dbt Cloud capped Team plan models at 15,000 a month, then $0.01 each
New Team (now Starter) plan customers get 15,000 successful models built per month, with each extra model billed at $0.01; legacy Team plans had unlimited models. The free Developer plan was capped at 3,000 models a month, with jobs paused at the limit.
What changed
- Limits cut, Aug 12, 2023
- Before: Team: seat-based, unlimited models built; Developer: no model cap
- After: Team: 15,000 models/mo included, $0.01 per extra model; Developer: 3,000 models/mo
- Existing customers: Team customers who bought before Aug 11-12, 2023 keep legacy seat-based pricing with unlimited models; existing Developer users migrated from Feb 1, 2024
Alternatives to dbt
Other data pipeline tools at 5 million rows a month from 5 sources:
dbt alternatives: 3 data pipeline tools compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for dbt: dbt.