# Pricing/Limits
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**Last Edit:** May 30th, 2025

### Pricing Table

| Feature                          | Hobby ($0)     | Starter ($29) | Developer ($99) | Pro ($499/m) | Enterprise |
|----------------------------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|------------|
| **Rates: Browser Hour**          | $0.10/hour     | $0.10/hour    | $0.08/hour      | $0.05/hour   | custom     |
| **Rates: Captcha Solves**        | —              | $4/1k         | $3.5/1k         | $3/1k        | custom     |
| **Rates: Proxy Bandwidth**       | —              | $10/GB        | $8/GB           | $5/GB        | custom     |
| **Limits: Daily Requests**       | 500            | 1,000         | unlimited       | unlimited    | unlimited  |
| **Limits: Requests per second**  | 1              | 2             | 5               | 10           | custom     |
| **Limits: Concurrent Sessions**  | 5              | 10            | 20              | 100          | custom     |
| **Limits: Data Retention**       | 24 hours       | 2 days        | 7 days          | 14 days      | unlimited  |
| **Limits: Max Session Time**     | 15 minutes     | 1 hour        | 6 hours         | 24 hours     | custom     |
| **Support: Community support**   | ✅              | ✅             | ✅               | ✅            | ✅          |
| **Support: Email support**       | —              | ✅             | ✅               | ✅            | ✅          |
| **Support: Dedicated Slack**     | —              | —             | —               | ✅            | ✅          |
| **Team members per account**     | unlimited      | unlimited     | unlimited       | unlimited    | unlimited  |


\* Browser hours are billed by the minute, rounded up.

### How Credits Work

Each plan's cost goes towards your credits within the platform. For example, if you're on the Developer Plan, every time your subscription renews, you will have $99 worth of credits to use within the platform.

Different plans offer different rates for actions within Steel, with each plan progressively getting more efficient (bigger plans = more bang for your buck).

### Pay-as-You-Go Overages

All paid plans (Starter, Developer, Pro) include pay-as-you-go overages to prevent workflow interruptions:

*   **Overage Limit:** Use up to 3x your monthly credit allocation

*   **Billing:** Overages are billed at your plan's rates at the end of each billing cycle

*   **No Interruption:** Continue building without upgrade pressure or hitting hard limits


**Example:** On the Starter Plan ($29), you can use up to $87 worth of services in a month. Your first $29 is covered by your subscription, and any usage from $29-$87 is billed as overages at Starter rates.

### Credit Equivalents by Plan

Here's roughly\* what you'd get if you spent all of your base credits on a given service:

#### Hobby Plan ($10 free credits)

*   100 browser hours


#### Starter Plan ($29 in credits)

*   290 browser hours

*   2.9GB proxy bandwidth

*   7,250 captcha solves


#### Developer Plan ($99 in credits)

*   1,238 browser hours

*   12 GB proxy bandwidth

*   28k captcha solves


#### Pro Plan ($499 in credits)

*   9,980 browser hours

*   166 GB proxy bandwidth

*   166k captcha solves


\* We say roughly because in practice you couldn't spend all your credits on one thing other than browser hours, since you need to be in a session to use proxies or captcha solves.

**_Enterprise plans offer even further cost efficiency with an annual commitment._**

[Talk to the founders](https://cal.com/hussien-hussien-fjxt3x/intro-chat-w-steel-founders)

### FAQ

### How much does Steel cost?

Steel has a free Hobby plan ($0, with $10 in free credits) plus paid plans at $29 (Starter), $99 (Developer), and $499/month (Pro), with custom Enterprise pricing. Browser time starts at $0.10/hour and drops to $0.05/hour on Pro.

### How long can a Steel browser session stay alive?

Up to 24 hours on the Pro plan. Max session time scales by plan: 15 minutes on Hobby, 1 hour on Starter, 6 hours on Developer, 24 hours on Pro, and custom limits on Enterprise.

### How many concurrent browser sessions can I run on Steel?

5 concurrent sessions on the free Hobby plan, 10 on Starter, 20 on Developer, 100 on Pro, and custom limits on Enterprise.

### How is Steel browser time billed?

By the minute, rounded up. Hourly rates run from $0.10/hour on Hobby and Starter down to $0.08/hour on Developer and $0.05/hour on Pro, so $99 in Developer credits covers roughly 1,238 browser hours.