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Openlayer: Pricing, Features & Best Use Cases

AI governance platform to test, monitor and enforce policy on AI systems, with a free Basic plan.

Is Openlayer right for you?

Choose Openlayer if you need to test, monitor and govern AI systems, starting on the free Basic plan with CLI, SDK and API access and moving to a custom Enterprise plan for larger needs. Based on the vendor's documentation, not on a hands-on test.

Best for: AI/ML engineering teams

Also a good fit for

  • Regulated enterprises

Consider another tool if basic limited to 1 member and 5 projects

Or if

  • Basic capped at 20,000 inferences/month
  • Basic data retention is 3 months

Openlayer pricing and usage limits

Prices checked Oct 2, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Official pricing ↗ Prices and limits change often.

Openlayer pricing page with plans and prices — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
The official Openlayer pricing page as we saw it. openlayer.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

Free access and trial conditions

Basic plan is free.

Free Basic plan acts as a trial.

Paid plans: what changes as you upgrade

Basic web

Free source (opens in a new tab)

Month

For: Teams getting started

Limits

  • 1 member, 5 projects
  • 20,000 inference logs per month
1 more
  • 3 months data retention

Includes

  • AI test library
  • Observability and tracing
2 more
  • CLI, SDK and API access
  • Community support

API included

Enterprise web

Custom pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Unknown

For: Larger organizations

Limits

  • Unlimited members, projects and inferences

Includes

  • SAML SSO
  • On-prem deployment
2 more
  • 99.99% SLA
  • White-glove onboarding

API included

Usage caps, credits and extra costs

Enterprise quoted by scale, deployment and support needs.

Not stated.

What is Openlayer, and how does it work?

Openlayer is an AI governance platform that tests AI systems before release, monitors them in production and enforces policy in real time, producing audit-ready evidence. It offers a free Basic plan with a test library, observability and tracing, and a custom-quoted Enterprise plan with SSO, on-prem deployment and SLAs.

Openlayer homepage — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
Openlayer's official site: how the product presents itself. openlayer.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

What you provide and what you get back

How Openlayer works: what you provide, where it runs and what you get backYOU PROVIDEYour inputAI repo or modelInference logs and tracesTest definitionsCODINGOpenlayerWeb, APIfree tier, paid price not publish…free tier availableaccount requiredchecked Oct 2, 2026YOU GET BACKThe resultTest resultsAlertsGovernance and compliance reports…input → Openlayer → output · from the vendor's own pages, no hands-on test unless stated
What you give Openlayer and what comes back, from its documentation

You provide

  • AI repo or model
  • Inference logs and traces
  • Test definitions

You get back

  • Test results
  • Alerts
  • Governance and compliance reports (Enterprise)

Where you can use it

Platforms
Web, API
Account
Required

What people use Openlayer for

Scenarios are worked out by our editors from the documentation; the actual result depends on your input and plan.

Pre-release AI testing

Who
ML and AI engineers
You provide
Repo and test config
Expected result
Pre-release test results
Plan needed
Basic
Limitation
20 tests per project source (opens in a new tab)

Production monitoring

Who
Platform teams
You provide
Production inference logs
Expected result
Monitoring and alerts
Plan needed
Basic
Limitation
20,000 logs per month source (opens in a new tab)

AI governance and compliance evidence

Who
Compliance leads
You provide
AI system evidence
Expected result
Governance reports
Plan needed
Enterprise
Limitation
Enterprise only source (opens in a new tab)

Key features and their practical limits

Openlayer homepage — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
Feature overview on the official site. openlayer.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

AI test library

Gives a ready-made library of AI tests that you can run on your own projects before and after deployment to catch quality problems. Faster QA

Access: BasicLimit: Custom tests are Enterprise source (opens in a new tab)

Observability and tracing

Traces inputs and outputs of live AI systems and monitors quality, cost, latency and drift on production traffic. See production behaviour

Access: BasicLimit: Volume cap source (opens in a new tab)

Alerting integrations

Sends alerts to connected channels when monitored behaviour changes, so teams hear about regressions as they happen. Catch regressions

Access: BasicLimit: Destination list not itemised source (opens in a new tab)

CI/CD integration

Runs evaluations automatically on each commit through Git and CI/CD integrations, so regressions can block a release. Gate releases

Access: BasicLimit: Git integration needed source (opens in a new tab)

Pros, cons and deal-breakers

Reasons to choose Openlayer

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How to use Openlayer for testing an AI system before release

Set up Openlayer

  1. Open openlayer.com and click Get started
  2. Sign in and create a project
  3. Import your repo or connect a model
  4. Run the AI test library

Example: testing an AI system before release

  1. Import a template project
  2. Run the tests
  3. Review failing tests
  4. Add CI/CD to run on each commit

Review and export the result

  1. Check test results against expectations
  2. Confirm inference volume is under the 20,000 limit

Openlayer API

Openlayer pricing page with plans and prices — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
Plan comparison on the official pricing page. openlayer.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

API access and separate billing

An API is available, billing not documented. CLI, SDK and API access. API documentation ↗

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    Openlayer FAQ

    Is Openlayer's Basic plan free, and what are its member and project limits?

    Yes, the Basic plan is free for 1 member and 5 projects. source (opens in a new tab)

    What does Enterprise add?

    Unlimited members, projects and inferences, SAML SSO, on-prem deployment, 99.99% SLA and onboarding. source (opens in a new tab)

    How long does Openlayer's Basic plan keep data?

    Three months. source (opens in a new tab)

    What support do Openlayer's Basic and Enterprise plans include?

    Basic has community (Discord) support; Enterprise has Slack and white-glove onboarding. source (opens in a new tab)

    How is Enterprise priced?

    Custom-quoted by scale, deployment and support needs. source (opens in a new tab)

    Sources and review methodology

    Official sources and verification dates

    Not verified: Enterprise price; Training use of data; Supported model providers; Compliance frameworks covered.

    How we documented and maintain this page

    Every fact about Openlayer above comes from the 4 official pages listed here, last compared on Oct 2, 2026; we have not run Openlayer ourselves, so it has no editorial score. How we check and re-check pages.

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