- 1 GB storage (raw docs + chunks + vectors + FTS)
- 25K searches / month
- 100 pages ingest / month
- 25K executions / month
- 25 web searches / month
- Up to 10 collections
- 7-day inactivity purge
Pricing
Pay for one RAG platform, not five services.
Vector DB, document store (S3-like), BM25 FTS, chunk/rewrite traceability, LLM routing, and web search — all on one bill. Four tiers. Usage-based overage where it matters.
Starter
$59/ month
or $47 /mo billed yearly
For personal projects and indie apps that outgrew Free.
- 5 GB storage (~1.25M vectors)
- 200K searches / month
- 500 pages ingest / month
- 200K executions / month
- 100 web searches / month
- Unlimited collections
- BYOK supported
- Community support
Pro
$350/ month
or $280 /mo billed yearly
For running the full RAG pipeline in production with real users.
- 30 GB storage (~7.5M vectors)
- 2M searches / month
- 3K pages ingest / month
- 2M executions / month
- 1K web searches / month
- Unlimited collections
- BYOK supported
- Usage-based overage (see below)
- Email support
Enterprise
Customfrom $999 / month
Compliance, data sovereignty, on-prem — tailored to your security and scale.
- PII redaction + IP Allowlist
- OIDC + SAML SSO + SCIM provisioning
- DLP outbound masking + Retention policy
- CMEK (customer-managed keys)
- SIEM export (Splunk / Datadog / webhook)
- Private Link / VPC Peering
- On-prem deployment (Terraform / Compose)
- SOC2 / ISO27001 / CSAP readiness
- Dedicated support & SLA
Or load a Wallet, get +30% bonus credits
Prepay into your Schift Wallet and we add 30% on top. Balance covers subscription, usage overage, and LLM pass-through — so you don't need BYOK to get the discount. One balance, every tier, spiky workloads welcome.
Usage-based overage
Usage-based overage
Read-heavy workloads (CS, legal, support) just pay for what they use. No forced upgrades.
Search
$1 / 1K queries
Vector + BM25 + rerank + chunk fetch bundled
Execution
$3 / 1M calls
One /v1/chat or workflow call = one execution
Storage
$0.30 / GB / month
Raw docs + chunks + vectors + FTS + history
Ingest
$0.006 / page
OCR + chunking + embedding + FTS indexing
LLM Routing
Provider cost + 10%
BYOK = 0% (pay provider direct)
Web Search
$0.02 / query
Tavily-backed, usage-only
Calculator
What are you building?
Pick a workload profile or customize the sliders. We'll estimate your Schift bill and show what the equivalent DIY stack (vector DB + OpenAI + Tavily + OpenSearch + S3 + devops) would cost.
Workload profile
500K vectors (~2.0 GB)
1,500K
500
1,500K
1,500,000
$0.0005
300
Schift
Recommended tier: Pro
$425/ month
- Tier base$350
- LLM routing markup (+10%)$75
💡 LLM-heavy workload? Turn on BYOK — you call the provider directly with your key, Schift charges $0 on the LLM axis, and the markup disappears.
DIY stack
Schift saves 69%
$1,355/ month
- Vector DB (Pinecone Standard)$171
- Tavily Web Search$2.40
- OpenSearch managed (BM25)$90
- Object storage (GCS/S3)$0.04
- Backup / snapshots (+20%)$0.01
- Cloud egress (GCP $0.12 / AWS $0.09 / GB)$1.93
- Monitoring & logs$50
- Secrets / CI / DNS / SSL$20
- Ops time (~0.1 FTE)$1,020
How we compare: LLM provider cost (OpenAI/Anthropic/…) is excluded on both sides — you pay the provider the same either way. DIY stack shown = Pinecone Standard + Tavily + managed OpenSearch + GCS/S3 + backups + cloud egress ($0.09/GB blended) + monitoring/logs + secrets/CI/SSL + ~0.1 FTE of ops time. All absorbed inside Schift.
