# Nitro Pricing and Deployment Plans > Start Nitro free on shared cloud, pay as you go from $20 per month, choose Dedicated from $400, BYOC, or self-hosted. Compare usage, retention, and support. Canonical source: https://chillicream.com/pricing Nitro pricing Start on the shared cloud, pay for more usage as your API grows, choose a dedicated or BYOC deployment for greater isolation and control, or run Nitro on your own infrastructure. [Start Nitro for Free](https://nitro.chillicream.com/) [Discuss a private deployment](https://chillicream.com/services/support/contact?subject=Sales&context=Private%20Nitro%20Deployment) ## Nitro pricing plans ### Free Shared cloud, fully managed. $0 - Shared multi-tenant cloud - Schemas & environments included - 1M operations / month - 2 GB ingest / month - 3-day log & trace retention - Community support [Start Nitro for Free](https://nitro.chillicream.com/) ### Pay as you go Shared cloud, usage based. $20 per month - Shared multi-tenant cloud - 5M operations included, then $2 / million - 2 GB ingest per 1M ops, then $1.15 / GB - 60-day log & trace retention - Email support [Start Nitro for Free](https://nitro.chillicream.com/) Dedicated Deployment ### Dedicated Single-tenant, volume based. From $400 per month - Single-tenant cloud or BYOC - Priced by instance size - Configurable retention - Private networking - SSO, audit log, role-based access [Discuss Dedicated](https://chillicream.com/services/support/contact?subject=Sales&context=Dedicated%20Nitro%20Deployment) ### Self-Hosted Your infrastructure. Custom - Run on your own infrastructure - Air-gapped & on-prem supported - Configurable retention - Priority engineering support - Long-term release channel [Discuss Self-Hosted](https://chillicream.com/services/support/contact?subject=Sales&context=Self-Hosted%20Nitro) Compare plans ## Compare Nitro plans, usage, and deployment | Capability | Free | Pay as you go | Dedicated | Self-Hosted | | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------- | | Plans & usage | | | | | | Monthly price | $0 | $20 / month | From $400 / month | Custom | | Deployment model | Multi-tenant cloud | Multi-tenant cloud | Single-tenant cloud or BYOC | Your infrastructure | | Included operations / month | 1M | 5M, then $2 / million | Volume based | Unmetered | | Included ingest | 2 GB | 2 GB per 1M ops, then $1.15 / GB | Volume based | Unmetered | | Data retention | 3 days | 60 days | Configurable | Configurable | | Pricing model | Free, capped | Usage based | Volume based | Your infrastructure | | Gateway & server | | | | | | OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Authorization policies & roles | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Rate limiting | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Response caching | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Realtime subscriptions | Included | Included | Included | Included | | GraphQL Federation | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Custom middleware & plugins | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Schema lifecycle | | | | | | Schema registry with history & rollback | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Client registry | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Breaking-change classification | Included | Included | Included | Included | | CI schema & client checks | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Stage promotion with approval gates | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Fusion deployment orchestration | Included | Included | Included | Included | | .NET Aspire integration | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Observability | | | | | | OpenTelemetry-native traces, metrics, logs | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Operation insights | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Per-client tracking | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Resolver-level insights | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Distributed tracing across Fusion subgraphs | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Service monitoring for any .NET service | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Operation reporting | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Operations & delivery | | | | | | Persisted / trusted operations enforcement | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Query cost analysis | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Request limits | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Deployment audit log | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Rollback by republishing an earlier tag | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Persisted-op distribution cache | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Security & access | | | | | | Roles & stage-scoped publish permissions | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | | SSO | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | | Audit log | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | | API keys and PATs | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Developer experience | | | | | | Built-in GraphQL IDE | Served from your endpoint | Served from your endpoint | Served from your endpoint | Served from your endpoint | | MCP adapter | Included | Included | Included | Included | | OpenAPI adapter | Included | Included | Included | Included | | Support | | | | | | Support channel | Community | Email | Email + private chat | Priority engineering | | Release channel | Continuous | Continuous | Continuous | Long-term release channel | | Onboarding & training | Docs & community | Docs & community | Guided onboarding | Custom training | FAQ ## Common questions What is included in the Nitro Free plan? The Free plan runs on the shared cloud and includes schemas and environments, 1 million operations, 2 GB of ingest per month, and 3-day log and trace retention for $0 per month. How does Pay as you go pricing work? Pay as you go is $20 per month and includes 5 million operations, 2 GB of ingest per million operations, and 60-day retention. Additional usage is $2 per million operations and $1.15 per GB of ingest. How is a Dedicated Nitro instance priced? Dedicated starts at $400 per month and is priced by instance size and volume. It supports a single-tenant ChilliCream cloud deployment or BYOC, with configurable retention and private networking. When should I choose Self-Hosted Nitro? Choose Self-Hosted when Nitro must run on your infrastructure, including on-premises or air-gapped environments. The plan has custom pricing, configurable retention, a long-term release channel, and priority engineering support. Which plans include SSO and audit logs? Dedicated and Self-Hosted include SSO, an audit log, and roles with stage-scoped publish permissions. Free and Pay as you go do not include those access-control features in the current comparison. How do I choose between Dedicated, BYOC, and Self-Hosted? Choose Dedicated for a single-tenant deployment managed in the ChilliCream cloud, BYOC to run a dedicated instance in your cloud account, or Self-Hosted to run Nitro on your own infrastructure. Contact us to review isolation, networking, retention, and data-location requirements. Private deployment ## Regulated industry or air-gapped? Bring us your infrastructure, network, data-location, and procurement constraints. We will help map them to the right Nitro deployment architecture and commercial plan. [Discuss deployment requirements](https://chillicream.com/services/support/contact?subject=Sales&context=Private%20Nitro%20Deployment) [Explore the platform](https://chillicream.com/platform) - Procurement and security requirements - Dedicated, BYOC, or on-prem deployment - Data location and network constraints ## Start free. Scale when you do. The Free plan includes 1 million operations, 2 GB of ingest per month, schemas and environments, and 3-day log and trace retention. [Start Nitro for Free](https://nitro.chillicream.com/) [Explore Nitro docs](https://chillicream.com/docs/nitro) Need a private deployment? Compare Dedicated and Self-Hosted above.