Pick Phase if
teams who will stay on Cloud Free at $0 (5 users, 3 apps) while they store a first Production secret, then buy Pro at $10 / user / month when they need SSO.
Read the Phase pagePhase vs Unkey
Our take
Pick Phase if teams who will stay on Cloud Free at $0 (5 users, 3 apps) while they store a first Production secret, then buy Pro at $10 / user / month when they need SSO. Pick Unkey if aPI teams who will stay on API Management Free $0 (150k valid requests, 1k keys, no card) while they issue a first keyspace, then buy Pro at $25/month when they need 250k requests and team workspaces — or start Deploy Starter at $5
Best for
Phase Secrets you start at $0
Unkey Keys you start at $0 / 150k verifications, or Deploy from $5
Free plan
Phase $0 · 5 users or service accounts. 3 apps. 3 environments (dev / staging / prod). Google / GitHub / GitLab OAuth
Unkey $0 · /month. 150k valid requests. 1k API keys. 1-day logs. 3-day audit. Unlimited APIs
Lowest paid
Phase Not published by the vendor
Unkey Usage rates $0.000006944/mo
Next step up
Phase
Unkey Starter $5/mo
Runs where
Phase Local; you host it
Unkey
Watch out
Phase Free is 5 users and 3 apps
Unkey Free API Management is 150k valid requests and 1k keys
Last checked
Phase 2026-10-23 · phase.dev/pricing
Unkey 2026-10-22 · unkey.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Unkey if
aPI teams who will stay on API Management Free $0 (150k valid requests, 1k keys, no card) while they issue a first keyspace, then buy Pro at $25/month when they need 250k requests and team workspaces — or start Deploy Starter at $5 when they also want the container host.
Read the Unkey page