Unkey Pivots to Compute Hosting with Per-Second vCPU Billing
What changed
Billing metric changed from per-valid-request/API-key to compute usage: vCPU/sec $0.000006944, Memory/GB/sec $0.000003472, Egress/GB $0.05, with plan-level credit packs ($5/$25/$50/mo).
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.
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.
Before and after
Apr 13, 2026 vs Apr 21, 2026Billing metric changed from per-valid-request/API-key to compute usage: vCPU/sec $0.000006944, Memory/GB/sec $0.000003472, Egress/GB $0.05, with plan-level credit packs ($5/$25/$50/mo).
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