# Xano pricing

> Scalable plans that grow with you. Adjust your plan instantly as you grow, with transparent, flexible pricing. AI builds software. Xano makes it trustworthy.

Source: https://www.xano.com/pricing/ (prices in USD; plans and limits change, so check the page for current details).

## Plans

| Plan | For | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | For developing and testing | $0 |
| Essential | For production-ready apps and agents | $85/month billed annually, or $99/month billed monthly |
| Pro | For businesses and teams ready to scale | $224/month billed annually, or $249/month billed monthly |
| Custom | For enterprise-grade security & flexibility | Custom pricing (contact sales) |

The Free plan is limited to 10 API requests per 20 seconds; paid plans have no platform rate limit.

- Start free: https://app.xano.com/signup?plan=build&cluster_id=1
- Talk to sales (Custom plan): https://www.xano.com/pricing/?contactsales
- Book a demo: https://www.xano.com/demo/

### Free

Includes:

- Build with any agent via MCP & CLI
- Knowledge & Skills to govern how agents build
- Canvas View & Function Stack
- MCP & AI agent builder
- Server-side business logic
- Unlimited serverless Lambda functions
- API builder
- Unlimited REST APIs (rate limited)
- AI-ready Postgres database (up to 100K records)
- 1 GB image storage (watermarked)
- 1 workspace included

### Essential

Everything in Free plus:

- Dedicated infrastructure
- 3 total workspaces
- 5 total team seats
- No API rate limit
- More compute & storage
- Branching and merging
- CLI sandbox environments
- Workflow tests and version rollback
- Direct database access and unlimited records
- Background tasks
- 100 GB image and file storage
- GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2 & 3 compliance
- Customizable pre/post API logic
- No watermarked images
- 7-day rolling backup
- Static frontend hosting

### Pro

Everything in Essential plus:

- 5 total workspaces
- 10 total team seats
- Even more compute & storage
- Managed load balancer
- Role and permissions manager
- Publish one workspace to many client workspaces w/ Xano Link
- HIPAA add-on available
- 14-day rolling backup
- 99.99% SLA

Add-ons: Customize your base plan with add-ons like extra CPU boost + Autoscale protection, HIPAA compliance, and more.

### Custom

Everything in Pro plus:

- Unlimited scalability
- Self-hosting options w/ AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem, and more
- Multiple tenants for data, resource, and regional isolation
- Sidecar Docker containers
- Integrate directly with LLMs via microservices
- Dedicated IP
- High availability
- 24/7 monitoring
- Dedicated onboarding, training, & support
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Cloud Armor advanced security
- Advanced logging

## Featured add-ons

| Add-on | What it adds | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CPU & Autoscale boost | Increase your CPU usage and get Autoscaling on Pro plans. | $180/month |
| Increased storage | Additional 5GB to 10GB of database and media storage. | $5-$10/month |
| Enhanced security | HIPAA + BAA and more. | $500/month |

Agency add-on: on a paid plan, the Agency add-on gives you a single hub for clients, flexible invoicing, and commission payouts. See https://www.xano.com/agency/.

## Full comparison

### Account

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Workspaces | 1 | 3 - Add-ons available | 5 - Add-ons available | Customizable |
| Team Size | 1 | 5 - Add-ons available | 10 - Add-ons available | Customizable |
| Custom Domain | No | Yes | Yes | Customizable |

- **Workspaces**: Think of a workspace like an App. Each workspace shares the combined resources of your plan.
- **Team Size**: Create and collaborate with team members on your backend development.
- **Custom Domain**: Customize the Xano base URL to your own domain.

### Build with ai

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xano Agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI Assistants | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLI + Developer MCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledge & Skills | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLI sandbox environments | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **Xano Agent**: Build backends from natural-language prompts with the Xano Agent.
- **AI Assistants**: AI-powered assistants that help you build in Xano.
- **CLI + Developer MCP**: Use the Xano CLI and Developer MCP to connect AI coding agents to your Xano workspace.
- **Knowledge & Skills**: Define Knowledge and Skills that keep your agents building to your own rules.
- **CLI sandbox environments**: Spin up temporary, isolated environments to safely test AI-generated or untested code.

### Building agents & mcp

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MCP Builder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Agent Builder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **MCP Builder**: Connect any MCP Client LLM to your workflows, data, internal tools, and secure resources.
- **Agent Builder**: Create backend agents with goals and tools within your API endpoints, database triggers, and custom functions.
- **Tools**: Reusable tools that agents can invoke to perform actions within your backend.

