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title: "formae pricing: pay for scale, not for resources or features | Platform Engineering Labs"
description: "formae is free for unlimited resources and every Infrastructure as Code feature. You pay only for operational capabilities at scale: managed installation, connected agents, private hubs, enterprise security and support."
url: "https://formae.ai/pricing"
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# Pay for scale. Not for resources. Not for features.

Infrastructure as Code and official plugins are open source and free.
Pricing applies only when operational capabilities at scale are required.

### Free

Use **formae** for free.

You get:

- **Unlimited resources**
- All Infrastructure As Code features
- Do-it-yourself installation
- and 4 more, compared below

[Quick Start](https://docs.formae.io/)

### Paid

At scale

Need to run **formae** at scale?

Everything in Free, plus:

- Managed installation
- Connected agents
- Non-OSS plugins
- and 4 more, compared below

[Get in Touch](https://platform.engineering/contact)

## What is in each plan

| Capability | Free | Paid (at scale) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Unlimited resources** | ✓ | ✓ |
| All Infrastructure As Code features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Do-it-yourself installation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official and OSS community plugins | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic security | ✓ | ✓ |
| TTL and auto-reconcile | ✓ | ✓ |
| Community support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed installation | ✕ | ✓ |
| Connected agents | ✕ | ✓ |
| Non-OSS plugins | ✕ | ✓ |
| Managed and private hubs | ✕ | ✓ |
| Enterprise-grade security | ✕ | ✓ |
| LTS | ✕ | ✓ |
| Professional support | ✕ | ✓ |

## Frequently asked questions

[Get in Touch](https://platform.engineering/contact)

- **Is formae free?**

  Yes. Infrastructure as Code and the official plugins are open source and free, with unlimited resources and every Infrastructure as Code feature included. Pricing applies only when operational capabilities at scale are required.
- **Are there limits on how many resources I can manage?**

  No. The free plan includes unlimited resources, and formae is not priced per resource. That is what "pay for scale, not for resources" means.
- **What do I actually pay for?**

  Operational capabilities at scale: managed installation, connected agents, non-OSS plugins, managed and private hubs, enterprise-grade security, LTS and professional support. Everything in the free plan is included as well.
- **What does the paid plan cost?**

  There is no public price list, because what you need depends on how you run formae at scale. [Get in touch](https://platform.engineering/contact) to discuss it.
- **Can I start on the free plan and move later?**

  Yes. The paid plan is everything in free, plus operational capabilities, so nothing changes about how you write or apply infrastructure code when you move.