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Arcade AI Pricing

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At a glance

Freemium authorization and tool gateway for AI agents and MCP runtimes. Developer (Free) plan provides $0/mo for 2,000 auth events and 2,000 tool calls per month. Pro/Team tier starts at $20–$25/mo base platform fee with usage overages ($0.10/auth event, $0.01/tool call). Enterprise tier includes custom pricing with dedicated VPC/on-prem deployments, SAML/SSO, audit logs, and custom SLAs.

Self-hosting cost

Arcade AI is open source. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage. Any hosted, managed, or API plans remain separately priced.

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MCP Inspectoropen sourceFree and 100% open source under the MIT license ($0 software cost). mcp-inspector is the official Model Context Protocol developer testing suite, running entirely locally via npx/Node.js with no subscription tiers, cloud fees, or telemetry.MCP-Scanopen source100% free and open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) security auditing and vulnerability scanner developed by Invariant Labs (Apache-2.0 License). Analyzes MCP client configurations, tool schemas, and server definitions to detect prompt injection vectors, malicious tool poisoning, cross-server shadowing, and unintended permission escalation at zero software cost.GitHub MCP Serveropen sourceFree and 100% open source under the MIT license. GitHub MCP Server has no licensing fees or subscription tiers; API operations run locally or via remote endpoints against standard GitHub account API rate limits.MCP Registryopen sourceMCP Registry is completely free and open-source under the MIT license. Developers can freely search, inspect, and publish server metadata across the Model Context Protocol ecosystem.
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FAQ

How much does Arcade AI cost?

Freemium authorization and tool gateway for AI agents and MCP runtimes. Developer (Free) plan provides $0/mo for 2,000 auth events and 2,000 tool calls per month. Pro/Team tier starts at $20–$25/mo base platform fee with usage overages ($0.10/auth event, $0.01/tool call). Enterprise tier includes custom pricing with dedicated VPC/on-prem deployments, SAML/SSO, audit logs, and custom SLAs. Paid pricing starts at $20/mo.

Does Arcade AI have a free plan?

Yes — Arcade AI has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

Can you self-host Arcade AI for free?

Arcade AI is open source. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage. Any hosted, managed, or API plans remain separately priced.

What are free or cheaper Arcade AI alternatives?

MCP Inspector, MCP-Scan, GitHub MCP Server are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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