### Api

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Performance rate limiting | 10 req/ 20 s | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Schema Versioning | No | 10 versions | 20 versions | Unlimited |
| API Versioning (Branch Support) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API Response Caching | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Function Response Caching | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data Caching via Redis | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Lambdas (Javascript) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Background tasks | No | 10 | Unlimited | Customizable |
| Middleware | No | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Unit Tests | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Workflow Tests | No | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Sub-Minute Task Schedules | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Metadata API (Beta) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **Performance rate limiting**: For FREE accounts, there are limits on the number of requests that can be made to your backend over a period of time.
- **Schema Versioning**: Schema versioning is for database table schema, API groups, API endpoints, functions, addons, and tasks. If you make a mistake, you can easily roll-back.
- **API Versioning**: Work on new versions of your API without affecting live traffic.
- **API Response Caching**: Easily cache API responses to improve performance.
- **Function Response Caching**: Cache function responses for better performance.
- **Data Caching via Redis**: High-performance caching with Redis, enabling faster responses and rate limiting.
- **Lambdas (Javascript)**: Use JavaScript for business logic.
- **Background tasks**: Run background processes on a set schedule.
- **Middleware**: Custom middleware for pre- and post-workflow processing.
- **Unit Tests**: Test individual workflows.
- **Workflow Tests**: Test complete user flows and scenarios.
- **Sub-Minute Task Schedules**: Schedule tasks with sub-minute granularity.
- **Metadata API (Beta)**: Enables you to interact with your Xano workspace schema and content programmatically.

### Database & storage

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Records of Data | 100,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Database SSD Storage | 1 GB | 10 GB | 25 GB | Customizable |
| Image/File Storage | 1 GB - Images only (watermarked) | 100 GB | 250 GB | Unlimited |
| Private file storage | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Storage Functions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data sources | No | 3 | 3 | Customizable |
| Direct Database Access | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal database scaling | No | No | No | Yes |
| Database Triggers | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **Records of Data**: Rows in a database table - does not include binary media data.
- **Database SSD Storage**: High-performance storage using SSD.
- **Image/File Storage**: Storage for images, video, and files.
- **Private file storage**: Files stored with restricted access.
- **Cloud Storage Functions**: Support for external cloud storage like Google Cloud.
- **Data sources**: Use separate data sources for testing.
- **Direct Database Access**: Connect directly to Xano's PostgreSQL database.
- **Horizontal database scaling**: Scales across regions to support heavy query loads.
- **Database Triggers**: Triggers that run logic when database events occur.

### Infrastructure

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SSL Certificate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic Backups | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load Balanced | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Geographical Region | U.S. Only | Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, U.K., and United States. | Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, U.K., and United States. | Global |
| Bring Your Own Cloud | No | No | No | Yes |
| Docker Sidecar Microservices | No | No | No | Yes |
| File Bandwidth | 1 GB | 250 GB | 250 GB | Customizable |
| File Upload Limit | 64 MB | 128 MB | 2 GB | Customizable |
| Static Frontend Hosting | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **SSL Certificate**: Enable HTTPS for secure communication.
- **Automatic Backups**: Back up your data and configurations automatically.
- **Load Balanced**: Distribute tasks efficiently across resources.
- **Geographical Region**: Choose where your data is hosted.
- **Bring Your Own Cloud**: Deploy Xano on AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers.
- **Docker Sidecar Microservices**: Interface with other Docker containers within Xano.
- **File Bandwidth**: Amount of file data served in 30 days.
- **File Upload Limit**: Maximum file size for uploads.
- **Static Frontend Hosting**: Deploy and serve your frontend’s static build files (HTML, CSS, JS) directly from your Xano backend, with support for modern frameworks and custom domains

### Security

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Permissions Center (RBAC) | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Xano Link | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced API Logging | No | No | No | Yes |
| Audit Logs | 24h | 7 days | 28 days | Unlimited |
| 3rd Party Security Audits | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multiple Tenants | No | No | No | Yes |

- **Permissions Center (RBAC)**: Control access by role within teams and workspaces.
- **Xano Link**: Publish APIs, functions, and tables from one source workspace to a separate workspace for each client.
- **Enhanced API Logging**: Monitor and audit API usage with customizable log retention.
- **Audit Logs**: Audit Logs provide detailed and searchable information about any changes or activity inside of a Xano workspace.
- **3rd Party Security Audits**: Random penetration tests by external security firms.
- **Multiple Tenants**: Create and manage multiple environments for enterprise-grade security and control.

