Yes, Scaledrone has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 20 concurrent connections and access to 100,000 events per day. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $19/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Scaledrone is a realtime messaging service that provides WebSocket-based pub/sub messaging, message history, and user presence for applications that need live updates. The service supports publishing messages, subscribing to rooms, and fallback transport handling when WebSockets are not available.
The free plan includes up to 20 concurrent connections and 100,000 events per day. It is suitable for chat, collaboration, presence indicators, live dashboards, realtime charts, and other apps that need a managed realtime backend with usage caps that refresh daily.
- WebSocket and fallback transport support
- Pub/sub messaging for rooms
- 20 concurrent connections free
- 100,000 events per day free
- User presence and message history
- Server-to-user and user-to-user messaging
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable plan: it includes all product features, and the only limits are 20 concurrent connections and 100,000 events per day. The cheapest paid plan is $19/month for 100 connections and 200k events/day, so the free plan is roughly half of that practical capacity and is worth about $19/month. No credit card is required, and the offer is perpetual rather than a short trial.
What's included in the free tier
Last checked
- Access to 20 concurrent connections.
- Access to 100,000 events per day.
- All product features included on the free plan.
See Scaledrone pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Hobby
- concurrent connections
- 100
- events per day
- 200k
- 100 concurrent connections
- 200k events per day
- No priority support
- No personal onboarding
Startup
- concurrent connections
- 500
- events per day
- 1 million
- 500 concurrent connections
- 1 million events per day
- No priority support
- No personal onboarding
Pro
- concurrent connections
- 2,000
- events per day
- 4 million
- 2,000 concurrent connections
- 4 million events per day
- No priority support
- No personal onboarding
Business
- concurrent connections
- 5,000
- events per day
- 10 million
- 5,000 concurrent connections
- 10 million events per day
- Priority support
- No personal onboarding
Growth
- concurrent connections
- 10,000
- events per day
- 20 million
- 10,000 concurrent connections
- 20 million events per day
- Priority support
- Personal onboarding
Premium
- concurrent connections
- 15,000
- events per day
- 40 million
- 15,000 concurrent connections
- 40 million events per day
- Priority support
- Personal onboarding
Pricing extracted from Scaledrone's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Scaledrone free forever?
Yes. Scaledrone has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Scaledrone require a credit card?
No. You can start on Scaledrone's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Scaledrone's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Scaledrone's cheapest paid plan is Hobby at $19 / month.
What is Scaledrone's free tier worth?
Scaledrone's free tier is worth about $19 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 66/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
