# ReadyAPI pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** Quote-only — no self-serve price published.
**Domain:** smartbear.com
**Free tier:** No · 14-day free trial
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bamboo, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes
**Best for:** enterprise QA teams; load and performance testing; API virtualization; regulated industries with on-prem requirements

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ReadyAPI Test (Fixed License) | Quote-only | — | per_seat | Annual fixed (node-locked) license per seat. No official published price (contact sales). Third-party indicative estimate ~$1,069–$1,170/year/seat (unverified). Fixed licenses cannot run on VMs or containers. | smartbear.com |
| ReadyAPI Test (Floating License) | Quote-only | — | per_seat | Annual floating license for CI/CD and containerized environments. No official published price (contact sales). Third-party indicative estimate ~$6,599/year/seat (unverified); required for VM/Docker/Kubernetes usage. | smartbear.com |
| ReadyAPI Performance | Quote-only | — | custom | Load/performance testing module licensed separately. No official published price (contact sales). Third-party indicative estimate ~$7,389–$22,199/year fixed at 250 VUs (unverified); higher for floating. | smartbear.com |
| ReadyAPI Virtualization | Quote-only | — | custom | API/service virtualization module licensed separately. No official published price (contact sales). Third-party indicative estimate ~$1,415–$1,700/year fixed per seat (unverified). | smartbear.com |

**Key features:** Three-module platform: functional testing, performance/load testing, API virtualization; Parallel test execution across distributed environments; Deep CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, TeamCity); Enterprise-grade service virtualization for dependency isolation.

**Plan limits:** Fixed licenses cannot run on VMs, containers, or CI/CD agents — floating license required; Performance module priced separately by virtual user count; All pricing is annual; no self-serve monthly billing; no public prices.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-18
Provenance: smartbear.com/product/ready-api/pricing fetched on 2026-06-18 — page publishes NO prices and directs to contact sales (with a free-trial CTA). All monthlyUsd are null. Indicative third-party module figures (from checkthat.ai citing the SmartBear store) are retained in notes ONLY as unverified estimates, never in a price field.
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