Billing and usage
Slab5 uses a platform plan plus usage-based metering for teams building applications, agent workflows, data products, and internal tools on the Slab5 backend. Plans include unlimited users, workspace limits, included monthly usage, monthly caps, execution capacity, data retention, AgentGrid capacity, and support level.
How pricing works
The customer-facing model is:
- Choose a monthly platform plan.
- Invite as many users as needed.
- Use the included monthly usage balance.
- Add prepaid usage balance up to the plan cap when usage grows.
- Upgrade when the workspace needs more workspaces, higher capacity, longer retention, larger schedules, or enterprise controls.
Included monthly usage is dollar-denominated so teams can reason about spend directly:
- BYOK Developer includes no Slab5 managed AI usage and is limited to BYOK model execution.
- Builder includes
$99of monthly usage. - Team includes
$299of monthly usage. - Business / Agency includes
$799of monthly usage. - Enterprise usage is custom.
Slab5 meters API operations, MCP tools, webhooks, storage, egress, Analytics Sites events, BI refreshes, Workspace Assistant, Data Agents, AgentGrid runs, tool calls, retrieval, and execution jobs so usage is transparent and enforceable.
Plans
| Plan | Monthly price | Users | Included monthly usage | Workspace limit | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYOK Developer | $0/month | Unlimited | BYOK only | 1 | Developers evaluating Slab5 with their own OpenAI or Claude key before moving to a paid plan. |
| Builder | $99/month | Unlimited | $99 | 2 | Builders and small teams validating production workflows, APIs, MCP clients, and AgentGrid. |
| Team | $299/month | Unlimited | $299 | 5 | Teams using Slab5 daily for application backends, workflows, analytics, and operational automations. |
| Business / Agency | From $799/month | Unlimited | $799 | 20 | Agencies, serious builders, and operating teams running multiple client, product, or business workspaces. |
| Enterprise | Call us | Unlimited | Custom | Custom | Larger teams, regulated workflows, SSO, custom scale, SLA, deployment, support, or procurement needs. |
All paid plans include:
- Core workspace modules
- Slab5 Guide
- Workspace Assistant
- Slab5 Data Agents
- AgentGrid workflows, approvals, tools, agents, and run logs
- Data & Insights, Object Analytics, Analytics Sites, and Custom BI
- REST API access
- MCP access
- Billing, usage, audit, request ID, and trace visibility
- Bring your own key (BYOK) model provider support
- Slab5 managed AI as prepaid or contract-metered usage
The BYOK Developer plan is a free evaluation plan for developers who want to try Slab5 with their own model-provider key. It does not include Slab5 managed AI, keeps lower platform caps, limits recurring workflows to daily-or-slower schedules, and is intended for prototypes and evaluation rather than production operation.
Slab5 plans do not require per-seat pricing. Teams can invite the people needed to build, operate, approve, and monitor their apps while usage and workspace limits control platform cost.
Current self-serve production limits:
| Limit | BYOK Developer | Builder | Team | Business / Agency | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active workspaces | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 | Custom |
| API keys | 2 | 5 | 25 | 100 | Custom |
| MCP clients | 2 | 5 | 25 | 100 | Custom |
| Webhook endpoints | 1 | 3 | 25 | 100 | Custom |
| Analytics Sites | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | Custom |
| Workflow schedules | 3 | 25 | 100 | 500 | Custom |
| Minimum recurring cadence | Daily | Hourly | Hourly | Hourly | Custom |
| Workflow runs per month | 200 | 1,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 | Custom |
| App events per month | 25,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Custom |
| BI refresh schedules | 3 | 25 | 100 | 500 | Custom |
| BI refreshes per month | 100 | 250 | 1,500 | 7,500 | Custom |
| Business records | 2,500 | Not hard-capped by public plan | Not hard-capped by public plan | Not hard-capped by public plan | Custom |
| Storage | 1 GB | 10 GB | 100 GB | 500 GB | Custom |
| API requests per month | 50,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 | Custom |
| MCP tool calls per month | 10,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 500,000 | Custom |
| Audit and usage retention | 14 days | 30 days | 90 days | 180 days | Custom |
Private advisor or beta plans can be created by Slab5 for invited testers. They are not public signup plans.
