Pricing information was last verified on July 28, 2026. Pricing may have changed. Visit Astronomer for current pricing.
Astronomer takes a usage-based approach to pricing its Astro platform, the managed service built on . The core principle is straightforward: you only pay for the compute resources your pipelines actually consume. Clusters, deployments, and workers scale with your workload, and billing follows accordingly. This stands in contrast to seat-based or flat-tier pricing models common among data pipeline tools.
Astronomer offers a free Developer tier that lets data engineers get started without any upfront commitment, with pay-as-you-go billing kicking in as usage grows. Worker compute starts at $0.13/hr; Developer deployments start at $0.35/hr, Team deployments at $0.42/hr, and Dedicated clusters at $2.40/hr. For organizations requiring dedicated infrastructure, network isolation, or air-gapped deployments, Astronomer offers an Astro Private Cloud tier where pricing is negotiated per deployment. This tiered structure rewards efficiency -- teams that leverage hibernating deployments and scale-to-zero compute keep costs tightly aligned with actual workload demand rather than provisioned capacity.
Astronomer offers Developer, Team, Business, Enterprise, and Astro Private Cloud plans for teams building, running, and managing Apache Airflow pipelines.
| Plan | Intended use | Pricing and agreement | Selected capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | Building and testing pipelines | Deployments starting at $0.35/hr; pay-as-you-go, billed monthly | AI-powered DAG authoring and debugging, scale-to-zero compute, hibernating deployments, API access, deployment rollbacks |
| Team | Production pipelines requiring Airflow support and observability | Deployments starting at $0.42/hr; pay-as-you-go, billed monthly, or annual agreements | End-to-end observability and data quality, dedicated clusters with network isolation, high availability deployments, 7-day audit-log retention, 24x5 support |
| Business | Mission-critical pipelines requiring 24x7 support | Contact Astronomer for pricing; annual agreements | SSO enforcement, CI/CD enforcement, 90-day audit-log retention, 24x7 support with a one-hour SLA |
| Enterprise | Airflow management at scale with enterprise security and governance | Contact Astronomer for pricing; annual agreements | Remote execution agents, custom RBAC, SCIM provisioning, IP access lists, organization dashboards; cross-region disaster recovery is available as an add-on |
| Astro Private Cloud | Running Airflow as a service in your own environment | Contact Astronomer for pricing | Multi-cluster and multi-region deployment management, air-gapped deployment support, enterprise SSO integration, deployment isolation, in-place Airflow upgrades, Houston API access, professional-services installation assistance, and 24/7 committer-led support |
Developer includes core development and deployment capabilities for teams building and testing pipelines. Team adds observability, data quality, network isolation, high availability, and support for production workloads. Business and Enterprise add progressively broader support, security, and governance capabilities, while Astro Private Cloud is designed for organizations that need Airflow-as-a-service in their own environment.
Astro uses a usage-based model: deployments, clusters, and workers scale with workload, and users pay for the compute resources they use. Standard clusters are included on all plans; dedicated clusters are available from $2.40/hr on Team and above. Worker compute is billed only while tasks run and starts at $0.13/hr.
Astro uses a usage-based pricing model: customers pay for the compute resources they use, and clusters, deployments, and workers scale with workload. Standard clusters are included on all plans at no additional cost. Dedicated clusters are available starting at $2.40/hr on the Team plan and above.
Workers are billed while tasks are actively running and scale to zero when idle. Astro offers seven worker sizes, from A5 to A160, starting at $0.13/hr. Networking costs are passed through from the cloud provider.
Astronomer’s Astro pricing is usage-based: customers pay for the compute resources they use, and clusters, deployments, and workers scale with workload. Its pricing is designed for running Apache Airflow without managing the underlying overhead.
| Tool | Pricing Model | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomer (Astro) | Usage-based | Developer deployments starting at $0.35/hr | Teams building and testing pipelines |
The Developer plan is billed monthly on a pay-as-you-go basis. It includes AI-powered DAG authoring and debugging, flexible scale-to-zero compute, hibernating deployments, API access, and deployment rollbacks.
Astro’s pricing has three primary components: clusters, deployments, and workers. Standard clusters are included at no additional cost; deployments start at $0.35/hr on Developer; and worker compute is charged while tasks are actively running, with workers able to scale to zero when idle. Worker pricing starts at $0.13/hr, while networking costs are passed through from the cloud provider.
For production workloads, the Team plan has deployments starting at $0.42/hr and includes annual-agreement availability, observability and data quality features, dedicated-cluster network isolation, high-availability deployments, seven-day audit-log retention, and 24x5 support. Business and Enterprise pricing is not publicly listed; contact Astronomer for pricing information.
Astronomer lists its Developer plan for teams building and testing pipelines. The pricing page says to try it for free, while deployments start at $0.35/hr on a pay-as-you-go basis billed monthly. Developer includes AI-powered DAG authoring and debugging, flexible scale-to-zero compute, hibernating deployments, API access, and deployment rollbacks.
Astronomer uses usage-based pricing with per-resource rates starting at $0.13 and scaling to $0.42 and $2.40 depending on the resource type. Your actual cost depends on the number of deployments, worker concurrency, and how efficiently your DAGs use compute. Annual agreements on the Standard tier can reduce per-unit rates compared to monthly billing.
Astronomer offers annual agreements on the Standard tier that provide lower per-unit rates compared to monthly pay-as-you-go billing. For larger deployments, the Astro Private Cloud tier involves custom pricing that is negotiated based on your specific infrastructure and support requirements.
The main cost drivers are compute consumption from concurrent task execution and worker resource allocation. DAGs running on tight schedules without leveraging hibernating deployments or scale-to-zero compute will accumulate charges even during idle periods. Moving to Astro Private Cloud adds professional services installation fees on top of the infrastructure costs.
Astronomer provides usage-based pricing for Astro, its managed Apache Airflow offering. Its Developer plan is aimed at teams building and testing pipelines, with deployments starting at $0.35/hr and billed monthly on a pay-as-you-go basis.