Ably pricing

• Hard capFree stops at its limits rather than billing more.

At the limit

Needs an upgrade past the limit

Limits

• Realtime messages: 6M messages a month6M messages a month
• Peak live connections: 200 connections200 concurrent connections and channels

• Free with no commitment, for proofs of concept. 500 messages a second.

Source: ably.com · checked 22 October 2026

At the limit

Bills for extra usage

Limits

• Peak live connections: 10K connections10k concurrent connections and channels

Usage pricing

• Realtime messages: $2.5 per 1M messages
• Connection time: $1 per 1M minutes

• $29 a month plus usage.
• Channel minutes ($1 per million) and data transfer beyond the allowance ($0.25 per GiB) are also billed and not in this estimate; volume discounts lower message and minute rates.

Source: ably.com · checked 22 October 2026

At the limit

Bills for extra usage

Limits

• Peak live connections: 50K connections50k concurrent connections and channels

Usage pricing

• Realtime messages: $2.5 per 1M messages
• Connection time: $1 per 1M minutes

• $399 a month plus usage, with faster support and 365 days of message storage.
• Channel minutes and extra data transfer are billed too and not in this estimate.

Source: ably.com · checked 22 October 2026