Serverless API pricing
Based on the 80 providers in this tag whose pricing pages we have read. Providers can belong to several. Pricing data as of 2026-10-30.
$20.5/momedian entry price, from 32 developer APIs
$10–$99.8middle half of entry prices
90%state a model other than negotiated
How they charge
75 of 80 providers state a pricing model. Shares are of those that do.
Other usage-based 35% · 26 Tiered subscription 33% · 25 Per call 25% · 19 Negotiated 4% · 3 Per seat 1% · 1 Free 1% · 1What you pay for
Quoted or calculated from quotes, per unit. Calculated figures assume the plan's quota is fully used. Units are never averaged together, credits get no price because each vendor defines its own, and units with fewer than 5 providers show a count only.
| Billing unit | Providers | Median price per unit |
|---|---|---|
| request | 6 | $0.0000103 |
| credit | 2 | — |
| token | 2 | — |
Lowest entry prices
The cheapest paid plan is a floor on getting started, not what real usage will cost. Excludes take-rate providers and add-ons.
| Provider | Entry plan | Charges by | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud API Gateway | API calls 1B+ per month | Per call | $1.5 |
| Rivet | Actor Node R-5 (1/4 vCPU, 1 GB) | Tiered subscription | $4.2 |
| Insforge | Nano compute | Tiered subscription | $5 |
| Scaleway | Dedibox - Dedicated Servers (Start) | Other usage-based | $5.39 |
| Appwrite | Dedicated database compute | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| Supabase | Compute Micro | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| RightNow AI | Starter | Per call | $10 |
| Prisma | Starter | Tiered subscription | $10 |
| Chutes | Plus | Per call | $10 |
| Upstash | Fixed 250MB | Per call | $10 |
| Neon | Launch | Other usage-based | $15 |
| turbopuffer | launch | Other usage-based | $16 |
| Codehooks | Pro | Tiered subscription | $19 |
| Fermyon | Growth | Tiered subscription | $19.4 |
| Blaxel | Tier 1 | Other usage-based | $20 |