### Compliance

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HIPAA | No | No | Paid add-on | Yes |
| ISO 27001, 27701 & 9001 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SOC 2 & SOC 3 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR (DPA and DPF) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FERPA | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HDS | No | No | Paid add-on | Yes |

- **HIPAA**: Meets all requirements for handling protected health information. Details: [HIPAA](https://security.xano.com/certifications/hipaa).
- **ISO 27001, 27701 & 9001**: International standards for information security, privacy, and quality management. Details: [27001 (ISMS)](https://security.xano.com/certifications/iso-27001), [27701 (PIMS)](https://security.xano.com/certifications/iso-27701), [9001 (QMS)](https://security.xano.com/certifications/iso-9001).
- **SOC 2 & SOC 3**: Covers controls around security, availability, confidentiality, and more. Details: [SOC 2](https://security.xano.com/certifications/soc-2), [SOC 3](https://security.xano.com/certifications/soc-3).
- **GDPR (DPA and DPF)**: Compliance with EU data protection regulations. Details: [GDPR](https://security.xano.com/certifications/gdpr).
- **FERPA**: Compliance with US Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Details: [FERPA](https://security.xano.com/certifications/ferpa).
- **HDS**: Compliance with Hébergement de Données de Santé, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and strict localization of the health data processed on our platform. Details: [HDS Certification](https://security.xano.com/certifications/hds).

### Team/development lifecycle

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Real-time collaboration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Branching & merging | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fully Managed Devops | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **Real-time collaboration**: Collaborate with your team on projects.
- **Branching & merging**: Develop and merge features using branches.
- **Fully Managed Devops**: Xano handles all aspects of managing your instance within the hosting environment.

### Customer support and success

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Support channels | Community Support | Realtime Support in Product | Realtime Support in Product | Realtime Support in Product + Dedicated Support and Success Personnel |
| Response SLA | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service availability: 99.95% uptime guarantee | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Resolution SLA | No | No | No | Yes |
| Enhanced / tighter SLAs | No | No | No | Yes |
| 365 / 24 / 7 support | No | No | No | Yes |
| Production infrastructure management | No | No | No | Yes |

- **Support channels**: Available support channels for getting help
- **Response SLA**: Defined response times for support issues
- **Service availability: 99.95% uptime guarantee**: Guaranteed uptime
- **Resolution SLA**: Defined timelines for resolving support issues
- **Enhanced / tighter SLAs**: Shorter timelines for response and resolution of support issues
- **365 / 24 / 7 support**: Top-tier, follow-the-sun support for enterprise or urgent needs
- **Production infrastructure management**: Around-the-clock infrastructure management

### Extension marketplace

| Feature | Free | Essential | Pro | Custom |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Snippets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Actions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

- **Snippets**: Share API endpoints with the Xano community.
- **Actions**: Reusable functions that serve as the building blocks for any workflow.

## Support

- **No hassle cancellations**: Cancel your Xano subscription at any time; your plan will stay active until the end of your billing cycle.
- **Dedicated support**: Orientation, super-fast support, and a vibrant, active community to help you get success faster.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Xano free?

Yes. The Free plan costs $0 a month, forever: 1 workspace, an AI-ready Postgres database with up to 100K records, unlimited REST APIs (rate limited), and building with any agent via MCP and CLI. The [Xano SDK](https://www.xano.com/sdk/) also runs your backend on your machine with no account. Paid plans start at $85 a month, billed yearly.

### How much does Xano cost per month?

Free is $0. Essential is $85 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly) and adds dedicated infrastructure with no API rate limit. Pro is $224 a month billed yearly ($249 monthly) with 10 team seats and a 99.99% SLA. Custom is priced to your scale. Add-ons such as CPU & Autoscale boost ($180 a month) are extra.

### What are Xano's limits?

There’s no cap on the logic you can build: conditional logic, loops, data processing, and workflows, on Xano’s managed infrastructure, database, and API layer. Your coding agent writes it in TypeScript with the [Xano SDK](https://www.xano.com/sdk/), you run it on the Xano Engine on your machine, then deploy it to Xano, while Knowledge keeps every agent building to your rules.

