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Directus pricing (2026)
Directus's paid plans start at $99/mo (Open Innovation Grant) as checked on 2026-09-26, read from Directus's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Teams wrapping existing relational databases without schema migration. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $99/mo (Open Innovation Grant)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Teams wrapping existing relational databases without schema migration; Open-source-first organizations wanting full data ownership; Early-stage startups qualifying for the $99/month Open Innovation Grant
As of · every figure below links to its source
Directus plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | $0 | — | Flat monthly | Free, self-hosted or cloud-hosted (cloud add-on at $99/month). 3 user seats (hard limit), 25 collections, 5 flows, AI Assistant, Advanced RBAC, community support. | directus.com |
| Team | $599 | −17% | Flat monthly | $499/month billed annually ($5,988/year); $599/month billed monthly. Annual discount ~17%. 10 SSO seats (additional at $50/seat/month), 50 collections (expandable to 100), 20 flows. Granular RBAC, Basic Support, SSO (SAML/OIDC). | directus.com |
| Open Innovation Grant | $99 | — | Flat monthly | Cloud-hosted only. For organizations under $5M annual revenue and fewer than 50 employees. Full feature access with no caps. $99/month for cloud hosting. | directus.com |
| Enterprise | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | Custom pricing, contact sales. 50+ SSO seats, 200+ collections, unlimited flows. Custom Access Policies, Custom LLM, Offline Mode, AI Translations, Telemetry Opt-out, Premium Support. | directus.com |
Last verified 2026-09-26. Official pricing page https://directus.com/pricing fetched twice on 2026-06-14 (after 301 redirect from directus.io/pricing). Core (free) plan at $0 with 3 seats confirmed. Team plan at $499/month billed annually or $599/month billed monthly confirmed. Enterprise is custom. Open Innovation Grant at $99/month cloud-hosted for qualifying orgs (<$5M revenue, <50 employees). This note predates a correction to the plans above, from 2026-09-10; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Price changes
Price on record
$99/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Directus, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Directus. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Team. Basis corrected, no new figure. The recorded monthly price was the annual-billed rate while the plan's own note named the month-to-month one; the schema reserves this field for the month-to-month price and carries the saving in the annual discount, so the two recorded figures swapped places. Both were already in the record and neither was re-read.
Capabilities
Integrations: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, Auth0.
Key features: Wraps any SQL database (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MSSQL, Oracle) as an instant REST/GraphQL API; Visual data modeling with 35+ custom field types; no SQL knowledge required; Real-time WebSocket APIs and visual JavaScript workflow automation; 100% whitelabel-able interface with community extension marketplace; SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant; Open Innovation Grant for startups.
Plan limits: Core: 3 seats (hard limit), 25 collections, 5 flows; self-hosted free; cloud add-on $99/month; Team: 10 SSO seats (+$50/seat), 50 collections (expandable to 100), 20 flows; Enterprise: 50+ SSO seats, 200+ collections, unlimited flows; custom SLAs.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Directus cost?
Directus's paid plans start at $99/mo (Open Innovation Grant), and it lists a $0 plan (Core); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-09-26.
Is Directus cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Directus publishes a 17% discount for paying annually (on the Team plan). Verified 2026-09-26.
What are cheaper alternatives to Directus?
Cheaper headless cms than Directus (entry $99/mo) include Prismic at $10/mo, Strapi Cloud at $18/mo. Verified 2026-09-26.
Does Directus support HIPAA?
Directus's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Directus have a free plan?
Yes — Directus publishes a free tier.
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