// Recommended for developers
Three tiers, one decision: when to upgrade.
Most indie builders never leave Free. The signal to upgrade is hitting the 5-apps or 5-workflows ceiling - at which point Starter ($588/year) gives you 5x the headroom for $49/month, or Pro ($1,499/year) covers a small team.
Tier 01 - Free
Free Forever
$0 / year
For solo developers shipping their first AI apps. Genuinely free - no time limit, no credit card.
1 builder - 5 apps - 5 active workflows
1 fine-tune per quarter - 200 coins one-time
Marketplace publishing at 15% flat
BYO LLM keys + BYO cloud
Community support
Tier 02 - Starter
Starter Sweetspot
$588 / year
When you cross 5 apps or 5 workflows. 5x the headroom for $49/month.
1 builder - 25 apps - 25 active workflows
5 fine-tunes per quarter - 4,900 coins/year
Marketplace publishing (15% flat)
Email support
Multi-year discounts: 10-20%
Tier 03 - Pro
Pro Team
$1,499 / year
3 builders included. Add seats at $499 each up to 9. The small-team sweetspot.
3-9 builders - 100 apps - 100 workflows
20 fine-tunes per quarter - 12,600 coins/year
Add-on seats: $499/user/year
Priority email + chat support
~$42/user/month effective at full team
// Worked example
Solo dev shipping 3 AI apps in production.
A typical indie developer scenario: one person, three production apps with light multi-step workflows, fine-tuning a small custom model each quarter. BYO OpenAI key, BYO Vercel hosting.
Vanij Platform Free1 user - 5 apps - 5 workflows - 1 fine-tune/qtr
$0
OpenAI API spend (your keys)~$80/month at this scale, billed direct to OpenAI
$0 to Adya
Vercel hosting (your account)~$20/month, billed direct to Vercel
$0 to Adya
MAN + ESM Free tier5 concurrent agents, 7-day retention
$0
Marketplace publishing15% rev share - only when you actually sell
$0 base
Total Adya cost / year
$0
Your LLM and cloud spend goes directly to those vendors at your contract rate. Adya doesn't mark up tokens or compute - the platform fee is the only thing we add. At this scale, the platform fee is zero.
// Build your stack
What to use, in what order.
Most indie developers start with the Platform, layer in MAN+ESM when they need durable agent state, and publish to the marketplace when they're ready to monetise. The first two are free; the third pays you.
Start free. Upgrade only when you hit a ceiling.
Free is genuinely free. The Adya team is in the community Discord, on Twitter, and reachable via email if you get stuck.