Backstage · Pricing Plans

Backstage Plans Pricing

Name: Backstage Plans Pricing
Creator: Backstage
Keywords: Developer Portal, Open Source, CNCF, Internal Developer Platform

Backstage is an open-source CNCF Incubation project for building developer portals. The framework itself is free under the Apache 2.0 license and self-hosted by adopters; cost is operational (compute, hosting, internal engineering). Several commercial distributions and managed offerings exist built on Backstage (Spotify Portal for Backstage, Roadie, Red Hat Developer Hub / RHDH, Frontside Effection, Liatrio managed Backstage), each with their own pricing models. Pricing for the commercial distributions is mostly contact-sales or per-developer subscription.

Backstage Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Backstage on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 4 plans, covering freemium and subscription tiers, with named plans including Backstage Open Source, Spotify Portal for Backstage (Commercial), Roadie (Managed Backstage), Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH).

Tagged areas include Developer Portal, Open Source, CNCF, and Internal Developer Platform.

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Plans

Backstage Open Source freemium

Apache 2.0-licensed open-source framework. Self-hosted by adopters. No license fee.

Open-source license (month · month) 0.00 USD

Software Catalog
Software Templates / Scaffolder
TechDocs
Search
Open-source plugin ecosystem
Community Discord support

Spotify Portal for Backstage (Commercial) subscription

Spotify-built commercial distribution of Backstage with managed deployment, premium Spotify plugins (Soundcheck, Insights, Skill Exchange, RBAC), and enterprise support. Pricing is per-developer-per-month, contact sales.

Spotify Portal subscription (developer · month) contact sales USD

Hosted / managed Backstage
Soundcheck (engineering health checks)
Insights (usage analytics)
Skill Exchange
RBAC plugin
Enterprise support

Roadie (Managed Backstage) subscription

Roadie is a SaaS Backstage distribution with per-user pricing (typically tiered Free / Team / Enterprise). Contact Roadie for current pricing.

Roadie subscription (user · month) see https://roadie.io/pricing/ USD

Hosted Backstage
SaaS plugin marketplace
SSO / RBAC
Enterprise support

Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH) subscription

Red Hat's enterprise-supported Backstage distribution. Bundled into Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus subscriptions or available standalone via Red Hat sales.

RHDH subscription (contract · year) contact Red Hat sales USD

Productized Backstage
Bundled with OpenShift Platform Plus
Red Hat enterprise support

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