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# Ankra Pricing - Start Free, Run Applications and Grow

Canonical: https://ankra.ai/pricing

Compare Ankra platform plans and usage rates. Start with the free tier, add the capacity you need, and keep cloud infrastructure billing separate.

Platform pricing

# Start small. Keep  building.

Your first 30 vCPU are included. Choose the support your team needs,
 then pay for additional capacity as you grow.

[Platform plans](https://ankra.ai/pricing#pricing-cards)  [Playground pricing](https://ankra.ai/pricing#playground)

## A plan for every stage.

Platform usage is billed monthly. Your cloud infrastructure is billed separately.

### Free

For exploring Ankra and getting your first projects running.

**€0** / forever

30 vCPU included for life

Room to get started, at no cost.

[Start free](https://platform.ankra.app/auth/signup)

- 30 vCPU included forever
- Unlimited team members
- AI-powered automation
- Community support
- No uptime commitment
- USD 10/mo AI allowance

### Startup

 Most popular

For growing teams running applications in production.

**€0.01** / hour

**€7.20** / month

per vCPU, beyond the first 30 free

€0.008/hr  €5.76/month  with annual commitment

Save 20% with a 12-month commitment

[Get started](https://platform.ankra.app/auth/signup)

- Everything in Free
- Unlimited clusters
- 99.5% uptime SLA with service credits
- Priority email support
- 9-5 weekday support
- 24-hour response time
- USD 50/mo AI allowance

### Enterprise

For teams that need advanced security and priority support.

**€0.03** / hour

**€21.60** / month

per vCPU, beyond the first 30 free

€0.024/hr  €17.28/month  with annual commitment

12-month commitment required

- Everything in Startup
- 99.9% uptime SLA with service credits
- SSO (Microsoft & Google)
- 9-5 weekday support
- 4-hour critical response time
- USD 200/mo AI allowance
- 24/7 support upgradable
- Custom terms by agreement
- Priority feature requests

Only worker node capacity counts. Controller nodes are free. Monthly platform rates are based on 720 hours.

Try Ankra without a card in a small, limited trial; a payment method unlocks full access and €59 of welcome credit.

For homebuilders

### Big ideas. A little more room.

Building on your own? You can get €1,000 of Ankra credit, topped back up every month. Sign up, then send your application from Plan and billing, under Credit, in the app. The Ankra team reviews every application.

- Full platform access
- €1,000 of credit, topped back up every month
- Credit pays for worker vCPU, playgrounds and Ankra AI
- Free for a single user
- Bring your own AI provider key
- Community support

**€0** with approval

 [Apply for access](https://platform.ankra.app/auth/signup?return_to=%2Fnext%2Forganisation%2Fbilling%3Fview%3Dcredit%26apply%3Dhomebuilder)

Application required

Playground

## The cheapest compute power on the internet.

Playgrounds are development and evaluation Kubernetes environments on Ankra-hosted infrastructure. Pick a size, pay one flat price with storage included, and be billed by the second only while it exists.

| Size | vCPU / RAM | Storage | Price | Works out to |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trial | 2 vCPU / 4 GB | 20 GB | Free Free | One per organisation |
| Small | 2 vCPU / 4 GB | 50 GB | €0.007/hr €5.21/month | €2.61 per vCPU, €1.30 per GB RAM |
| Medium | 4 vCPU / 8 GB | 100 GB | €0.011/hr €8.06/month | €2.02 per vCPU, €1.01 per GB RAM |
| Large | 8 vCPU / 16 GB | 200 GB | €0.021/hr €15.19/month | €1.90 per vCPU, €0.95 per GB RAM |
| Extra large | 16 vCPU / 32 GB | 400 GB | €0.038/hr €28.01/month | €1.75 per vCPU, €0.88 per GB RAM |

Flat monthly list prices in EUR excluding VAT, billed by the second. Hourly figures are the monthly price at 730 hours a month. Playgrounds are for development and evaluation only, not production, and are excluded from the SLA.

- Billed pro-rata by the second, from the moment the environment is ready until you destroy it.
- The price you order at is your price of record. Later catalogue changes apply to new orders only.
- Storage is bundled. No per-vCPU, per-GB, egress, IP or GPU charges, and playgrounds never count toward your plan's worker vCPUs.
- One free Trial per organisation, which expires when the organisation goes idle. Paid playgrounds count against an 8 GB memory budget per organisation unless a limit increase has been approved.

