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Directus Pricing

directus.io · Headless Cms · refreshed 2026-05-06
Headless Cms
Self-serve checkout
5 tiers
Public API
Quick answer

Directus pricing starts at $99/mo, billed annually for the Professional plan. 3 tiers total including a free tier. No monthly-only billing option.

Page fetched 2026-05-09 · directus.io · Annual-only tier subscription
Directus pricing page screenshot — https://directus.io/pricing/
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-06

directus.io/pricing/

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Pricing
Directus pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · directus.io/pricing/
Billed annually only — no monthly option
Free
Free
forever
5 Studio Users
Limited API requests
Professional
$99/mo
billed annually
5 Studio Users included
250,000 API requests per month
Premium support (Enterprise only)
Enterprise
Sales
Contact sales
Custom studio users
Custom DB entries
Dedicated infrastructure
Cost calculator
See your real cost on each plan

Adjust seats to compare Directus plans side-by-side and check the annual break-even.

Professional
$99.00/mo · $99.00/mo billed annually
$99.00/mo
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Frequently asked
Directus pricing FAQ

Directus pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid Professional plan at $99/mo billed annually. No monthly billing option is shown.

Directus's cheapest business-usable plan is Professional at $99/mo. First paid tier with full features, billed annually.

Yes — Directus publishes a free tier. Includes 5 Studio Users.

Yes — Directus's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.

xpay scored Directus as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. Directus publishes a pricing page with 5 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Headless Cms category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Directus to compare with 3 nearest peers.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Directus?
Approaching Agent-Ready

70

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Directus scores 70/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; a free entry path exists.

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Directus into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free access

Includes 5 Studio Users

Billing cycle

Annual only

Lowest paid

$99/mo (billed annually)

Self-serve checkout

1 tier

Tier count

3

Pricing model

Annual-only tier subscription

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Directus pricing summary derived from a live read of https://directus.io/pricing/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Directus.

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