Pricing

Backendless Cloud Pricing

Backendless offers three cloud-based pricing plans. All plans offer unlimited developer seats at no extra cost. The Free Plan is designed for exploring and learning the platform. The Scale Plans are where you will develop your application, publish it, and manage it once it’s live – and scale without limit. The Scale Plan has two variations: Scale Variable and Scale Fixed; they have the same limits but apply different rules for calculating the monthly bill.  You can expand the Scale Plans with Function Packs from the Backendless Marketplace. All pricing is per application.

Start Free
Free Plan
$0 /Month
$0 /Month
50
API requests/minute
20 database tables
1 GB file storage
Fixed limits
Start Free
Scale Plan
$15+ /Month ?
$15+ /Month ?
Unlimited
API requests/month
100 database tables
10 GB file storage
Flexible limits

A Closer Look

The Scale Plan offers two variations: Scale Variable and Scale Fixed. Both plans have identical limits; the only difference is how the monthly bill is calculated. For the Scale Variable plan, the bill is computed as a sum of individual daily charges. Each daily charge is based on the peak number of API requests per minute during a 24-hour cycle. In contrast, the Scale Fixed plan has a set price determined by the highest tier you select. For more details about these plans, please follow the links: Scale Variable pricing and Scale Fixed pricing.

Free Plan
$0 /Month
$0 /Month
Scale Plan
$15+ /Month ?
$15+ /Month ?
General
   
Daily Backups
API calls/month
Unlimited Unlimited
Objects in cache
10 50
Atomic counters
10 100,000
Limits can be increased
Development team size
Unlimited Unlimited
     
Security
   
Free SSL Certificate
Column Visibility
Custom API Keys
1 10
Custom security roles
2 3
Multiple custom domains
Team Permissions
     
Database
   
Visualizations
1 5
Data tables
20 100
Data objects in a table
15,000 100,000
Hive
1 KB 3 KB
Operations in Transactions
5 10
Real-time connections
5 1,000
Listeners per real-time connection
10 30
     
File Storage
   
Disk space for your files
1 GB 10 GB
     
Notifications and Messaging
   
Pub/sub messages
100,000 500,000
Push notifications
100,000 500,000
Email templates
2 10
     
Business Logic/Cloud Code
   
Cloud Code scripts
2 5
Cloud Code deployment size
1 MB 20 MB
Cloud Code execution time
5 seconds 5 seconds
Cloud Code timer frequency
300 seconds 60 seconds
Concurrent Java threads
1 3
     
Free Plan
$0 /Month
$0 /Month
Scale Plan
$15+ /Month
$15+ /Month
General
Security
Database
File Storage
Notifications and Messaging
Business Logic/Cloud Code
Daily Backups
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
API calls/month
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) Unlimited
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) Unlimited
Objects in cache
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 10
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 50
Atomic counters
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 10
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 100,000
Limits can be increased
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
Development team size
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) Unlimited
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) Unlimited
Free SSL Certificate
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
Column Visibility
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
Custom API Keys
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 10
Custom security roles
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 2
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 3
Multiple custom domains
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
Team Permissions
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month )
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month )
Visualizations
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 5
Data tables
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 20
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 100
Data objects in a table
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 15,000
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 100,000
Hive
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1 KB
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 3 KB
Operations in Transactions
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 5
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 10
Real-time connections
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 5
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 1,000
Listeners per real-time connection
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 10
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 30
Disk space for your files
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1 GB
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 10 GB
Pub/sub messages
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 100,000
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 500,000
Push notifications
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 100,000
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 500,000
Email templates
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 2
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 10
Cloud Code scripts
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 2
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 5
Cloud Code deployment size
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1 MB
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 20 MB
Cloud Code execution time
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 5 seconds
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 5 seconds
Cloud Code timer frequency
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 300 seconds
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 60 seconds
Concurrent Java threads
Free Plan ( $0 /Month ) ( $0 /Month ) 1
Scale Plan ( $15+ /Month ) ( $15+ /Month ) 3

Increasing Limits

Some limits on the Scale Variable/Fixed Plans can be increased/removed by purchasing a corresponding Function Pack from the Backendless Marketplace. The table below provides the pricing summary for increasing individual limits.

Limit Price
Maximum custom security roles (64 total)
$20/Month
Additional 10 GB file storage
$20/Month
Additional 100,000 messages
$10/Month
Additional 100,000 push notifications
$10/Month
Additional 10,000 real-time connections
$50/Month
Additional 50 data tables
$25/Month
Additional 200,000 data objects
$10/Month
Additional 20 KB of Hive memory
$50/Month
Additional 50 Visualizations
$50/Month
Additional 5 operations per transaction
$50/Month
Unlimited cloud code scripts
$60/Month
Expanded script/code execution time (20 sec)
$30/Month
Enhanced timer run frequency (1 second)
$50/Month
Expanded Cloud Code deployment size (20 mb)
$30/Month
Additional 100 objects in cache
$20/Month
Management and Admin API access
$20/Month
Additional Java thread (for Cloud Code)
$10/Month
Additional 10 custom API keys
$50/Month
Additional 10,000 atomic counters
$30/Month
Additional 100 objects in cache
$5/Month
Enterprise Security Tools (Panic Mode, Audit Log, HIPAA Compliance, Session Manager)
$399/Month

Scale Variable Pricing Tiers

With the Scale Variable Plan, pricing adjusts daily based on API consumption. It is based on the peak number of API requests per minute over the course of each 24 hours. Scale Variable Plan users are billed once per month.

Tier Daily Price Requests per min (in 24 hours)
1 $0.50 0-5
2 $0.99 6-10
3 $1.75 11-20
4 $2.15 21-50
5 $2.95 51-100
6 $4.25 101-200
7 $7.00 201-300
8 $12.00 301-500
9 $25.00 501-750
10 $45.00 751-1,000
11 $65.00 1,001-2,000
12 $95.00 2,001-3,000
13 $145.00 3,001-4,000
14 $170.00 4,001-5,000
15 $190.00 5,001-7,000
16 $230.00 7,001-10,000