## Enterprise Add-ons

Optional packages for Enterprise customers

Enterprise is the only plan with negotiable terms. Every paid plan's uptime commitment, response times and service credits are set out in the [Service Level Agreement](https://ankra.ai/sla) , which applies automatically when you upgrade.

### 24/7 Support

Upgrade from 9-5 weekday support to round-the-clock dedicated support with guaranteed response times.

### On-Prem Setup

Deploy Ankra in your own infrastructure, including air-gapped sites, with dedicated setup, maintenance, and support.

### Managed Architecture

Let our team design, deploy, and manage your Kubernetes architecture end-to-end with expert guidance.

FAQ

## Common questions

### What counts as a vCPU?

You're billed on the total vCPU capacity of your worker nodes beyond the 30 free vCPUs included with the Free, Startup, and Enterprise plans. Rates are €0.01/hr (€7.20/mo) per vCPU on Startup and €0.03/hr (€21.60/mo) per vCPU on Enterprise. For example, 50 worker vCPUs on Startup means 20 billable vCPUs: €0.20/hr, or €144/month.

### Are controller nodes billed?

No. Only worker node vCPUs are counted toward billing. Controller nodes are free.

### What is an annual commitment?

An annual commitment locks in a 20% lower per-vCPU rate for 12 months - €0.008/hr on Startup and €0.024/hr on Enterprise. You still pay monthly based on actual usage, with no large upfront payment. Enterprise plans require a 12-month commitment.

### How does AI pricing work?

Every plan includes a monthly allowance of Ankra-funded AI usage that resets at the start of each calendar month - USD 10 on Free, USD 50 on Startup, USD 200 on Enterprise. You can also set your own daily spend limit. When the allowance runs out, connect your own model provider key and keep going at your provider's rates, or wait for the reset. Usage on your own key is unlimited and never counts against the allowance.

### Can I upgrade or downgrade anytime?

Yes. Changes take effect immediately and we prorate any billing differences. If you have an annual commitment, the discounted rate applies for the remainder of the term.

### What's included in the free tier?

30 vCPU free for life with full platform access. That's enough for about 5 typical clusters, completely free forever.

### Do you offer free credit for homebuilders?

Yes. The Homebuilder programme is for one person building on their own. Once you're approved, your Ankra credit is topped back up to €1,000 every month, and it pays for what you use: worker vCPU, playgrounds and Ankra AI. It's for a single user, so an organisation with other members can't join. Sign up for free, then apply from Plan and billing, under Credit, in the app with a short note about what you are building and a link to it. The Ankra team reviews every application.

### How are Playground environments priced?

Playgrounds are development and evaluation Kubernetes environments on Ankra-hosted infrastructure, sold as a flat monthly list price per size in EUR, excluding VAT: Small (2 vCPU / 4 GB, 50 GB storage) is €5.21, Medium (4 vCPU / 8 GB, 100 GB) is €8.06, Large (8 vCPU / 16 GB, 200 GB) is €15.19 and Extra large (16 vCPU / 32 GB, 400 GB) is €28.01. Storage is bundled and there are no per-vCPU, per-GB, egress, IP or GPU charges. You are billed pro-rata by the second from the moment the environment is ready until it is destroyed, and the price you order at is your price of record. Every organisation gets one free Trial (2 vCPU / 4 GB, 20 GB storage), which expires when the organisation goes idle. Playgrounds are for development and evaluation only, not production, and are excluded from the SLA.

### Does a Playground count against my free 30 vCPU?

No. Playgrounds are priced per size and are excluded from the worker-vCPU metering behind the Free, Startup and Enterprise plans. Your 30 free vCPU stay available for your own clusters, and a paid playground adds only its flat size price to your bill.

Your next chapter

## You built it.
*Let’s get it live.*

Give your application a path to production.
 Give your team a simpler way to run it.

[Get your app live](https://platform.ankra.app/auth/signup)

First 30 vCPU of platform usage included.
Try it without a card; a card unlocks full access and €59 of credit.

From something you built
to something people use.

- Deploy from your repository
- Run on infrastructure you choose
- Operate with your team and agents