About
8base is a backend-as-a-service and low-code application platform that provides a serverless GraphQL backend, CLI access, custom functions, and application hosting on AWS. It also includes an app builder for frontend application development and an AI product architect called Archie for turning prompts into product specifications and designs.
The free plan is for building backend applications and includes 1 team member, 1 backend application, 1 frontend application per project, 2,500 database rows, 0.5 GB file storage, 1 GB-hours of serverless computing, 2 GB bandwidth per month, 100,000 GraphQL API calls per month, 100,000 GraphQL subscription events per month, and up to 5 client app users. It is suitable for small production applications, but paid plans add more users, environments, storage, and support options.
- Serverless GraphQL backend
- 1 team member included
- 2,500 database rows
- 0.5 GB file storage
- 1 GB-hours compute
- 2 GB bandwidth monthly
- 100,000 API calls monthly
- Up to 5 client users
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable, but it is capped at small-project limits: 1 team member, 2,500 rows, 0.5 GB of files, 1 GB-hour of compute, 2 GB of bandwidth, and 100,000 API calls. Compared with the $25/month Developer plan, it delivers roughly a fifth of the paid plan’s practical capacity, so about $5/month is a fair buyer-facing value. A credit card is required to sign up, and the offer is perpetual but clearly capped rather than unlimited.
What's included in the free tier
- Build backend web apps with $0 free plan access.
- Use serverless functions in the free tier.
- Access a GraphQL API in the free tier.
- Use CLI access in the free tier.
- Get community support in the free tier.
- Include 1 team member in the free tier.
- Include 1 frontend application per project in the free tier.
- Preview applications for the first 14 days.
- Deploy applications with the free tier.
- Host frontend applications on 8base AWS for the first 14 days.
- Use asset storage in the free tier.
- Apply theming and styling in the free tier.
- Build data models in the free tier.
- Use the data viewer in the free tier.
- Access CI/CD environments in the free tier.
- Use authorization profiles in the free tier.
- Use 8base authentication in the free tier.
- Configure self-sign up in the free tier.
- Create custom functions in the free tier.
- Use auto-generated GraphQL API in the free tier.
- Use a custom API domain with SSL in the free tier.
- Use GraphQL subscriptions in the free tier.
- Create database views and custom indexes in the free tier.
- Select a hosting region in the free tier.
- Use encryption in transit in the free tier.
- Use encryption at rest in the free tier.
- Use backup and restore in the free tier.
- Get fault tolerance in the free tier.
- Use frontend application CDN in the free tier.
- Use a custom URL with SSL in the free tier.
- Store up to 2,500 database rows.
- Store up to 0.5 GB of files.
- Use up to 1 GB-hours of serverless computing.
- Use up to 2 GB per month of bandwidth.
- Make up to 100,000 GraphQL API calls per month.
- Use up to 100,000 GraphQL subscription events per month.
- Support up to 5 client app users.
See 8base pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Developer
- team members
- 1
- frontend applications per project
- 1
- database rows
- 2,500
- file storage
- 0.5 GB
- serverless computing
- 1 GB-Hours
- bandwidth
- 2 GB/mo.
- Build and deploy applications
- 1 team member
- Unlimited client app users with own authentication provider
- 1 frontend application per project
- Unlimited frontend application hosting
- Unlimited asset storage
Professional
- team members
- 5
- frontend applications per project
- 2
- database rows
- 5,000,000
- file storage
- 500 GB
- serverless computing
- 200 GB-Hours
- bandwidth
- 500 GB/mo.
- Professional development lifecycle (CI/CD)
- Role-based permissions
- 5 team members included
- 2 frontend applications per project
- Unlimited client app users
- 48-hour response support
Enterprise
- team members
- Unlimited
- frontend applications per project
- Unlimited
- database rows
- Unlimited
- file storage
- Unlimited
- serverless computing
- Unlimited
- bandwidth
- Unlimited
- Volume discounts
- Additional development environments
- Advanced SQL access
- Self-hosted option
- SLAs
- Premium support
Pricing extracted from 8base's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
