AGENT SKILLBY CATALYSTBYZOHO
Catalyst pricing
AT A GLANCE
Catalyst pricing is an agent skill for go-to-market. Catalyst pricing — free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates, GB-seconds calculation, and cost estimation for functions, storage, and other services. The catalystbyzoho/agent-skills repository on GitHub, maintained by catalystbyzoho, has 51 stars and the Apache-2.0 license. To add it, run npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-pricing
- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- catalystbyzoho/agent-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab)
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- SOURCE REPOSITORY
- LICENSE
- Apache-2.0
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- SKILL.MD SIZE
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QUICK ANSWER
- WHAT IT IS01
- Catalyst pricing, free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates, GB-seconds calculation, and cost estimation for functions, storage, and other services. It stands out by giving go-to-market work a defined shape, so the agent asks for better context and returns a more usable result.
- INPUTS02
- Context for go-to-market work: your goals, audience, constraints, and any source material the skill asks for.
- OUTPUT03
- A ready-to-use result for go-to-market work: the analysis, copy, or recommendations the agent produces.
INSTALL
One command adds this skill from its source repository.
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-pricingREAD THE SKILL.MD BELOW BEFORE YOU RUN IT. SKILLS INSTRUCT YOUR AGENT.
SKILL.MD
The full file, as published in the source repository. Copy it, download it or open it on GitHub.
ON THIS PAGE · 29
How It Works#
- Load
references/pricing-basics.md— for free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates, and the GB-seconds formula. - Free tier first — Always present free tier limits before pay-as-you-go rates. Most hobby projects stay within free tier.
- GB-seconds calculation —
(memory in GB) × (execution time in seconds) × (invocation count). Present as a worked example with the user's expected usage. - Estimate honestly — Flag that serverless cost depends on real traffic patterns; give a range rather than a single number.
Triggers#
Use this skill for: "pricing", "cost", "free tier", "how much does Catalyst cost", "GB-seconds", "billing", "pay-as-you-go", "subscription model", "trial credits", "$250 credits", "function cost", "storage cost", "will this be free", "Catalyst pricing plans", or "DataStore pricing".
References#
| Reference | Load when the query is about… |
|---|---|
references/pricing-basics.md | Free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates per service, GB-seconds formula, $250 trial credits, subscription vs PAYG |
Supporting file: references/pricing-basics.md#
Pricing data last verified: May 2026. Always verify current rates at https://catalyst.zoho.com/pricing.html (opens in a new tab) before quoting estimates to clients.
Overview#
- Pay-per-use model with generous monthly free tiers.
- Free trial: New customers get $250 USD in credits, valid for 60 days from the date claimed.
- Minimum billing: $5/project/month once any free tier limit is exceeded.
- No upfront commitments. Subscription option also available.
- Free tier is account-wide (shared across all projects).
Pricing Table (USD)#
Serverless#
| Component | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Functions | $0.000016 | per GB-second |
| Circuits | $0.00002 | per state transition |
| AppSail | $0.08 | per GB-hour |
Data Store#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| SELECT | $0.00006 | per request |
| INSERT | $0.0001 | per request |
| UPDATE | $0.00008 | per request |
| DELETE | $0.00008 | per request |
| Storage | $0.02 | per GB/month |
Cache#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| GET | $0.00004 | per request |
| PUT | $0.00006 | per request |
| UPDATE | $0.00006 | per request |
Stratus (Object Storage)#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Upload | $0.000005 | per request |
| Download | $0.0000004 | per request |
| Storage | $0.02 | per GB/month |
Other Backend#
| Component | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| API Gateway | $0.000001 | per request |
| Web Client Hosting | $0.0000004 | per request |
| $0.001 | per email | |
| Push Notifications | $0.00002 | per notification |
| Search | $0.00004 | per query |
SmartBrowz#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Headless Browser | $0.1188 | per hour |
| PDF Conversions | $0.0033 | per PDF |
| BrowserLogic | $0.000002 | per invocation |
DevOps#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| APM | $0.00002 | per request |
| Automation Testing | $0.005 | per test case |
| Application Alerts | $0.0005 | per alert |
| Pipeline Build & Deploy | $0.00016 | per GB-second |
Zia AI/ML APIs#
All Zia operations: $0.001 per request (OCR, Face Analytics, Image Moderation, Object Recognition, Barcode Scanner, AutoML Prediction, Text Analytics)
ConvoKraft#
Messages: $0.0006 per message
QuickML#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Model Inference (0–25K) | $0.0025 | per API call |
| Model Inference (25K–100K) | $0.002 | per API call |
| Model Inference (>100K) | $0.001 | per API call |
| LLM Input Tokens | $0.2 | per million |
| LLM Output Tokens | $0.4 | per million |
Slate#
| Operation | Unit Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Build & Deploy | $0.00016 | per GB-second |
| Hosting Storage (CDN) | $0.0001 | per MB |
| Requests (CDN & Origin) | $0.000004 | per request |
| ISR Read | $0.0000003 | per request |
| ISR Write | $0.000003 | per request |
Free Tier (Monthly, Account-Wide)#
Serverless#
| Component | Free |
|---|---|
| Functions | 25,000 GB-seconds |
| Circuits | 2,000 state transitions |
| AppSail | 15 GB-hours |
Data Store#
| Operation | Free |
|---|---|
| SELECT | 10,000 requests |
| INSERT | 5,000 requests |
| UPDATE | 1,000 requests |
| DELETE | 1,000 requests |
| Storage | 5 GB |
Cache#
| Operation | Free |
|---|---|
| GET | 1,000 requests |
| PUT | 5,000 requests |
| UPDATE | 5,000 requests |
Other#
| Component | Free |
|---|---|
| Stratus Upload | 2,000 requests |
| Stratus Download | 10,000 requests |
| Stratus Storage | 5 GB |
| API Gateway | 100,000 requests |
| Web Client Hosting | 300,000 requests |
| 100 emails | |
| Push Notifications | 500 notifications |
| Search | 1,000 queries |
| SmartBrowz Headless | 5 hours |
| SmartBrowz PDFs | 50 PDFs |
| BrowserLogic | 25,000 GB-seconds |
| Zia APIs (all combined) | 100 calls |
| ConvoKraft Messages | 1,000 messages |
| QuickML Inference | 500 API calls |
| Slate CDN Requests | 300,000 requests |
| Slate Storage | 500 MB |
Billing Rules#
- Free tier is account-wide — shared across all projects.
