Free Tier And Pricing Ladder

Monarch follows a Supabase-style growth model: make the default developer and agent reflex free, then later charge when teams need longer proof history, policy coordination, team controls, and runtime enforcement.

Free Forever

• Local Doctor CLI.
• Local scan, sandbox, preprod, and CI JSON output.
• checkBeforePayment runtime wrapper.
• Templates and proof packs.
• Agent-readable docs, llms.txt, AGENTS.md, and skill instructions.
• Unlimited local runs.

Free Hosted Proof

Included:

• Project token.
• Public project proof endpoint.
• Last 100 reported runs.
• CI badge.
• Rails detected.
• Unsafe paths blocked.

Create a high-entropy random MONARCH_PROJECT_TOKEN value and store it as a secret. Monarch hashes it locally before reporting. The public proof endpoint returns aggregate counters and safe run records only.

Planned Paid Team Layer

Teams pay when they need:

• Longer run history.
• Private project proof.
• Slack and webhook alerts.
• Shared policy packs.
• Approval records.
• Audit exports.
• Organization repos.

Future Runtime Layer

Production teams would pay for:

• Hosted policy checks.
• Signed payment attestations.
• Runtime allow, caution, block, and route decisions.
• SSO, RBAC, private deployment, and enterprise support.

Pricing Principle

Do not charge for the local safety reflex. Charge later when teams need durable proof, team coordination, auditability, and production enforcement.