Pricing

Start open. Pay for operating the same trust model.

The SDK is free software, not a free tier. Hosted pricing will be published after shadow usage gives us defensible units. Until then, Cloud remains alpha and Production remains private beta.

Available

Developer

Open SDK · free forever

Apache-2.0 Python SDK
Full local trust model and evals
Local and open Postgres stores
No API key and no phone-home

Build and test the decision loop on your machine. This is the product, not a limited teaser.

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Alpha

Production

Private beta · usage model under measurement

Operated gateway and project credentials
Console for memories, decisions, keys, and usage
Project isolation and PII-before-embed controls
No SLA while the service remains alpha

Public ingress, scope-safe confirmation and deletion routes, complete signed exports, and operated support targets remain Planned.

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Planned

Enterprise

Contract · contact sales

Identity and lifecycle controls
Private connectivity
Residency and custom retention
Contractual support terms

These capabilities are not implemented today and are not sold as shipped features. We list the direction so buyers can evaluate fit.

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The boundary

Cloud charges for operations, proof, and governance.

Correctness stays in the open SDK. Cloud should earn its price by operating isolation, credentials, observability, retention, and team controls around that same model.

Open SDK

Trust policy and decision model
Executable evals
Local and self-hosted operation

Cloud operations

Tenant and project isolation
Keys, console, and request evidence
Managed retention and governance direction

Product principle

Never price-gated.

The trust policy, act/ask/abstain model, confirmation semantics, PII-before-embed behavior, and deletion verification in the open SDK do not become weaker because a team pays less. A safety product cannot make the safe path an upsell.

The SDK is free software, not a free tier of ContextDB Cloud.

Questions

What buyers usually ask first.

Why is there no dollar price yet?

The hosted service is still collecting shadow usage data. Publishing a made-up unit before the service has real operating history would create false precision.

Can I use ContextDB without Cloud?

Yes. The Apache-2.0 SDK includes the trust model and evals, works offline, and does not require a ContextDB Cloud account.

Can I buy the Enterprise features listed here?

Not as shipped capabilities today. They remain planned and will only move into a sellable plan after implementation and support exist.

Start with the part that is available.

Run the open decision loop locally, then decide whether hosted operations matter.

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