What each plan does limit (records, storage, workspaces, team seats, and the Free plan’s API rate limit) is listed in the [full comparison](https://www.xano.com/pricing/#compare).

### What if I need more CPU outside my plan?

Xano provides base CPU and memory that increases with each plan tier. If you require more than what’s included in the Essential plan, our Pro plan unlocks more CPU and Autoscale protection. This allows you to handle higher workloads without changing your application or architecture.

The CPU add-on also includes Autoscale Protection, which helps absorb short-term traffic spikes. For applications with sustained or unpredictable compute needs beyond these options, the Custom plan supports higher and more flexible scaling configurations.

### Can I scale my backend with Xano?

Yes. Xano is built on cloud-native infrastructure and is designed to scale as your application grows. It runs on managed infrastructure with a PostgreSQL-based database that supports both vertical and horizontal scaling, depending on your workload and plan.

As demand increases, scaling is handled through plan-level resources and optional CPU add-ons, rather than requiring you to manage servers or DevOps tooling. This allows teams to increase capacity without re-architecting their backend or managing infrastructure directly.

### Can I export my data?

Yes. You can export your database data directly from your Xano workspace using built-in export tools, with support for CSV and YAML formats. This allows you to retrieve your data at any time for backup, analysis, or migration purposes.

Depending on your plan, you may also have access to direct database connections, which enable programmatic or external access to your data using standard database tools.

### Who owns my data?

You own your data. You retain full ownership of your data stored in Xano, including any data generated by your application or uploaded by your users, subject to your own agreements and policies. Xano does not claim ownership of customer data and processes it only to provide and operate the service.

### Can Xano build my Front-end?

Xano doesn’t build your application’s UI (pages, components, layouts, styling). What it does provide is the hosted backend (database, APIs, authentication/business logic, background tasks, and integrations) that your frontend connects to. You can use any frontend approach (custom code, AI app builders, frontend builders, mobile frameworks, etc.) and call your Xano APIs from there.

To make that connection straightforward, Xano can generate OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation for your APIs, which many frontend tools and IDEs can use to auto-generate clients/SDKs, import endpoints, or validate requests. Xano can also support static hosting for pre-built frontend assets.

### Can I migrate my backend from another BaaS (Backend as a Service) provider?

Yes, you can migrate to Xano from another BaaS provider. Application data can be imported using built-in import tools (such as CSV or API-based imports). Xano also provides integrations and automations to help streamline the process of [migrating from another BaaS provider](https://docs.xano.com/the-database/migrating-your-data).

### Can I hire Xano to develop my custom backend?

Xano does not offer custom backend development services directly. However, Xano maintains a [partner network](https://www.xano.com/partner/browse/) of experienced agencies and developers who specialize in building backends on Xano.

### Can I self-host Xano on-premises or in my own cloud?

Yes. Self-hosting Xano in your own cloud environment or on-premises is available on Custom plans. This option is typically used by organizations with specific security, compliance, or infrastructure requirements and is arranged directly with the Xano team.

### Can enterprises use Xano?

Yes. Custom plans add self-hosting on AWS, Azure, GCP or on-prem, tenant isolation, SSO, high availability, 24/7 monitoring and dedicated support. Essential and above include GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2 & 3 compliance, and HIPAA is available as an add-on.

### Can I run Xano on my own machine?

Yes. With the [Xano SDK](https://www.xano.com/sdk/), your backend runs on the Xano Engine on your machine with no account and no network. When it is ready, one command deploys the same code to Xano.

### Does Xano rate limit?

Yes. Rate limiting applies to the Free plan. Essential plans and above are not subject to platform-enforced rate limits.

### Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan at any time?

Yes. You can upgrade your plan at any time, and changes take effect immediately. Downgrades are also supported and typically take effect at the start of the next billing cycle. This allows you to scale your plan up or down as your application’s needs change.

### Does Xano work with my frontend or AI app builder?

Yes. Xano exposes standard REST APIs, so it connects to any frontend that can make HTTP requests: custom code, mobile frameworks, AI app builders, and frontend builders.

Xano also provides OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation, which many frontend tools can import to automatically configure endpoints and data models. A list of commonly used integrations is available on the [Connect](https://www.xano.com/connect/?category=frontend) page.