprise tier features changed: removed IP Whitelisting and Dedicated Support, added Dedicated Slack channel and Dedicated infrastructure; 'Custom Quotas' relabeled 'Custom limits'.

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Apr 24, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Unkey Pivots to Compute Hosting with Per-Second vCPU Billing

Starter ($5/mo, 2 vCPU/2 GB, $5/mo usage credits) and Business ($50/mo, 32 vCPU/32 GB, $50/mo credits, 14-day logs) plans added as new tiers in the Unkey Deploy compute product. Pricing fully replaced: API key management (Free Tier/Pro Tier/Enterprise) replaced by Unkey Deploy compute hosting (Free/Starter $5/Pro $25/Business $50/Enterprise) with vCPU/sec usage-based billing.

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