Pricing Update: Predictable Costs, Visible Usage

We are updating Backboard pricing to make costs predictable, usage visible, and comparisons fair.

What is Changing

Backboard now uses a simple, transparent pricing model: $9 per month subscription, usage-based fees, and a Free tier with $5 in credits. No tiers to decode. No bundled plans. No surprise minimums.

Free Tier

We have added a Free tier that includes up to $5 in credits usable across any Backboard service, including memory reads, memory writes, stored memories, and tokens. This tier is designed for experimentation and early development.

Why We Made This Change

As more teams shipped production workloads on Backboard, two patterns became clear. First, developers wanted a low, predictable entry point. Second, usage varies significantly — usage-based pricing keeps this proportional and fair.

How Usage is Priced

• Memory reads: $0.003 per read

• Memory writes: $0.0016 to $0.005 per write

• Stored memories: $0.25 per 100,000 stored memories

• Tokens: billed at underlying provider rates (no markup)

Visibility and Cost Monitoring

Usage and charges are always visible. You can see how much you have used, what you are being charged for, and how costs break down across reads, writes, stored memories, and tokens.

What You are Actually Paying For

Backboard is not a standalone memory database. The API includes stateful threads, memory reads and writes, RAG, orchestration, LLM routing across providers, and execution and lifecycle management.

What Stays The Same

No long-term contracts. No forced tiers. No hidden minimums. You pay a small monthly subscription to access the platform, then pay for what you use.

Why This Model Works Long Term

In the short term, this keeps the barrier to entry low. In the long term, it aligns incentives: if we make the system more efficient, your costs go down.