What included usage covers
Included usage and prepaid usage balance cover metered platform usage:
- REST API operations
- MCP tool calls
- Webhook delivery attempts
- Asset upload intents
- File storage and egress
- Analytics Sites event collection
- Object Analytics and BI refresh work
- Workspace Assistant usage
- Slab5 Data Agents usage
- AgentGrid run logging, tool calls, retrieval, and execution work
- Slab5 managed AI token usage when enabled
Slab5 Guide and support-agent style help are included so teams can learn and troubleshoot without a separate support meter.
Managed AI and BYOK
AgentGrid supports two AI execution modes:
| Mode | Who provides the model key | How usage is tracked | When to use it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slab5 managed AI | Slab5 | Slab5 records managed AI token usage and applies it to Slab5 usage balance. | Use this when a team wants the simplest setup and does not want to manage provider accounts or keys. |
| Bring your own key (BYOK) | The workspace owner | Slab5 records approximate BYOK token telemetry separately. Provider token charges are paid directly to the model provider. Platform usage still applies. | Use this when a team wants provider control, existing model-provider contracts, or separation between Slab5 platform spend and model-provider spend. |
The AgentGrid Settings page has an authoritative AI execution mode switch. Stored BYOK keys are ignored while Slab5 managed AI mode is selected. BYOK keys are used only when BYOK mode is enabled and a BYOK provider is selected.
BYOK keys are stored at the workspace level. Slab5 stores a key hint for visibility and stores the secret encrypted when encryption is configured for the deployment. BYOK provider token charges are not charged by Slab5; the model provider bills the workspace owner directly. Slab5 still meters platform activity such as workflow runs, tool calls, retrieval, app events, storage, egress, and BI refreshes.
BYOK Developer workspaces must use BYOK mode. Slab5 managed AI is disabled on that plan so the customer controls provider spend directly while Slab5 enforces platform usage caps.
Use Slab5 managed AI for the fastest setup. Use BYOK when the team already has provider contracts, wants direct model-provider spend control, or needs to separate Slab5 platform spend from model-provider spend.
Meter reference
Most customers should think in included usage and monthly spend caps, not individual fractions of a cent. The meter table explains how usage is counted behind the scenes.
| Meter | Example price | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Light REST read | $0.00005 | Direct lookups, simple lists, lightweight CMS reads |
| Search REST read | $0.00015 | CRM/support/CMS searches, filtered lists, delivery logs |
| Standard REST write | $0.001 | Create or update contacts, tasks, tickets, CMS entries, webhook endpoints |
| Critical REST write | $0.0025 | Invoices, payments, accounting, destructive/archive actions |
| MCP read tool | $0.0005 | Agent search, list, and read tools |
| MCP write tool | $0.003 | Agent create, update, complete, convert, publish, or workflow tools |
| Webhook delivery attempt | $0.00075 | Signed webhook delivery attempt |
| Asset upload intent | $0.0015 | Signed upload URL creation |
| Storage | $0.15/GB-month | Stored files and media assets |
| Egress | $0.15/GB | Asset and API egress above included allowance |
| Slab5 Guide | $0 | Included product and support assistant |
| Workspace Assistant safe summary | $0.015 | Workspace guidance from metadata and safe summaries |
| Data Agent reviewer | $0.10 | Evidence review, insight drafting, and recommendation review |
| Light Data Agent execution job | $0.25 | Small governed workflow or job |
| Standard Data Agent execution job | $1.00 | Managed execution worker job |
| Heavy Data Agent execution job | $5.00 | Larger backfills, indexing, and high-volume jobs |
| AgentGrid run logging | $0.005 | Assistant run trace and cost visibility |
| AgentGrid retrieval hit | $0.001 | Retrieval record for workspace or user data |
| Slab5 managed AI tokens | Provider-metered | Managed model usage when Slab5 provides the AI provider |
| BYOK AI tokens | Observed telemetry | Approximate token usage when the workspace uses its own provider key |
Storage is metered from workspace asset usage snapshots. Egress is recorded as observed or estimated telemetry so teams can see download and data-transfer usage even when the exact provider bill arrives later.
