Pricing
Start free. Pay for what you run.
$100 credits + 50 AI tasks · No credit card
Open Source
Self-hosted, forever free.
$0/ forever
- Full transformation engine (SQL + Python)
- Connectors: databases, warehouses, apps
- Data quality checks and lineage
- Dashboards as Code: YAML dashboards in your repo
- Run locally or in your own CI
- Community support
Team
Start free. Pay as you go, no seats.
$0.01/ credit
Free to start: $100 credits + 50 AI tasks.
Start for free
$100 credits + 50 AI tasks · No credit card
- $100 credits + 50 AI tasks to start
- Every feature from day one, no plan limits
- Unlimited pipelines, assets and members
- AI Data Analyst in all 8 channels
- AI Dashboards, Data Apps and Scheduled Agents
- Self-Healing Pipelines
Scale
For teams in production.
Custom
Committed credits, volume discounts.
- Committed credits with volume discounts
- SSO, SAML, and role-based access control
- Audit logs and security review
- Dedicated support with SLA
- Custom contracts and annual commitment
How credits work
| What uses credits | How it's billed | Credits | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQL assetPer second, while it runs | Per second, while it runs | 250 / hour | $2.50 / hour |
| Python assetPer second, on the size you pick | Per second, on the size you pick | from 250 / hour | from $2.50 / hour |
| Ingestion assetPer second, on the size you pick | Per second, on the size you pick | from 250 / hour | from $2.50 / hour |
| AI taskPer task, by complexity | Per task, by complexity | 100 to 300 | $1 to $3 |
A 1-minute SQL run is about 4 credits ($0.04).
What a credit is
1 credit = $0.01
Per second
Only while something runs.
No seats
No minimum. On the Scale plan, each credit costs less.
What $100 credits + 50 AI tasks cover
- SQL or ingestion, default size40 hours
- Python on 1 GB10 hours
- AI tasks50
The run hours share the 10,000 credits, in any mix.
Sizes
Pick one per asset. Bigger finishes heavy jobs faster.
- 256 MBdefault250 / hour · $2.50
- 1 GB1,000 / hour · $10
- 2 GB2,000 / hour · $20
- 4 GB4,000 / hour · $40
- 6 GB6,000 / hour · $60
- 8 GB8,000 / hour · $80
- 12 GB12,000 / hour · $120
- 16 GB16,000 / hour · $160
Compare plans
Everything in every plan
The open-source engine is the same core that powers Bruin Cloud. Pick the plan that fits how you want to run it.
| Open Source$0 · forever | TeamFree to start | ScaleCustom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans & billing | |||
| Monthly price | $0 | Pay-as-you-go | Custom |
| Minimum spend / commitment | None | None | None |
| Compute rate | Self-hosted | From $2.50 / hour | Volume discount |
| Compute allowance | Self-managed | $100 in credits to start | Committed |
| AI tasks | Not included | 50 free, then 100 to 300 credits each | Volume discount |
| Pipelines | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Members | Not included | Unlimited | Custom |
| Transparent per-second pricing | Not included | Included | Included |
| Risk Report & usage tracking | Not included | Included | Included |
| SOC 2 Type 2 | Not included | Included | Included |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Not included | Included | Included |
| Core platform | |||
| SQL assets | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Python assets | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| ingestr assets | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Git-native workflow (pipelines as code) | Included | Included | Included |
| One-click GitHub App integration | Not included | Included | Included |
| Secure connections to 30+ platforms | Included | Included | Included |
| Secrets encrypted at rest | Not included | Included | Included |
| Managed pipeline scheduling, no infra to run | Not included | Included | Included |
| Slack / Teams / Discord / webhook notifications | Not included | Included | Included |
| Data quality checks | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Dashboards as Code (open source, YAML in your repo) | Included | Included | Included |
| Orchestration & reliability | |||
| Full run history: rerun, retry, status overrides | Self-managed | Included | Unlimited |
| Log history | Self-managed | Included | Unlimited |
| Historical backfills, auto- or manually-chunked | Not included | Included | Included |
| Cross-pipeline dependencies across teams & repos | Not included | Included | Included |
| Configurable compute sizing per asset (8 tiers) | Not included | Included | Included |
| Visual lineage, upstream & downstream | Not included | Included | Included |
| Scheduling frequency | Self-managed | Any cron schedule | Custom |
| Data catalog & governance | |||
| Searchable asset catalog (owner, domain, tags, score) | Not included | Included | Included |
| Automatic asset profiling (GBs scanned, nulls, distinct) | Not included | Included | Included |
| Built-in governance scoring | Not included | Included | Included |
