Start small. Upgrade only when refresh volume grows.
AppTide is priced for indie teams that want app import, keyword refresh, competitor discovery, and API + MCP access without paying for a bloated enterprise stack. The heavier automation plan only matters when your refresh volume actually grows.
- ✦ Start with a free sandbox and docs
- ✦ Pay $9.99 when you need real workflows
- ✦ Upgrade only when refresh volume grows
- ✦ Use the same plans across dashboard, API, and MCP
Pricing stays public and fast. Plan selection, checkout, billing portal, and quota management happen inside your signed-in workspace so the marketing site stays static.
Sandbox is for learning the surface
Explore the docs, sample workflows, and MCP setup before you put real app research into the platform.
Developer is the real indie plan
This is the default plan for one or a few apps, tracked keywords, live refreshes, and developer access without enterprise overhead.
Scale starts when automation gets heavier
Move up when refresh volume, shared workspaces, or repeated automation stops fitting the economics of the indie tier.
Sandbox
$0
Try the public docs and sample workflows before you wire anything into production.
- ✦Public docs access
- ✦Sample audit payloads
- ✦Demo MCP configuration
- ✦Limited playground usage
Developer
$9.99/ month
The core plan for indie developers shipping one or a few apps.
- ✦1 workspace and API key
- ✦200 tracked keywords included
- ✦REST API + MCP access
- ✦300 live refresh units / month
- ✦Usage logs and request history
Scale
Custom
For heavier automation, more refreshes, and multi-workspace usage.
- ✦3,000+ live refresh units / month
- ✦2,000 tracked keywords baseline
- ✦Bulk import and export flows
- ✦Priority support
- ✦Custom limits and overage policy
- ✦Shared workspace operations
Why someone pays instead of building this in-house
What users could build
A local MCP wrapper, a thin API facade, or a few scripts that hit public store pages for one-off use.
What they are actually buying
A maintained workflow for importing apps, refreshing keywords, discovering competitors, and then using the same data in the dashboard, API, and MCP without running the data layer themselves.
Fair-use assumptions behind the $9.99 plan
What is included
Normal indie usage: one workspace, up to 200 tracked keywords, cached reads, and 300 live refresh units per month. Stored snapshots are trimmed and compressed so history remains useful without turning storage into the business model.
What gets limited
High-frequency polling, repeated fresh store crawls, and broad competitor sweeps. Those consume live refresh units, queue behind background workers, or move to a higher tier once the indie plan stops being economically sane.