Direct CMS REST reads are billed as API reads. Public websites should cache published CMS content at build time, on the server, or through revalidation so normal visitor traffic is not billed as one CMS API read per pageview.
Usage examples
These examples show approximate usage value.
| Example workload | Approximate usage value |
|---|---|
| 100,000 light REST reads | $5.00 |
| 100,000 search REST reads | $15.00 |
| 10,000 standard REST writes | $10.00 |
| 1,000 critical REST writes | $2.50 |
| 10,000 MCP read tool calls | $5.00 |
| 1,000 MCP write tool calls | $3.00 |
| 10,000 webhook delivery attempts | $7.50 |
| 10 GB stored for one month | $1.50 |
| 10 GB egress above included allowance | $1.50 |
BYOK Developer includes enough usage for a realistic prototype with one workspace, BYOK model execution, API/MCP experimentation, limited storage, daily scheduling, and capped AgentGrid runs. Builder includes enough usage for a meaningful small production workspace. Team increases production capacity for daily use. Business / Agency increases workspace count, app-event volume, workflow runs, BI refreshes, storage, and support for multi-client or multi-product operations.
Upgrade guidance
BYOK Developer is the right fit when a developer wants to evaluate Slab5 with their own OpenAI or Claude key and limited platform usage.
Builder is the right fit when a builder or small team needs staging and production workspaces, API access, MCP access, AgentGrid, and enough usage to test real workflows.
Move to Team when a workspace is used daily by multiple operators, several agents, scheduled workflows, Data & Insights, and production API or MCP integrations.
Move to Business / Agency when a team needs many workspaces, higher app-event volume, more schedules, more workflow runs, more BI refreshes, more storage, client workspace governance, and priority support.
Move to Enterprise when a team needs custom limits, SSO, custom retention, dedicated or isolated execution capacity, security review, SLA terms, audit exports, procurement support, or custom deployment requirements.
Spend controls
Prepaid usage balance and monthly caps keep spend predictable. When a workspace exhausts available usage balance and cannot add more within its cap, billable operations pause instead of creating open-ended charges.
Recovery paths stay available during a billing pause. Workspace owners and admins can still sign in, inspect billing and usage, review credentials, reduce usage, revoke credentials, and add usage balance or upgrade the plan.
AgentGrid also includes AI guardrails for model usage:
- Slab5 managed AI monthly budget
- per-run AI budget
- deterministic-only mode to test workflow structure without spending model credits
- workspace and credential kill switches, depending on plan
Services and enterprise
Slab5 can be used as a self-serve platform or paired with Shikha Labs services for teams that want implementation help.
Service offerings are consultative:
| Offering | Typical range | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Launch Workflow Sprint | $5k-$10k | Build and ship one production workflow or launch path quickly. |
| Slab5 Implementation | $15k-$35k | Configure workspaces, modules, workflows, integrations, analytics, and operating practices. |
| Enterprise Operating Layer Buildout | $50k+ | Build a larger operating layer across teams, applications, workflows, data, and approvals. |
| Ongoing AI Ops / Platform Retainer | $5k-$20k/month | Keep workflows, agents, analytics, and operational systems improving over time. |
Enterprise plans can include:
- SSO/SAML
- Advanced RBAC
- OAuth-first MCP policies
- Dedicated or isolated execution capacity
- Private networking options
- Custom retention
- Audit exports
- Custom contracts and security review
- SLA
- BYOK and custom model-provider policy
- Onboarding and migration support
- Committed usage pricing