Starter
Keep it running
€0.99a month
50 credits a month, for questions and small fixes
- Projects
- 1
- Database
- 500 MB
Protobase Cloud pricingEarly access
A database and an admin app from €0.99 a month
Database, hosting, admin panel and AI credits included. Unlimited users and SSO on every plan.
Protobase Cloud is in early access: sign-up is open, and payments are not switched on yet. These are the prices that will apply.
Contracts are under Dutch law, with the company named in our terms.
Pro
Keep building
€19a month
1,500 credits a month
- Projects
- 3
- Database
- 8 GB each
Business
For teams and client work
€49a month
5,000 credits a month
- Projects
- 10
- Database
- 8 GB each
- Audit history
- 90 days
Enterprise
Your terms
Contact us
Custom monthly credits
- Projects
- Custom
- Database
- Custom
- Audit history
- Custom
How credits work
Credits pay for the assistant’s work. A question costs about 1 credit. A task costs 2 to 10.
- Unused monthly credits roll over, up to three months’ worth.
- Need more? Top up anytime: 500 credits for €10.
- Credits you buy never expire, and unused ones are refunded if you close your account.
- If a change fails its own checks, the retries are free.
The assistant cannot spend credits by itself: every change starts as a plan with a price, and only your approval runs it.
Rather run it yourself?
The open-source framework is free under Apache-2.0, and cloud apps run on the same runtime. Start from the database you already have:
Terminal
# Install the CLI and the packages your config imports
npm install @protobase/cli @protobase/schema \
@protobase/layout @protobase/server @protobase/ui
# Describe your tables, read in a read-only session
npx protobase scaffold postgres://you@localhost:5432/shop --ui
# Check every resource against the database
npx protobase doctor postgres://you@localhost:5432/shopCompare
Your whole team, one price
Monthly cost for a team of 30 people with 3 builders, from each vendor’s public pricing page, October 2026.
| Product | Per month | How it adds up |
|---|---|---|
| Protobase Business | €49 | Unlimited users |
| Retool Business | about €516 | 3 builders at €46, 27 users at €14, billed yearly |
| Directus Team | $499 | Billed yearly |
Questions
About plans and credits
Can I get a surprise bill?
Not during early access: payments are not switched on yet. Each plan has a fixed monthly price, and before the assistant changes anything, it shows a plan with its price. It cannot spend credits by itself: only your approval does. Planning is free, and a change that fails its checks costs nothing.
Will my app be paused if nobody uses it?
No. On Starter, an idle app sleeps and starts again on the next request, so an app you leave alone for months still opens. Pro and Business apps are never stopped for being idle.
Can I run it myself instead?
Yes. The open-source framework is free under Apache-2.0, and cloud apps run on the same runtime. Build your app into one folder and serve it with one runtime file or the Docker image.