# Pricing: RushDB

> The RushDB engine is open source (Apache-2.0) and free to self-host. RushDB Cloud runs the same engine as a managed service. Storage (GB stored) is the only database meter: reads, writes, imports and re-syncs are free. Compute is a limit (concurrency, request rate), not a meter. AI actions (Smart Search and managed embeddings) have monthly allowances.

Canonical page: https://rushdb.com/pricing
Last updated: 2026-11-02
Currency: USD. Payments, invoices and VAT or sales tax are handled by Paddle (merchant of record).

## Self-hosted engine
- Price: free (Apache-2.0), no meter
- Install: install script, Docker, Homebrew or Helm
- Cloud-only: Smart Search, managed embeddings, hosted MCP, operations and backups

## Free
- Price: $0, no credit card
- 1 GB stored (~370K records) (writes pause when full)
- 3 projects
- 1 seat
- 200 Smart Searches / mo
- 1M embedding tokens / mo
- 2 concurrent queries · 10 req/s
- Never deleted for being idle
- Community support

## Pro
- Price: $49/month, or $490/year billed yearly
- 20 GB stored (~7M records) (then $0.50 / GB-mo)
- 10 projects (then $3 / mo each)
- 3 seats (then $15 / mo each)
- 2,000 Smart Searches / mo (then $5 per 1K)
- 25M embedding tokens / mo (then $0.20 per 1M)
- 8 concurrent queries · 50 req/s
- Daily backups, kept 7 days
- Bring your own model key (coming soon)
- Spend cap on by default ($98 / mo, adjustable)
- Email support

## Team
- Price: $199/month, or $1,990/year billed yearly
- 100 GB stored (~37M records) (then $0.40 / GB-mo)
- 50 projects (then $1 / mo each)
- 10 seats (then $15 / mo each)
- 10,000 Smart Searches / mo (then $4 per 1K)
- 150M embedding tokens / mo (then $0.16 per 1M)
- 32 concurrent queries · 200 req/s
- Daily backups, kept 30 days
- Bring your own model key (coming soon)
- Spend cap on by default ($398 / mo, adjustable)
- SSO and audit log
- 99.9% uptime SLA
- Priority support

## Enterprise
- Price: custom annual contract; contact hi@rushdb.com for a quote
- Storage by contract
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited seats
- Smart Search by contract
- Managed embeddings by contract
- Dedicated compute
- Custom backups
- Bring your own model key (coming soon)
- Dedicated or BYOC deployment
- Private networking
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- Dedicated support

## Estimating a bill
- Monthly bill ≈ plan fee + storage rate × (GB stored − GB included) + AI overage.
- Example: Pro with 30 GB stored = $49 + $0.50 × 10 = $54/month.
- A typical record is about 2.7 KB, so 1 GB holds roughly 370K records.
- Pro and Team have a spend cap on by default at 2× the plan fee. At the cap, writes pause and AI actions stop; reads keep working and nothing is deleted.
- Bring your own model key is coming soon on Pro, Team and Enterprise; AI actions on your key will not be billed by RushDB.

## FAQ

### What counts as storage?
The data your projects keep: records with their properties and relationships, plus vectors and indexes (no separate vector rate), measured as the logical size the engine reports and averaged over the month from hourly samples (1 GB = 10^9 bytes). A typical record is about 2.7 KB, so 1 GB holds roughly 370K records. Reads, writes, imports and re-syncs are free; only what stays stored is metered.

### Are reads and writes really free?
Yes. Storage is the only database meter. Queries, writes, imports and re-syncs cost nothing per call. Compute is a limit, not a meter: each plan sets concurrent queries and requests per second, and traffic above them is throttled, never billed. Only AI actions (Smart Search and managed embeddings) have monthly allowances.

### What happens when I reach a limit?
On Free, writes pause when storage reaches 1 GB and Smart Search and managed embeddings stop when their monthly allowance runs out, until the next month. On Pro and Team, usage beyond the included amounts is billed at the listed rates, up to your spend cap. Projects and seats beyond the included number can be added on Pro and Team. On every plan, reads keep working and nothing is ever deleted.

### How does the spend cap work?
Pro and Team start with a spend cap at 2× the plan fee ($98 a month on Pro, $398 on Team). The bill is roughly: plan fee + storage rate × (GB stored − GB included) + AI overage. If it reaches the cap, writes pause and AI actions stop until you raise the cap or the month ends. Reads keep working and nothing is deleted. You can raise, lower or remove the cap in the dashboard.

### Can I use my own model key?
Coming soon on Pro, Team and Enterprise. When it launches, Smart Search and embeddings that run on your own model provider key will be recorded but not billed by RushDB, so there is no AI overage; you pay your provider directly. Until then, AI actions use your plan allowance.

### Self-hosted or Cloud: what am I paying for?
The RushDB engine is open source under Apache-2.0 and free to self-host with the install script, Docker, Homebrew or Helm. There is no unit or meter on it. RushDB Cloud runs the same engine and adds what only a managed service can: Smart Search (natural language to query), managed embeddings, hosted MCP with OAuth, and operations including upgrades and backups.

### How does yearly billing work?
Yearly billing is paid up front and gives 2 months free: Pro is $490 a year instead of $588, and Team $1,990 instead of $2,388. Usage is still measured monthly, and any overage is charged at the end of each monthly window.

### How are taxes and invoices handled?
All prices exclude tax. Payments are handled by Paddle, our merchant of record, which adds VAT or sales tax at checkout where it applies (businesses with a valid VAT ID are reverse-charged, so they pay the list price) and issues the invoices, which you can download from the billing portal in the dashboard. Enterprise contracts can be invoiced annually.

### I am already a paid customer. What changes for me?
Earlier plans are retired. A paid plan you already had stays active until the end of the period you paid for, with nothing more to pay; to continue after that, subscribe to Pro or Team from the dashboard. Nothing in your projects changes or is deleted.

### What does Enterprise include?
Annual contracts priced for your workload: storage and AI volumes set by contract, unlimited projects and seats, dedicated capacity, dedicated or BYOC deployment, private networking, a 99.95% uptime SLA and custom backups. Contact hi@rushdb.com.