Astronomer Restructures Pricing Model to 4-Tier System, Introducing New Plans for Enhanced Security, Support, and Compute Capacity
What changed
Worker compute options expanded from max A60 (12 vCPU, 24 GiB) to include A120 (24 vCPU, 48 GiB memory at $3.12/hr) and A160 (32 vCPU, 64 GiB memory at $4.16/hr)
Pricing model restructured from 2-tier (Pay As You Go + Custom) to 4-tier model (Developer, Team, Business, Enterprise) with detailed feature comparison table across Security & Governance, Scale & Operational Efficiency, and Support & Success categories
Team plan introduced for teams with pipelines in production requiring Airflow support, includes Network Isolation, Audit Logging, and 24x5 Support Availability
Cluster pricing structure introduced: Standard cluster included in base pricing, Dedicated cluster starts at $2.40 per/hour for enhanced networking and security needs
Enterprise plan introduced for platform teams requiring additional security and governance, includes SCIM Provisioning, Custom RBAC, Executive Dashboards, and Dedicated success manager
Business plan introduced for mission-critical pipelines requiring 24x7 support, includes SSO Enforcement, CI/CD Enforcement, and 1hr Response Time SLA
Pay As You Go plan renamed to Developer, maintaining $0.35/hr starting price with same core features (flexible scale-to-zero compute, API access, 14-day trial with $300 credit)
Before and after
Jan 1, 2024 vs Apr 1, 2024Worker compute options expanded from max A60 (12 vCPU, 24 GiB) to include A120 (24 vCPU, 48 GiB memory at $3.12/hr) and A160 (32 vCPU, 64 GiB memory at $4.16/hr)
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