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nao Pricing

freemiumopen sourcelast verified September 6, 2026official site ↗

At a glance

100% open-source core ($0 self-hosted on Railway/GCP with BYOK). nao Cloud offers a 1-month free trial ($0 no credit card required), with custom Team and Enterprise plans offering SSO, row-level security, and dedicated infrastructure support.

Self-hosting cost

nao 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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CursorCursor offers a free Hobby tier with core editor access, Composer, and Tab completions. Paid individual plans start with Cursor Pro at $20/month ($16/month billed annually) featuring a $20 third-party model allowance and unlimited Cursor models, followed by Pro+ at $60/month and Ultra at $200/month for high-volume developers. Team plans include Teams Standard at $40/user/month ($32/user/month billed annually) and Teams Premium at $120/user/month (5x usage). Enterprise tier provides custom pricing with SAML SSO and SCIM, and on-demand usage is available for pay-as-you-go model overage.DevinDevin offers a Free tier for evaluation, a Pro tier at $20/month for individual developers, a high-capacity Max tier at $200/month for power users, and a Teams plan starting at $80/month plus $40/seat/month. Custom Enterprise plans are billed based on Agent Compute Units (ACUs).VS Codeopen sourceFree and open source core (Code - OSS under the MIT license). The official Microsoft Visual Studio Code binary distribution is free ($0) for commercial and personal use under the Microsoft Software License Terms, with optional paid subscriptions for services like GitHub Copilot or cloud extensions.Google AntigravityGoogle Antigravity Individual is free with basic weekly limits. Paid quota rides Google AI Pro (~$20/mo) and Google AI Ultra ($100/mo or $200/mo top tier, per Google’s May 2026 plan change). Organizations use Google Cloud / Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
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FAQ

How much does nao cost?

100% open-source core ($0 self-hosted on Railway/GCP with BYOK). nao Cloud offers a 1-month free trial ($0 no credit card required), with custom Team and Enterprise plans offering SSO, row-level security, and dedicated infrastructure support.

Does nao have a free plan?

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

Can you self-host nao for free?

nao 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 nao alternatives?

Cursor, Devin, VS Code are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

pricing is editorial catalog data (last verified September 6, 2026) — vendors change plans; confirm on the official site before you buy. Reuse this data under CC-BY 4.0 via /data.