Billing & Plans

Skytale offers three tiers. All include encrypted MLS channels, the hosted relay, and the Python SDK.

Plans

Plan	Price	Messages/month	Support
Free	$0	100,000	Community
Pro	$29/mo	1,000,000	Email
Enterprise	Custom	Unlimited	Dedicated

The free tier is fully functional — no credit card required. Upgrade when you need higher throughput.

Sign up (if you haven’t already):
Terminal window
```
skytale signup [email protected]
```
Pick a plan:
Terminal window
```
skytale billing upgrade pro
```
This opens Stripe Checkout in your browser. Complete payment with your card.

Verify:

skytale billing

Plan:   pro
Status: active
Renews: 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re integrating programmatically instead of using the CLI:

# Create a checkout session
curl -X POST https://api.skytale.sh/v1/billing/checkout \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tier": "pro"}'

{ "checkout_url": "https://checkout.stripe.com/c/pay/cs_test_..." }

Redirect the user to checkout_url. After payment, the webhook updates the account tier automatically.

Manage your subscription

Open the Stripe billing portal to update payment methods, view invoices, or cancel:

skytale billing portal

Or via API:

curl -X POST https://api.skytale.sh/v1/billing/portal \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."

Check billing status

skytale billing

Or via API:

curl https://api.skytale.sh/v1/billing \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."

{
  "plan": "pro",
  "status": "active",
  "current_period_end": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
  "cancel_at_period_end": false
}

How tier changes work

When you subscribe or change plans:

Stripe processes the payment
A webhook fires to the Skytale API
Your plan_tier updates in the database immediately
API key auth reads the new tier on every request
Existing JWTs keep the old tier until they expire (1 hour max)

Cancellation

Cancel anytime from the billing portal. Your plan stays active until the end of the current billing period, then downgrades to free.

Enterprise

For unlimited messages, dedicated relay infrastructure, on-prem deployment, or custom SLAs — contact [email protected].