Alchemy
Alchemy scores 87/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Alchemy pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
2 SKUs priced per CU
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Compute Units (first 300M) applies to first 300M CU per month | $0.45 / 1M CU | — |
Compute Units (additional) applies beyond 300M CU per month | $0.4 / 1M CU | — |
How Alchemy scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
18 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
87 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
10M CU (within free tier)
$0/mo
100M CU total usage
$31.5/mo
500M CU total usage
$203/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
Startup credits
Up to $25k in credits per team for Solana builders
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Webhooks
MCP mentioned
Rate limits
Free: 25 req/s, Pay As You Go: 300 req/s
Trust & compliance
SSO / SAML
RBAC
Audit logs
Positioning & ecosystem
“Built for performance. Priced for scale.”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Alchemy?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Alchemy could lift its score
Add at least one self-serve paid tier with a checkout link, so an agent can pay without a sales call.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Built for performance. Priced for scale. — Flexible plans built around your workload, not the other way around. |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 104 |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $0.40/1M CUsUse more |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://www.alchemy.com/docs |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"other","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.40/1M CUsUse more"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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87
/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Machine Learning
Built for performance. Priced for scale. — Flexible plans built around your workload, not the other way around.
0
Yes
$104/mo
$0.40/1M CUsUse more
0 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
Alchemy pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid usage is $0.45 per 1M Compute Units (CU) for the first 300M CU and $0.40 per 1M CU thereafter. Billed monthly.
Free plan (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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