How much does Hasura cost?

Hasura publishes 2 plans: Base at $5/mo, Advanced at $30/mo. Every figure is read from the vendor's own pricing page; the pricing section above shows the source sentence for each tier.

Does Hasura have a free plan?

Yes. Hasura offers a free tier with limits; paid plans unlock higher usage or team features.

What are the main drawbacks of Hasura?

The trade-offs we noted: Business logic still needs somewhere to live; Ties your API shape to your schema; Cloud pricing scales with usage.

When should you not use Hasura?

Skip Hasura if: Your schema has many hot models — pricing is per model accessed over 1,000 times a month; You need business support on the public cloud; it is bundled with Private DDN; You want Hasura v2 style pricing; DDN is a different model.

Developer Tools

Hasura

Instant GraphQL APIs over your database.

What it is

Hasura puts an instant GraphQL API over an existing database, with permissions defined per role rather than written in code. Pointing it at an existing database gives you an API in an afternoon, with row-level permissions declared per role rather than scattered through handlers. The catch is that unusual business logic still has to live somewhere, usually in actions or a service behind it.

Hasura pricing

Hasura publishes 2 plans. Paid tiers start at $5/mo.

Hasura plans and published prices, taken from the vendor’s pricing page.
Plan	Price	What the vendor’s page says
Base	$5/mo	Base $5 per active model/month: unlimited developers, 30-day retention
Advanced	$30/mo	Advanced $30 per active model/month: federation, multi-repo CI/CD

Prices read from the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-09-08. Vendors change plans without notice — check the source before you budget. Source

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Key features

Instant GraphQL API
Generates queries, mutations and subscriptions from existing tables.
Role-based permissions
Declares row and column access rules per role instead of in code.
Actions and remote schemas
Extends the generated API with custom business logic and other services.

Strengths and trade-offs

What works well

API appears without writing resolvers
Row-level permissions handled declaratively
Real-time subscriptions built in

Where it falls short

Business logic still needs somewhere to live
Ties your API shape to your schema
Cloud pricing scales with usage

Who it is for

Teams that want an API over an existing database quickly.

Pick it or skip it

Pick Hasura if

Individual developers building a GraphQL supergraph free with unlimited API requests
Single teams paying $5 per active model per month for unlimited developers and 30-day retention
Multi-team federated graphs on Advanced at $30 per active model

Skip it if

Your schema has many hot models — pricing is per model accessed over 1,000 times a month
You need business support on the public cloud; it is bundled with Private DDN
You want Hasura v2 style pricing; DDN is a different model

Our verdict

A big shortcut for CRUD-heavy products. Complex domain logic still belongs in your own services.

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Free tier
No-code pro backend.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Hasura cost?: Hasura publishes 2 plans: Base at $5/mo, Advanced at $30/mo. Every figure is read from the vendor's own pricing page; the pricing section above shows the source sentence for each tier.
Does Hasura have a free plan?: Yes. Hasura offers a free tier with limits; paid plans unlock higher usage or team features.
Who is Hasura best for?: Teams that want an API over an existing database quickly.
What are the main drawbacks of Hasura?: The trade-offs we noted: Business logic still needs somewhere to live; Ties your API shape to your schema; Cloud pricing scales with usage.
When should you not use Hasura?: Skip Hasura if: Your schema has many hot models — pricing is per model accessed over 1,000 times a month; You need business support on the public cloud; it is bundled with Private DDN; You want Hasura v2 style pricing; DDN is a different model.

What we checked

Public APIOffers a documented API you can build against.Yes
Mobile appHas a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.No
Open source / self-hostableSource is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.Yes
SSO (SAML)Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.Yes

“Not checked” means exactly that — we have not verified it, and we do not guess.

Evidence and freshness

Status: Vendor pricing page verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-08

Hasura — Pricing ↗
Checked 2026-09-08 · Supports: DDN Free $0: 1 developer, 15-minute observability retention, Base $5 per active model/month: unlimited developers, 30-day retention, Advanced $30 per active model/month: federation, multi-repo CI/CD, active model = accessed more than 1,000 times/month; unlimited API requests on all plans

Limit: Vendor pricing page was reviewed by an editor on this date; this record is not a ToolCompare benchmark. Prices and limits change.

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