| Shared business glossary | Not included | Included | Included |
| AI-generated docs & check suggestions | Not included | Included | Included |
| AI-powered analytics | |||
| AI Data Analyst: answers in chat, with the query | Not included | Included | Included |
| AI Dashboards | Not included | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Data Apps | Not included | Included | Included |
| Ask in all 8 channels: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, email, browser | Not included | Included | Included |
| Scheduled Agents: recurring reports and briefs | Not included | Included | Included |
| Self-Healing Pipelines: finds the cause, tests a fix, opens a PR | Not included | Included | Included |
| Agent-scoped data access (read-only / restricted) | Not included | Included | Included |
| AI conversation & SQL query retention | Not included | 30 days | Custom |
| BYO LLM credentials | Not included | Not included | Included |
| AI provider / model restrictions | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Team & administration | |||
| Role-based team member management | Not included | Included | Included |
| Scoped API tokens for CI/CD & tooling | Not included | Included | Included |
| Full audit log of every action, exportable | Not included | Included | Included |
| MCP support (Cursor, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex) | Not included | Included | Included |
| SSO & SAML | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Support | Community | Standard | Dedicated + SLA |
| Onboarding | Not included | Guided | White-glove |
| Scale | |||
| Cost Explorer: spend by project, pipeline, user, query | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Pipeline Health: stability trends & regression detection | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Custom instance types beyond standard tiers | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Dedicated egress IPs for allowlisted databases | Not included | Not included | Included |
| BYOC, data residency, private networking | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Security review & custom contracts | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Dedicated account management | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Custom data & log retention | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Regional processing guarantees | Not included | Not included | Included |
$100 credits + 50 AI tasks · No credit card
Frequently asked
Pricing questions
Will the open-source version always stay free?
Yes. The Bruin engine is open source and free forever. You can run your pipelines, transformations, and quality checks locally or in your own CI at no cost, with no time limit and no feature paywall on the core engine.What is a credit, and how much does it cost?
A credit is the single usage unit on Bruin Cloud. You spend credits on compute and AI tasks. On pay-as-you-go, 1 credit is $0.01, and credits get cheaper on a committed plan.What do things cost in credits?
Compute is billed per second by instance size, from 250 credits an hour on b1.nano ($2.50) up to 16,000 on b1.4xlarge ($160). An AI task costs 100 to 300 credits ($1 to $3), depending on complexity. SQL assets run on b1.nano, the cheapest instance.How much does SQL cost?
SQL assets run on b1.nano, the smallest and cheapest instance, at 250 credits ($2.50) per hour of query time, billed per second. It is the cheapest compute you can run.What is included for free?
Every Bruin Cloud account starts free on Team, with $100 in credits (10,000 credits) and 50 AI tasks. Every feature is included from day one, with no limits on pipelines, assets or members. No credit card required.Is there a minimum spend or commitment?
No. Paid usage is pure pay-as-you-go with no minimum and no lock-in. You only pay for compute and AI tasks beyond your free credits. Committed plans on Scale are optional and unlock volume discounts and enterprise features.How is compute measured?
Compute is billed per second for the time each asset runs, at a rate set by its instance size (memory). A bigger instance costs more per second but can finish faster. You never pay for idle time.What counts as an AI task?
Every request you give your AI data analyst, in Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram, email, or the browser. Your first 50 are free; after that a task costs 100 to 300 credits ($1 to $3) depending on complexity.What happens when my free credits run out?
Nothing stops. Usage beyond the free $100 in credits and 50 AI tasks is simply billed pay-as-you-go at $0.01 per credit. There is no hard cap on the paid plan.Do credits roll over or expire?
Credits you buy are yours to use anytime, at your own pace, with no rush and no expiry pressure.Do I need a credit card to start?
No. You can create a Bruin Cloud account and use your free $100 in credits and 50 AI tasks without entering any payment details.