# Plans and limits

Source: https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/plans · Last updated: 2026-10-27

What each Qualflare plan includes, from project, member and launch limits to AI allowances and features, plus the free trial and how to change plans.

Qualflare has four plans, the free Starter plan and the paid Core, Scale and Enterprise plans, plus a free [Open Source plan](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/plans#open-source-plan) for public repositories; this page lists the limits, AI allowances and features of each, and prices are on [qualflare.com/pricing](https://qualflare.com/pricing/).

## Plan overview

| Plan           | Best for                                                           |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Starter**    | Individual testers and small projects exploring Qualflare          |
| **Core**       | Growing teams that need shared steps, AI Insights and Quo Pro      |
| **Scale**      | Larger teams with high test volume that need audit logs            |
| **Enterprise** | Organizations that need SAML single sign-on and the highest limits |

## Get started

- [Starter](https://app.qualflare.com/register): Free. 1 project and 200 test cases. No credit card required.
- [Core](https://app.qualflare.com/register?plan=core): Start a 14-day free trial of Core. No credit card required.
- [Scale](https://app.qualflare.com/register?plan=scale): Start a 14-day free trial of Scale. No credit card required.
- [Enterprise](https://qualflare.com/contact/): Talk to our team about SAML single sign-on and Enterprise limits.

## Limits

| Limit        | Unit               | Starter      | Core  | Scale | Enterprise |
| ------------ | ------------------ | ------------ | ----- | ----- | ---------- |
| Projects     | projects           | 1            | 3     | 10    | 500        |
| Team members | team members       | 1            | 10    | 30    | 500        |
| Test cases   | test cases         | 200          | 1,000 | 5,000 | 500,000    |
| Test suites  | test suites        | 10           | 50    | 200   | 20,000     |
| Shared steps | shared steps       | Not included | 50    | 200   | 20,000     |
| Test plans   | test plans         | 10           | 500   | 2,000 | 5,000      |
| Storage      | GB                 | 1            | 5     | 25    | 100        |
| Launches     | launches per month | 50           | 500   | 5,000 | 500,000    |

* **Team members:** This is the most seats the plan allows. A paid workspace is held to the seats it bought, and a Core or Scale trial to its trial seats (3 on Core, 10 on Scale). On Starter the cap is the plan figure.
* **Storage:** Counts test case attachment uploads only. Test run attachments and exports do not count towards it.

For prices, see [qualflare.com/pricing](https://qualflare.com/pricing/).

* **Launches per month.** Only launches created from uploaded results count, for example with `qf <identifier> collect`. Launches you start in the app don't count.
* **Data retention** is the same on every plan. See [Data Retention](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/project-settings#data-retention).

> **Caution:** When your workspace has used this month's launches, Qualflare refuses new uploads until the count resets on your billing day. The results of a refused upload are not stored, so keep the report files if you need them.

## AI usage limits

Each AI feature has its own allowance. Quo messages have a daily and a monthly limit. The other AI features have a monthly allowance, except failure clusters, which limit how many clusters a workspace holds at once. Some plans have no cap on launch analysis or failure clusters. On **Plan & Billing**, Quo messages show as &#x2A;*Agent Messages (Daily)** and &#x2A;*Agent Messages (Monthly)**, and the monthly allowances as **Launch Analysis**, **Case Analysis**, **Case Suggestions**, **Coverage Analysis** and **Step Generation**.

| Allowance              | Unit                           | Starter      | Core      | Scale     | Enterprise |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ---------- |
| Failure clusters       | failure clusters               | 2            | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited  |
| Quo messages per day   | messages per day               | 10           | 50        | 100       | 5,000      |
| Quo messages per month | messages per month             | 100          | 500       | 2,000     | 100,000    |
| AI launch analysis     | launch analyses per month      | 10           | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited  |
| AI case analysis       | case analyses per month        | Not included | 1,000     | 4,000     | 200,000    |
| AI case suggestions    | case suggestion runs per month | 5            | 50        | 500       | 25,000     |
| AI coverage analysis   | coverage analyses per month    | 5            | 50        | 500       | 25,000     |
| AI step generation     | step generation runs per month | 5            | 50        | 500       | 25,000     |

For prices, see [qualflare.com/pricing](https://qualflare.com/pricing/).

* Every message you send to Quo counts once toward both Agent Messages limits. Generating an AI filter on the Explore page also counts as one message.
* Coverage analysis, case suggestions and step generation also use their own monthly allowance.
* Case Analysis is what [AI Insights](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/insights) uses.
* Daily limits reset every day. Monthly limits reset each month on your billing day. Changing plans doesn't reset them.
* Launch analysis runs on launches you upload. When the month's allowance is used up, new launches show **Analysis skipped**.
* At the failure cluster limit, failures with a new pattern are still saved with their test results, but they are not grouped into a new cluster.
* When Quo reaches a limit, it shows an error with a **View plans** button.
* Only the workspace Owner can see usage, on **Plan & Billing** in the workspace sidebar.

