Serverless
Pay as you go. Start free.
Monthly free tier
$0/month
Extra usage is billed separately.
- 1M session minutes / month
- 1 GB traffic / month
- 1M rule actions / month
EMQX Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing for every scale
MQTT plans
Estimate Usage
Dedicated Flex
Dedicated capacity for production.
From
$0.32/hour
About $234/month.
- Dedicated, isolated deployment
- VPC peering & private connectivity
- 99.99% SLA · 24/7 support
BYOC
Your cloud. Managed by EMQ.
Flexible capacity
Custom pricing
Infrastructure billed separately.
- Private networking
- Custom configuration
- 24/7 support
EMQX Enterprise
Your infrastructure. Your control.
Priced by capacity
Sessions + TPS
Concurrent connections & throughput
- Cloud or data center
- Enterprise security
- Production support
| What matters | Serverless | Dedicated Flex | BYOC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | Shared | Dedicated, isolated | Your cloud account |
| Operated by | EMQ | EMQ | EMQ |
| Billing basis | Session minutes, traffic & rule actions | Reserved capacity & public egress | Custom EMQ fees + cloud costs |
| Annual Prepaid | Usage-based billing | Save 15% on base deployment fees | Contact Sales |
| Session capacity | Up to 1,000 | From 1,000; larger configurations available | Custom |
| Private connectivity | Not included | VPC peering & private endpoints | Configured in your cloud |
| Monthly traffic included | 1 GB, ingress + egress | 100 GB public egress | Cloud provider charges apply |
| Support | 8×5 | 24/7 | 24/7 |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% | 99.99% | 99.99% |
| Getting started | Monthly free quotas | 14-day trial | Contact Sales |
Reference rates vary by cloud and region. Monthly equivalents use 730 hours; annual estimates use 8,760 hours. Serverless connection capacity is separate from its monthly free usage quotas. BYOC infrastructure is billed by your cloud provider. See the full plan comparison
Estimate your monthly cost.
Adjust your capacity or expected usage.
Estimated Monthly Cost · USD
/month
Planning estimate using published hourly reference rates. Final pricing varies by cloud and region. Excludes taxes. Larger configurations are available through sales.
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Pricing based on
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Flexible Purchasing
Buy through your cloud marketplace.
Buy cloud subscriptions through marketplace listings. For self-managed software, contact sales to arrange a Private Offer through your preferred cloud provider.
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Self-managed software is available only through sales-arranged Private Offers, with no public listings. Cloud listing availability and terms vary by provider.
Frequently asked questions
Each month includes 1 million session minutes, 1 GB of traffic, and 1 million rule actions. Beyond these quotas, rates are $2 per million session minutes, 15¢ per GB, and 25¢ per million rule actions. The 1,000-session capacity limit is not a free allowance for 1,000 continuously connected devices.
Each minute of a client session counts toward usage. This includes connected clients and disconnected clients with persistent sessions. A connection lasting less than a minute is rounded up to a full minute.
Choose Hourly billing or Annual Prepaid. Annual Prepaid saves 15% on the base deployment rate with a one-year prepayment. Session and TPS capacity determine the base fee. Public egress beyond the included 100 GB monthly quota is additional and is not discounted. Rates can vary by cloud and region.
With BYOC, the broker runs in your cloud account and EMQ manages the service. With EMQX Enterprise, your team runs and maintains the software. BYOC cloud infrastructure costs are billed separately by your cloud provider.
Yes. Choose the services your workload needs and account for each service’s pricing. Fleets currently requires Broker and Tables; other workflows may use a different combination. Private connectivity also depends on supported regions and network configuration.
Yes. Annual Prepaid saves 15% versus hourly base deployment rates for Broker Dedicated Flex, Tables Starter and Pro, and Fleets. The base fee is prepaid for one year; extra storage and traffic are charged separately at their standard usage rates. Monthly equivalents are for comparison, not monthly billing. Serverless remains usage-based; contact sales for BYOC terms.
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