FAI Orchard — Pricing
Five tiers. Self-serve from Free through Business. Enterprise is a booking conversation. All tiers ship the SAME 27 contract assertions and SAME byte-equal MCP server — the difference is region count, audit features, SLA, and support.
ℹ️ All annual prices below. Monthly billing is +20%. Currency: EUR. No per-seat fees on Pro/Team/Business — pricing is per workspace. Free is genuinely free, no card required, forever.
§1 — Tier matrix
| Free | Pro | Team | Business | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €0 | €9/mo | €49/mo | €299/mo | custom |
| Catalog reads | 1k/day | 50k/day | 250k/day | 2M/day | unlimited |
| MCP tools | 5 (all) | 5 (all) | 5 (all) | 5 (all) | 5 (all) + custom |
| Bushel sync (cloud) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Regions | us-east only | any 1 region | any 1 region | any 2 regions | all 3 regions (us-east + eu-west + ap-south) |
| Cross-region READ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cross-region WRITE | ❌ (always denied) | ❌ (always denied) | ❌ (always denied) | ❌ (always denied) | ❌ (always denied — locked invariant) |
| Audit-log retention | 7 days | 30 days | 90 days | 1 year | 7 years |
| Audit-log export (S3/Azure Blob/local fs) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SSO (SAML + OIDC) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SSO MFA (step-up auth) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Custom rate limits | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Self-host Docker image | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Skill marketplace publish | read-only | publish | publish | publish | publish + private |
| MSA + DPA | n/a | n/a | n/a | optional | ✅ included |
| Email support | community | 48h | 24h | 4h business hours | 1h 24×7 |
| Slack Connect channel | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SLA | none | best-effort | 99.5% | 99.9% | 99.95% with credits |
§2 — Why these tiers
- Free is for individual developers + experimentation. The 1k reads/day budget covers normal development + small-team CI usage.
- Pro unlocks bushel sync so your curated list of accelerators follows you across machines.
- Team adds SAML + OIDC SSO so a 5-50 person org can wire FAI Orchard to its IdP without per-seat fees.
- Business adds audit-export (write to YOUR S3/Azure Blob/local fs bucket — data residency by construction) + the self-host Docker image for air-gap deployments.
- Enterprise opens cross-region READ + the 3-region tenancy + step-up MFA + MSA/DPA + 24×7 support with SLA credits.
§3 — How to start
| Tier | Action |
|---|---|
| Free | `npx -y @frootai/[email protected]` — no signup |
| Pro | https://frootai.dev/pricing — Stripe checkout |
| Team | https://frootai.dev/pricing — Stripe checkout |
| Business | https://frootai.dev/pricing — Stripe checkout + post-purchase verification call |
| Enterprise | mailto:[email protected] — discovery call + bespoke pricing |
§4 — Frequently asked
Q: Can I run the Free tier in production? Yes. The Free tier is rate-limited (1k reads/day) but otherwise feature- identical for the 5 MCP tools + read access to the 413-entry catalog. The license permits production use.
Q: Why is per-workspace pricing not per-seat? Seat-licensing is hostile to AI-agent workflows where one human can drive 20 simultaneous agent sessions. Per-workspace pricing aligns cost with actual catalog usage, not headcount theater.
Q: Is there a discount for OSS / academia / non-profits? Yes — 50% off Team/Business with verification. Email [email protected].
Q: Does Enterprise include implementation services? Up to 5 hours of guided onboarding included. Beyond that, services are billed at a separately negotiated day rate.
Q: What happens if I cancel?
- Cancel-anytime; access continues through end of paid period.
- Bushel data (your curated lists) is exportable at any time via `POST /api/bushel/export` — JSON download, no lock-in.
- Audit-log export bucket stays under YOUR control (we never had a copy).
§5 — Related docs
- Getting Started
- Self-host guide
- Enterprise edition
- MCP server reference
- STABILITY.md (semver promise): https://github.com/frootai/frootai/blob/main/STABILITY.md
- SECURITY.md (disclosure policy): https://github.com/frootai/frootai/blob/main/SECURITY.md