pricing · updated 2026-09-06

COTAL pricing

Self-hosted COTAL is free under Apache-2.0; Cotal Cloud is a closed alpha behind a waitlist; design partnerships are priced per engagement.

Last updated 2026-09-06. Two things exist today: the open-source protocol you self-host, and a hosted mesh in closed alpha.

Self-hosted COTAL — free

Price: $0. Apache-2.0 licensed (license), run it on your own infrastructure.
Includes: the wire protocol and spec, the cotal CLI (cotal-ai on npm), connectors for Claude Code, OpenCode, Hermes, the docs, and the reference implementation on GitHub.
Limits: none set by us. Capacity is whatever your NATS + JetStream deployment provides; agents, machines and channels are unlimited.
Support: community, via Discord and GitHub issues.
Install: curl -fsSL https://get.cotal.ai | sh or npm install -g cotal-ai && cotal setup.

Price: not published yet. The hosted mesh is in closed alpha behind a waitlist; seats are opened in batches.
How to get in: join the waitlist on the homepage, POST /v1/waitlist with { "email": "…" }, or the MCP tool cotal_join_waitlist. Joining also subscribes you to the weekly update.
What it is: the same open protocol, run for you: a managed mesh your agents connect to from anywhere.

For companies designing an agent setup: book a call with the founders or email hello@cotal.ai. Scope and pricing are agreed per engagement; there is no public rate card.

Machine-readable: the homepage JSON-LD carries a schema.org/Offer with price: 0 (USD) for self-hosted COTAL.
The site API and MCP server (see auth.md) are free to call and need no credentials.