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Karate pricing

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Karate costs from $100/user/yr on its cheapest paid plan; 5 plans in all, as listed on karatelabs.io — prices checked 21 Sep 2026.

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Karate pricing at a glance

Plans Free planFreemium A usable free plan; paid tiers unlock the limits below. Prices checked 21 Sep 2026.
See plans on karatelabs.io

Karate plans & pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
FreeFree forever
  • MIT-licensed Karate Framework
  • REST, GraphQL and SOAP API testing
  • Built-in mocks and stubs
  • CI/CD integration
  • Xplorer desktop client free tier
  • Community support
IDE Plus$100/user/yr per user / year
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Run from the IDE
  • Structure view
  • Formatting
Xplorer Premium$200/user/yr per user / year
  • Premium Xplorer desktop API client
Pro$640/user/yr per user / year
  • IDE plugins
  • Debug and step-through
  • Enhanced autocomplete
  • Code folding and JSON reformatting
  • Xplorer Premium included
  • Priority email support
Karate EnterprisePrice on request
  • Async protocol pack
  • IDE Enterprise tier
  • Karate Agent
  • API coverage
  • API governance
  • Commercial support and SLA

Prices as published by the vendor on karatelabs.io, checked 21 Sep 2026; taxes and regional pricing may differ. We do not change a plan's price or its limits — this table is what the vendor's own pricing page said on that date.

What the price includes

  • Built for
    Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
  • Integrations
    40+ integrations: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Docker, Testcontainers …
  • Free plan
    Yes
  • Paid from
    $100/user/yr
  • Scheduled runs
    Yes

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Prices checked by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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