## Features by plan

| Feature                    | Starter      | Core         | Scale        | Enterprise |
| -------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ---------- |
| Test plans                 | Included     | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| Shared steps               | Not included | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| Flaky test detection       | Included     | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| Advanced AI test analysis  | Included     | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| AI failure clustering      | Included     | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| AI test suite optimization | Not included | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| Quo Pro model              | Not included | Included     | Included     | Included   |
| Audit logs                 | Not included | Not included | Included     | Included   |
| SAML single sign-on        | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included   |

For prices, see [qualflare.com/pricing](https://qualflare.com/pricing/).

In the app, AI test suite optimization is **AI Insights**, and advanced AI test analysis is AI launch analysis. SAML single sign-on also covers [SCIM provisioning](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/scim) and [verified domains](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/verified-domains).

Every plan can upload results with the qf CLI and use the API with a project access token.

## What happens at a limit

| Limit                                                        | What you see                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Projects**                                                 | Creating a project fails. The **Create Project** toast gives your count against the limit, for example "project limit reached (1/1). Upgrade your plan to create more projects." on Starter                                    |
| **Team members**                                             | Accepting an invitation fails (**Could not accept invitation**), and so does someone's first SSO sign-in, until a seat is free. See [Invite and manage users](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/users)            |
| **Test cases, suites, shared steps, test plans and storage** | A toast names the limit and your usage against it, for example "Test Cases quota exceeded (200/200)" on Starter. Delete some, or change plans                                                                                  |
| **Launches per month**                                       | `qf` exits with code 4 and prints "a plan limit was reached; check your Qualflare subscription". The Callout under [Limits](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/plans#limits) says what happens to the results |
| **Quo messages and AI allowances**                           | See [AI usage limits](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/plans#ai-usage-limits)                                                                                                                               |
| **A feature your plan doesn't include**                      | The page shows a locked preview with **Upgrade to Unlock**, which opens **Plan & Billing**                                                                                                                                     |

## Free trial

Core and Scale come with a 14-day free trial. To start one, sign up from the plan's link: [start a Core trial](https://app.qualflare.com/register?plan=core) or [start a Scale trial](https://app.qualflare.com/register?plan=scale). You don't need a credit card.

* A workspace you create without choosing a plan starts on Starter, with no trial.
* During the trial, Core has 3 seats and Scale has 10.
* To keep the plan, select **Subscribe and pay** on **Plan & Billing** before the trial ends. Stripe Checkout opens for the trial's plan with the trial's seats (3 on Core, 10 on Scale). You can change the seat count later in the billing portal.
* If you don't subscribe before the trial ends, the workspace moves to Starter.

> **Warning:** Subscribing during your trial ends the trial and starts billing immediately.

## Changing plans

Only the workspace Owner can change the plan.

1. In the workspace sidebar, under **Management**, open **Plan & Billing**.

2. Select **Upgrade Plan**.

3. Choose **Monthly** or **Yearly**, then select **Get Core** or **Get Scale**.

   *Figure: Choose Monthly or Yearly, then the plan to buy.*

4. Set the number of seats, then select **Continue to Checkout**. You can buy up to 10 seats on Core and 30 on Scale.

   *Figure: Set the number of seats before you continue to checkout.*

5. Pay in Stripe Checkout.

For Enterprise, select **Contact Sales**. During a trial, Plan & Billing shows **Subscribe and pay** instead of **Upgrade Plan**. See [Free trial](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/plans#free-trial).

To update your payment method, change your seat count or cancel, select **Manage Billing** on Plan & Billing. It opens the Stripe billing portal. Plans below your current one show **Downgrade in billing portal**: to move to a lower plan, cancel your subscription there. When the paid period ends, the workspace moves to Starter.

## Enterprise plan

Enterprise includes everything in Scale, plus [SAML single sign-on](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/sso), [SCIM provisioning](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/scim) and [verified domains](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/verified-domains), and the highest limits on this page. To discuss Enterprise, [contact us](https://qualflare.com/contact/).

## Open Source plan

The Open Source plan is free for public, OSI-licensed GitHub repositories, and includes a public, world-readable test report page. You activate it per workspace by linking an eligible repository. You don't pick it from the plans above. See [Open Source](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/open-source) for eligibility and setup.

| Open Source plan                      | Limit        |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Projects                              | 500          |
| Test cases                            | 500,000      |
| Test suites                           | 20,000       |
| Shared steps                          | 20,000       |
| Test plans                            | 5,000        |
| Launches per month                    | 500,000      |
| Storage (GB)                          | 10           |
| Agent Messages (Daily)                | 10           |
| Agent Messages (Monthly)              | 100          |
| Launch Analysis (per month)           | 100          |
| Case Suggestions (per month)          | 5            |
| Coverage Analysis (per month)         | 5            |
| Step Generation (per month)           | 5            |
| Flaky test detection                  | Included     |
| Audit logs                            | Included     |
| AI failure clustering                 | Not included |
| AI Insights (test suite optimization) | Not included |
| Quo Pro model                         | Not included |

These limits are far above what an open-source project normally uses. AI failure clustering is not available, because anyone who opens a pull request can write a public project's failure output.

## Related

* **Guides:** [Workspaces and Workspace Settings](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/workspaces#billing-and-subscription) · [Open Source](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/open-source)
* **Reference:** [AI features reference](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/limits) · [Invite and manage users](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/administration/users)
