About
EMQX Serverless is a managed MQTT broker for IoT messaging. It provisions a deployment in seconds and uses a shared, multi-tenant architecture with usage-based pricing for connected devices, session minutes, traffic, and rule actions.
The free offering includes 1 million session minutes per month, 1 GB of traffic per month, and 1 million rule actions per month. The pricing page also lists up to 1,000 connections, TLS/SSL encryption, basic monitoring and alerts, and 8/5 support on the Serverless plan.
- Shared, multi-tenant MQTT broker
- 1 million session minutes monthly
- 1 GB traffic monthly
- 1 million rule actions monthly
- Up to 1,000 connections
- TLS/SSL encryption
- Basic monitoring and alerts
- 8/5 support window
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable every month: it includes up to 1,000 connections plus recurring quotas for sessions, traffic, and rule actions, and the offer is perpetual rather than a short trial. The cheapest paid alternative starts at $234/month, so a free tier that covers the core broker experience but keeps usage capped and support/basic features only is worth about $25/month, or roughly 11% of the entry paid plan.
What's included in the free tier
- Up to 1,000 connections.
- Free monthly quota on sessions, traffic, and rule actions.
- TLS/SSL encryption.
- Basic monitoring and alerts.
- 8/5 support.
See EMQX Serverless pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Serverless
- session minutes
- 1,000,000 per month free
- traffic
- 1 GB per month free
- rule actions
- 1,000,000 per month free
- connections
- up to 1,000
- message size
- 1 MB
- support window
- 8 x 5
- Shared, multi-tenant deployment
- MQTT 3.1.1 & 5.0 support
- MQTT over TCP/TLS/SSL/WebSocket/QUIC
- Rule engine and flow designer
- Basic data integration (3 connectors)
- TLS/SSL encryption
- Basic monitoring & alerts
- 8 x 5 support
Dedicated Flex
- session limit
- 1,000 to unlimited
- TPS limit
- 100 to unlimited
- message size
- 1 MB
- uptime SLA
- 99.99%
- Single-tenant cluster in dedicated VPC
- VPC peering & Private Link
- 40+ out-of-box integrations
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- 24/7 premium support
- Advanced data integration
BYOC
- session limit
- unlimited
- TPS limit
- unlimited
- message size
- 256 MB
- Deployed in your VPC
- Custom data plane & control plane
- Managed upgrades and observability
- Tailored for specific compliance
Enterprise
- session limit
- unlimited
- TPS limit
- unlimited
- message size
- 256 MB
- Deploy anywhere (on-prem, edge, cloud)
- Custom plugins & extensions
- Professional services
- Priority feature requests
Pricing extracted from EMQX Serverless's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