Compare plans
Use the cards to pick a plan. Use the table to verify what changes tier-to-tier.
| Free | Starter | Pro | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Included usage | ||||
| Storage | 1 GB | 5 GB | 30 GB | Custom |
| Searches / month | 25K | 200K | 2M | Custom |
| Page ingest / month | 100 | 500 | 3K | Custom |
| Executions / month | 25K | 200K | 2M | Custom |
| Web searches / month | 25 | 100 | 1K | Custom |
| Collections | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Data policy | 7-day purge | Kept active | Kept active | Custom retention |
| Platform bundle | ||||
| Vector DB (Rust engine) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Document store (S3-like) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FTS (BM25) index | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chunk / rewrite traceability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LLM routing (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web search (Tavily) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance & control | ||||
| BYOK (bring your own key) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit log (basic) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PII redaction (inbound) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| IP Allowlist | — | — | — | ✓ |
| OIDC + SAML SSO | — | — | — | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — | — | ✓ |
| DLP outbound masking | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Retention policy + CSV export | — | — | — | ✓ |
| CMEK (customer-managed keys) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| SIEM export | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Private Link / VPC | — | — | — | ✓ |
| On-prem deployment | — | — | — | ✓ |
| SOC2 / ISO27001 / CSAP | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Support & billing | ||||
| Monthly plan | $0 | $59 | $350 | Custom ($999+) |
| Overage billing | No | Yes | Yes | Custom |
| Support | Self-serve | Community | Dedicated + SLA | |
| Invoice billing | No | No | No | Yes |
| Volume discounts | No | No | No | Yes |
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How billing works
Free is capped — no overage. Starter and Pro bill usage-based overage once monthly allowances are exceeded. Enterprise is custom with tailored compliance and deployment.
Enterprise
Compliance. Data sovereignty. On-prem.
Custom tier starting at $999/month. PII redaction, IP allowlist, OIDC + SAML SSO, SCIM, DLP outbound masking, CMEK, SIEM export, Private Link / VPC, on-prem deployment (Terraform / Compose), SOC2 / ISO27001 / CSAP readiness, dedicated support and SLA.
- On-prem deployment
- CMEK + SIEM export
- SAML SSO + SCIM
- Volume discounts + SLA
Enterprise option
Dedicated instance
Isolate workloads and billing for teams that need stricter production boundaries.
Enterprise option
Data residency & VPC
Control where data lives and how traffic reaches Schift inside your network boundaries.
Enterprise option
Custom retention
Set retention and backup policies for legal, compliance, or internal governance requirements.
Enterprise option
Invoice billing & priority support
Move off self-serve billing and get a commercial support path with faster response expectations.
Questions.
How does billing work?
Four tiers: Free ($0), Starter ($59/mo), Pro ($350/mo), and Enterprise (custom from $999/mo). Monthly and annual (20% off) billing are self-serve; Wallet top-ups add +30% bonus credits. Overages are metered automatically once the monthly allowances are exceeded.
What's an execution?
One execution = one API call to /v1/chat or workflow endpoint. Each execution includes search, context building, and routing — the full RAG pipeline. No separate compute charges.
What's included in Free?
1 GB storage, 25K searches, 100 pages of ingest, 25K executions, and 25 web searches per month. Up to 10 collections. No credit card required. Data is deleted after 7 days of inactivity.
How does LLM routing pricing work?
You pay the provider's price (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.) plus a 10% routing markup. Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) to skip it — you pay the provider directly and Schift charges nothing on the LLM axis. Wallet top-ups also cover LLM pass-through, so the +30% bonus applies even without BYOK.
What about web search (Tavily)?
Web search is an optional tool billed per query ($0.02/query overage). Only charged when your agent uses it. Not included in execution quota.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. No contracts on self-serve. Cancel anytime and your data stays accessible until the end of the billing period.
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