Parsivex's free allowance is an intro tier: new accounts get a larger allowance that steps down to a smaller permanent free tier after the intro period. The free plan includes Connect 1 AWS account and Run 1 lifetime scan. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $12/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Parsivex is an AWS cost optimizer that connects to an AWS account, performs a read-only scan of billing data, CloudWatch metrics, and resource inventory, and returns a report of estimated monthly waste. The free scan shows total potential monthly savings, a findings count, and a category breakdown, with no credit card required.
The free plan allows one AWS account and one lifetime scan per account. Paid plans add recurring rescans, email alerts, daily cost anomaly monitoring, PDF export, public report sharing, remediation scripts, and multi-account/team features.
- One AWS account on Free
- One lifetime scan per account
- Total estimated monthly savings
- Findings count and category breakdown
- Read-only IAM role access
- Multi-region AWS scans
- Daily cost anomaly alerts on paid plans
- Up to 20 scans per month
- Up to 5 AWS accounts
- Up to 10 team seats
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped starter offer with no credit card required, so it has real value but only as a one-time taste of the product. Compared with the $39/month Starter plan, it gives roughly 30% of the cheapest paid plan’s practical value: one AWS account, one lifetime scan, and basic reporting/notifications, but it withholds recurring scans, full findings, and remediation tools. That makes it worth about $12/month.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Connect 1 AWS account.
- Run 1 lifetime scan.
- See total potential monthly savings.
- See findings count and category breakdown.
- No credit card required.
See Parsivex pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- scans per month
- 4
- AWS accounts
- 1
- Full findings list
- Up to 4 scans per month
- Automatic monthly re-scans
- Email alerts on new waste
- Remediation scripts
- Realized savings tracking
Monitoring
- scans per month
- 20
- AWS accounts
- 1
- Claude questions/day
- 50
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 20 scans per month
- Custom scan schedule
- Cost anomaly alerts
- PDF export and public sharing
- Cost assistant
- 50 Claude questions/day
Team Plan
- AWS accounts
- 5
- seats
- 10
- workspaces
- 3
- scans per month
- 100
- Everything in Monitoring
- Up to 5 AWS accounts
- Up to 10 seats and 3 workspaces
- Slack alerts
- Daily waste scans
- Up to 100 scans per month
Pricing extracted from Parsivex's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Parsivex free forever?
Partly. Parsivex gives new accounts a larger allowance at first, which then steps down to a smaller permanent free tier.
Does Parsivex require a credit card?
No. You can start on Parsivex's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Parsivex's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Parsivex's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $39 / month.
What is Parsivex's free tier worth?
Parsivex's free tier is worth about $12 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 56/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
