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Google ADK Pricing

open sourceopen source · Apache-2.0last verified September 6, 2026official site ↗

At a glance

Free and 100% open-source under Apache-2.0 for client SDKs and agent libraries. Developers pay only for underlying Gemini model API tokens (free tier available via Google AI Studio with rate limits; pay-as-you-go pricing on Google Cloud Vertex AI starting at sub-cent rates per million tokens with context caching).

Self-hosting cost

Google ADK is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Agent Frameworks

same category, free plan or open-source license

Grok BotPer cursor.com/pricing, Grok Bot is included on Cursor Premium ($30/month), Super ($100/month), Ultra ($200/month), Teams (from $30/user/month) and Enterprise (custom); it is not included on Free or Plus.Latitudeopen sourceLatitude is an open-source AI agent observability and evaluation platform under the MIT license. It offers a free self-hosted edition and a free cloud Starter tier (20,000 credits/mo), alongside a Pro plan at $99/month for growing teams and custom Enterprise pricing.Judgevalopen sourceJudgeval is an open-source Python SDK (Apache-2.0) for AI agent evaluation and tracing. Judgment Labs offers hosted enterprise agent behavior monitoring and evaluation platform access via custom quotes.Mem0open sourceOpen-source core (Apache-2.0) with $0 self-hosting. Mem0 Cloud Free includes 10k memories and 1k retrieval calls/month. Starter is $19/mo for 50k memories and 5k retrievals. Pro ($99-$249/mo) unlocks Graph Memory (Mem0ᵍ), memory consolidation, and 500k memories with 50k retrievals. Enterprise provides custom pricing for VPC/on-premise deployment, SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, SAML SSO, and 24/7 SLA.
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FAQ

How much does Google ADK cost?

Free and 100% open-source under Apache-2.0 for client SDKs and agent libraries. Developers pay only for underlying Gemini model API tokens (free tier available via Google AI Studio with rate limits; pay-as-you-go pricing on Google Cloud Vertex AI starting at sub-cent rates per million tokens with context caching).

Does Google ADK have a free plan?

Yes — Google ADK is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Google ADK for free?

Google ADK is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper Google ADK alternatives?

Grok Bot, Latitude, Judgeval are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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