- Minimum $5/project/month once any free tier limit exceeded. If usage = $7 across 2 projects: $7 + $5 = $12.
- Billable = Max(0, Usage - Free Tier). Cost = Billable × Unit Price.
- Free trial credits ($250) applied against invoices. After 180 days, normal billing begins.
GB-Seconds Calculation#
GB-seconds = (Memory in MB / 1024) × Execution Time in Seconds × Number of InvocationsExample: 500 invocations, 512 MB, 2 seconds each:
GB-seconds = (512/1024) × 2 × 500 = 500 GB-sec
Cost = (500 - 25,000 free) = 0 billable → $0.00Cost per invocation at each memory tier (1-second duration)#
| Memory (MB) | Cost per invocation | 10K/month | 100K/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | $0.000002 | $0.02 | $0.20 |
| 256 | $0.000004 | $0.04 | $0.40 |
| 512 | $0.000008 | $0.08 | $0.80 |
| 1024 | $0.000016 | $0.16 | $1.60 |
Key insight: 128 MB is 8× cheaper per second than 1024 MB. Choose the smallest memory that doesn't cause failures.
Typical Monthly Costs#
| App Type | Range | Primary Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| Simple web app (< 1K users) | $0–$10 | Within or near free tier |
| API backend (10K req/day) | $5–$50 | Data Store, Functions, API Gateway |
| Data processing (1M rows/mo) | $50–$500 | Data Store writes, Job Scheduling |
| Data processing (100M rows/mo) | $2,000–$30,000+ | Data Store writes dominate |
| ML-powered app | $10–$200 | Zia APIs, QuickML, Data Store |
| Chat application | $5–$50 | ConvoKraft, Functions, Cache |
Cost Estimation Pitfalls#
- Processing multiplier — one user action triggers multiple ops. E.g., "save record" = 1 INSERT + 2 SELECTs + 1 Cache PUT + 1 event.
- DataStore is often the dominant cost for data-heavy apps. INSERT at $0.0001/request adds up fast.
- Cache reduces DataStore costs — higher cache hit rate = fewer SELECT calls.
- APM costs scale with executions — at millions of executions, $0.00002/req becomes material.
- Free tier erodes at scale — don't over-optimize for free tier savings in large projections.
INR & Regional Pricing#
Catalyst invoices in the currency attached to the credit card:
- US DC → USD, IN DC → INR, EU DC → EUR
For INR rates, visit https://catalyst.zoho.com/pricing.html (opens in a new tab) from an India DC account. All estimates in this skill are in USD. For INR pricing, direct users to the official pricing page.
Common Errors#
| Error | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cost estimate doesn't match invoice | Free tier resets monthly; partial months billed at full rate | Always calculate based on full month usage; free tier is per calendar month |
| INR pricing differs from USD estimate | Separate regional pricing applies to India DC accounts | Direct India DC users to catalyst.zoho.com/pricing.html for accurate INR rates |
| Unexpected GB-seconds charge | Cold start overhead counted toward execution time | Cold starts add ~100–300 ms; factor this in for high-frequency functions |
| Free tier exhausted earlier than expected | Multiple environments (Development + Production) share the same free tier quota | Each Catalyst project counts as one quota pool across all environments |
FAQ
07 QUESTIONS
01What is the Catalyst pricing agent skill?
Catalyst pricing, free tier limits, pay-as-you-go rates, GB-seconds calculation, and cost estimation for functions, storage, and other services. It is listed under go-to-market in the 100xLab agent skills directory.
02How do I install Catalyst pricing in Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex?
Run npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-pricing in the project where you want it, then ask your agent for the skill by name. The --skill flag installs only Catalyst pricing, not every skill in the repository.
03What does the Catalyst pricing SKILL.md cover?
The SKILL.md includes sections on How It Works, Triggers, References, Supporting file: references/pricing-basics.md, Overview and Pricing Table (USD). Read the full text on this page or in plain markdown at /resources/agent-skills/catalystbyzoho-agent-skills--catalyst-pricing--qtseu8/raw.
04Which agents can use Catalyst pricing?
Catalyst pricing installs with the cross-agent skills installer (npx skills add), which sets it up for agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Each agent loads the SKILL.md when you ask for the skill by name.
05What license is Catalyst pricing under?
The catalystbyzoho/agent-skills repository declares the Apache-2.0 license. Read the license file in the repository before you copy or redistribute the skill.
06Is Catalyst pricing free to use?
Reading, copying and installing Catalyst pricing costs nothing: it is published in a public GitHub repository under the Apache-2.0 license. Reuse and redistribution follow that license.
07Where is the source of Catalyst pricing?
Catalyst pricing comes from https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills, which has 51 GitHub stars. The SKILL.md is at https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/catalyst-pricing/SKILL.md. The author is catalystbyzoho.
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Catalyst pricing was written by its original authors and is published in catalystbyzoho/agent-skills (opens GitHub in a new tab) under the Apache-2.0 license. All rights stay with the original authors.
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