Alchemy pricing: compute units and throughput

Checked Nov 9, 2026 on Alchemy’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.

Alchemy provides blockchain RPC nodes and data APIs, billed in compute units (CUs): each method costs a set number of CUs.

Figures below are quoted from alchemy.com/pricing as read on Nov 9, 2026. Prices change often: confirm with Alchemy before you buy.

Plans

Free: Price$0, 30M CUs a month; Throughput15 requests/s; Includes5 apps, 5 webhooks

Pay As You Go: Price$0.52 per 1M CUs; ThroughputFrom 300 requests/s (10,000 CU/s) included; extra 5,000 CU/s block $160 per month; self-serve up to 30,000 CU/s; Includes30 apps, 100 webhooks

Plan	Price	Throughput	Includes
Free	$0, 30M CUs a month	15 requests/s	5 apps, 5 webhooks
Pay As You Go	$0.52 per 1M CUs	From 300 requests/s (10,000 CU/s) included; extra 5,000 CU/s block $160 per month; self-serve up to 30,000 CU/s	30 apps, 100 webhooks
Enterprise	Custom	From 1,000 requests/s	SLAs

Archival data is listed from $75 per TB. Compare with Alchemy vs Infura, Alchemy vs QuickNode and Alchemy vs Moralis. For RPC that agents pay per request in USDC, see QuickNode x402 RPC and 402rpc.

Free includes 30M compute units a month; Pay As You Go is $0.52 per 1M CUs with 300 requests a second included (alchemy.com, Nov 9, 2026).

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