Happy to help with pricing details for your cost analysis.
Permit.io offers four tiers:
*Community* – Free forever
(1)
• UI and API access for all authorization models (RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC, PBAC, IaC)
• Embeddable authorization interfaces (e.g., User Management)
• Unlimited authorization microservices (PDP)
• Shared access to workspaces and environments
• Basic Slack support
• Up to 1000 MAU and 20 Tenants, 3 environments, 25 roles, 50 resource types, 5 condition sets, 2,000 role assignments, 20 groups, 2,000 resource instances, 2,000 relationship tuples
*Startup* – From $5/month
• All Community features, plus up to 25,000 MAU and 100 Tenants
• Up to 5 environments
• Full GitOps CI/CD pipeline for automated deployments
• Extendable audit and decision log retention
• Logs forwarder for enhanced monitoring
• 50 roles, 100 resource types, 10 condition sets, 5,000 role assignments, 100 groups, 5,000 resource instances, 5,000 relationship tuples
*Pro* – From $25/month
• All Startup features, plus up to 50,000 MAU and 20,000 Tenants
• Up to 50 environments
• Dedicated Slack support channel with prioritized email, Zoom, and Slack support
• SoC2 Type II compliance report and certification
• Enhanced audit log retention (21 days, extendable)
• SSO support available at additional cost
• HIPAA BAA available at additional cost
• GDPR, CCPA, DPA agreement at $500/year
• Cloud uptime upgrade option to 0.9995
*Enterprise* – Custom pricing, contact sales
• All Pro features, plus no limits on MAU, Tenants, projects, or environments
• Dedicated customer success representative
• Full compliance suite (HIPAA BAA, GDPR, CCPA, SoC2)
• Multi-cloud and on-prem deployment options
• Professional services and custom T&C agreement
• Advanced cloud uptime upgrade (0.9999% SLA)
For context on pricing structure: pricing is based on Monthly Active Users (MAU) , defined as unique identities (users or services) your application authorizes monthly . According to the pricing model announcement, applications with up to 10,000 users can cost as low as $150/month on the Startup tier
(2) . The model also includes quotas on resources and rules to help manage operational costs, applied to the Startup and Pro tiers .
There's also a quota calculator on the pricing page that lets you estimate costs based on your specific MAU and tenant counts
(1) . For example, 1000 MAU and 100 Tenants comes out to $33/month total, calculated at $0.030 per user and $0.033 per tenant .
Discounts are available for non-profits, young startups, early-closers, and testimonials, and free access is available for qualifying open-source projects . Worth reaching out directly to see if you qualify.
For a detailed cost analysis tailored to your specific usage projections, I'd recommend using the quota calculator directly on
Pricing Packages and SaaS Models | Permit.io , or reaching out via
Email for tailored guidance, especially for Enterprise-level scoping.