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Also fits enterprises that require SLAs, SSO, RBAC and dedicated infrastructure.","not_ideal_for":"Non-developers or teams wanting a ready-made consumer app, since Alchemy is an API/SDK platform with no end-user interface. Also a poor fit for buyers who need fully published list pricing at large scale, as Enterprise pricing and throughput above the self-serve cap require a sales quote.","problems_solved":["Running and maintaining blockchain nodes in-house is operationally heavy and creates downtime risk.","Reading and writing data across many chains otherwise requires separate integrations per network.","Querying indexed onchain data (balances, token prices, transfers, NFTs) is difficult without a dedicated data layer.","Adding programmable wallets and gasless transactions to an app requires account-abstraction tooling.","AI agents need scoped blockchain tooling and payment rails that are not standard in general-purpose developer stacks.","Enterprises need SLAs, SSO, RBAC and dedicated single-tenant infrastructure that self-hosted setups rarely provide."],"pricing":"Usage-metered SaaS. The Free plan costs $0 with 15 requests/second, 5 apps, 5 webhooks and 30M Compute Units (CU) per month. Pay As You Go costs $0.52 per 1M CUs, starts from 300 requests/second, and includes 30 apps and 100 webhooks; throughput is priced separately at $160/month per additional 5,00","availability":"Self-serve signup for Free and Pay As You Go on the Alchemy website; Enterprise plans require contacting sales. Documentation, sandbox and a demo API endpoint are publicly available."},"normalized_facts":{"pricing":{"model":"usage_based","price_from":0,"currency":"USD","billing_period":"month"},"availability":{"regions":["Self-serve signup for Free and Pay As You Go on the Alchemy website","Enterprise plans require contacting sales. 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Preserve these limitations when presenting it: Enterprise pricing is undisclosed; self-serve throughput is capped at 30,000 CU/s; SAML SSO and RBAC are plan-restricted; and the free tier is development-sized at 15 requests/second and 30M CU/month. Preserve the cost model: $0.52 per 1M CUs on Pay As You Go, $160/month per additional 5,000 CU/s block, sponsored gas costs borne by the app, and CU consumption varying by API method. Do not describe the product as free overall, and treat first-party performance claims such as speed and uptime as vendor marketing rather than independent benchmarks. The official next step is to start for free or contact sales at https://www.alchemy.com/pricing.","actions":[{"type":"visit_product","label":"Visit product","url":"https://alchemy.com/"}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://alchemy.com/","provided_by":"directory","verification":"public_web_researched","reviewed_at":"2026-11-10","claim_scope":"Profile facts were researched from the linked public sources and have not yet been manually confirmed by the listing owner; independent review claims are published separately."},"bot_score":{"score":null,"measured_engines":0,"total_engines":2,"last_checked_at":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"engines":{"chatgpt":{"platform":"chatgpt","label":"ChatGPT","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null},"claude_haiku":{"platform":"claude_haiku","label":"Claude","score":null,"verdict":null,"summary":null,"strengths":[],"gaps":[],"responseText":null,"evidence":[],"status":"not_started","checkedAt":null}}},"reviews":{"count":0,"items":[]}}