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Cognee Pricing

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At a glance

Free open source Apache 2.0; managed cloud available

Self-hosting cost

Cognee is open source under the Apache 2.0 license — the software itself costs nothing to run. Your real cost is the infrastructure you run it on plus the time to operate it.

Free & cheaper Agent Frameworks

same category, free plan or open-source license

Rayopen sourceFree open-source; Anyscale offers managed platformLLaMA-Factoryopen sourceFree and open-source under Apache 2.0 licenseGitHub MCP Serveropen sourceFree and open-source, some features need paid GitHub plansContext7open sourceFree public docs access; enterprise/private-source workflows available
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FAQ

How much does Cognee cost?

Free open source Apache 2.0; managed cloud available

Does Cognee have a free plan?

Yes — Cognee has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

Can you self-host Cognee for free?

Cognee is open source under the Apache 2.0 license — the software itself is free to run; you only pay for your own infrastructure.

What are free or cheaper Cognee alternatives?

Ray, LLaMA-Factory, GitHub MCP Server are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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