Pricing & billing

TL;DR

• Local: free. Run spl serve on your laptop or your own server. No subscription, no usage limits, no telemetry.
• Hosted, free: one hosted workspace per person, no card required. It includes 1 GB of storage, a small amount of computing capacity and a one-time inference allowance.
• Hosted: $25 per month per workspace when you want more, with a 30-day free trial. Each hosted workspace is a fully managed <label>.syncropel.app with secure connections, fast access from anywhere, and storage that keeps your work.
• Managed inference (api.syncropic.com): optional, usage-billed. See api.syncropic.com for the per-model price list.

You can move freely between local and hosted using spl export / spl import: your data is portable by design.

What you pay for

Local (free)

You run spl serve on hardware you control. Syncropic gets no money, no telemetry, no inspection capability:

• Records, threads, and audit logs live in your workspace's record store on your machine
• Connections between workspaces go directly from one to the other; no Syncropic-operated server in the path
• Provider keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google) are yours; you bill those directly
• Updates via curl https://get.syncropic.com/spl | sh, a single binary
• Open protocol and open SDKs: the specification is CC-BY-SA-4.0 and the SDKs are Apache-2.0; the kernel and spl CLI are Business Source License 1.1 (converting to Apache-2.0 four years after each release), free to download and run

Hosted, free (one workspace)

Every person can have one hosted workspace for free, with no card. Its bounds (version 1, published 2026-09-08): one free workspace per person, 1 GB of storage, a small amount of computing capacity, and a one-time inference allowance. Upgrade any time; your records come with you.

Hosted ($25 per month per workspace, 30-day free trial)

Create a <label>.syncropel.app workspace by signing in at syncropel.com. What's included:

A paid workspace starts with a 30-day free trial. After the trial, billing is $25 per month for that workspace; cancel any time. If you delete a workspace, its label returns to the reservation pool after a grace period. Billing lives on your account page. Your workspaces, kept repositories and keys are listed in the account console at services.syncropic.com.

Managed inference (api.syncropic.com)

The managed inference gateway is optional and usage-billed at the prices listed on its page. Every call is also recorded in your workspace, so you can check your usage against your bill. You can always bring your own provider keys instead; local and hosted workspaces both accept them.

Local and hosted: moving between

spl export round-trips your data; both directions take the same path.

Local to hosted

You've been running spl serve on your laptop and want to move to a hosted workspace:

# 1. Export your local workspace
spl export --out ~/my-workspace.tar.zst

# 2. Create a hosted workspace (gets you a fresh empty <label>.syncropel.app)

# 3. Import your data
SPL_SERVE_URL=https://<label>.syncropel.app \
  spl import ~/my-workspace.tar.zst

Connections to other workspaces need to be set up again after the import, because the new workspace has its own identity, but records, threads, and audit logs come along intact.

Hosted to local

You're moving off hosted (sovereignty preference, or you just want it on your own metal):

# 1. Export your hosted workspace
SPL_SERVE_URL=https://<label>.syncropel.app \
  spl export --out ~/migrate.tar.zst

# 2. Install spl locally if you haven't
curl https://get.syncropic.com/spl | sh

# 3. Start a local workspace and import
spl serve
spl import ~/migrate.tar.zst

# 4. Delete the hosted workspace from your account page whenever you like

If you delete the hosted workspace, its <label>.syncropel.app URL returns to the reservation pool after a grace period. Workspaces you were connected to will need to connect to your new local workspace again.

Local vs. hosted: which fits

Start wherever friction is lowest; moving later is one export away.

See also

• Hosted signup walkthrough for creating a workspace and what to expect during the wait
• Your hosted workspace for how your work is saved, sleeping, and deleting
• Install spl on your machine for local use, or for connecting to a hosted workspace
• api.syncropic.com for managed inference details
• Account page for billing
• Account console for your workspaces, kept repositories and keys