Alchemy Reduces Free Plan Monthly Compute Units by 70%, Significantly Impacting User Access
What changed
Platinum tier introduced as exclusive Beta offering with 2.5x faster performance, uncapped throughput, limitless log queries, and custom analytics
Product suite rebranded from 'Embedded Wallets/Account Abstraction' with 'Account Kit SDK' to 'Smart Wallets' with 'Smart Wallets SDK'
Pay As You Go support response time increased from 6 hours to 24 hours
Free plan monthly compute units decreased from 100M CU to 30M CU (70% reduction)
Free plan support response time increased from 24 hours to 48 hours
Enterprise plan '<5m response time' specification removed from main plan features (still maintains 5 minutes target in comparison table)
Before and after
Jul 4, 2025 vs Oct 5, 2025Platinum tier introduced as exclusive Beta offering with 2.5x faster performance, uncapped throughput, limitless log queries, and custom analytics
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Full history →- Week 38, 2026·increaseAlchemy: Pay as You Go rate hiked to flat $0.525/1M CU
- Q2 2026·decreaseAlchemy: Solana gRPC price cut to $75/TB + Emergency button dropped
- Week 24, 2026·packagingAlchemy cuts Solana gRPC add-on price to $75/TB
- Week 18, 2026·improvedAlchemy Drops Emergency Button, Renames Support Roles Across Tiers
- Q1 2026·packagingAlchemy Drops Pay-As-You-Go Minimum, Adds Tiered Premium Support Plans
