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Start on a Shared Host — No Azure Subscription Required
You can start with AI Rule Engine on a shared host without setting up your own Azure subscription first — or run a dedicated host inside your own Azure subscription when you are ready.
Pricing update (July 2026): This post has been updated to reflect current plans. Shared hosting is now delivered through the Free, Pro, and Team plans, and dedicated hosting is delivered through Enterprise. See the pricing page for the latest details.
Shared Host: The Easiest Way to Start
Shared-host plans run your virtual environments on AI Rule Engine’s managed infrastructure. There is no Azure subscription, networking, or separate infrastructure billing to set up — you pick a plan and start building. Every plan includes an MCP server so AI agents can trigger your workflows.
- Free — $0/month. 1 virtual environment, 200 ruleset runs per month, and 1 GB of file storage. Overage is auto-billed via credits, so workflows keep running.
- Pro — $49/month. 3 virtual environments, 10,000 ruleset runs per month, and 5 GB of file storage.
- Team — $199/month. 15 virtual environments, 50,000 ruleset runs per month, and 20 GB of file storage.
Pro and Team can be billed monthly or annually, and annual billing includes one free month. On every shared plan, run overage is auto-billed via credits rather than hard-stopping your automations.
Dedicated Host: Enterprise in Your Own Azure
When you want AI Rule Engine deployed inside your own Azure subscription, the Enterprise plan runs a dedicated host at $99 per environment. It gives you the cloud boundary, governance controls, and Azure-level visibility many teams need for production — with unlimited environments, no run limits, and unlimited file storage.
If you already have Azure standards, networking requirements, or internal policies to follow, the dedicated Enterprise host is the best fit.
Compare the Two Hosting Models
| Shared host (Free / Pro / Team) | Dedicated host (Enterprise) | |
|---|---|---|
| Azure subscription | Not required | Runs in your own Azure subscription |
| Price | $0 / $49 / $199 per month | $99 per environment |
| Virtual environments | 1 / 3 / 15 | Unlimited |
| Ruleset runs | 200 / 10,000 / 50,000 per month (overage via credits) | No run limits |
| File storage | 1 / 5 / 20 GB | Unlimited |
| MCP server | Included | Included |
| Best fit | Fastest onboarding, pilots, growing teams | Own Azure boundary, governance, production scale |
Third-party integrations or model providers may still bill separately depending on what you connect.
Start with the One That Matches Your Team
If you want the simplest onboarding path, start on a shared-host plan — the Free plan costs nothing. If you want your own Azure deployment from day one, choose Enterprise.
Either way, you can move from evaluation to real workflow automation quickly.
Visit RuleEngine.ai to choose the hosting model that fits your team, or compare every plan on the pricing page.