Beneficiary Address: 0x4C1d278B4be149D053ECc9dDd4a0f803779962d1
Total 2026 Request: $81,352.80
Payment Method: Payments can be made via a combination of GLMR/MOVR based on the market price/EMA7 price, or through a combination of stablecoins
Abstract
Subscan Explorer remains a critical pillar of infrastructure for the Moonbeam, Moonriver, and Moonbase networks. We provide accurate on-chain data indexing, timely technical responses to runtime updates, continuous network monitoring, and free community APIs that power the ecosystem’s dashboards, bots, and analytics.
Over the past year, our team successfully completed multiple infrastructure and indexing optimizations. These upgrades have drastically improved our overall efficiency and reduced operating costs, all while maintaining our high standards of reliability and performance. As a direct result of these optimizations, we are thrilled to introduce an updated, simplified, and significantly more cost-effective pricing structure for 2026.
We are passing these savings directly back to the community. Base fees have been substantially reduced, are projected to remain stable long-term, and now include highly favorable, stackable discounts for annual prepayments.
2025 Retrospective: Delivering on Optimization Promises
In our 2025 proposal, we committed to ongoing infrastructure optimizations and explicitly stated that our goal was to decrease fees in 2026. We are proud to announce that we have delivered on this promise.
By overhauling our resource allocation, streamlining our data indexing architecture, and improving our DevOps automation, we have successfully lowered our cloud and operational overhead. The transition from our previous data-usage billing model to this new optimized tier system provides a fairer, highly predictable, and substantially cheaper baseline for the Moonbeam ecosystem moving forward.
Updated Pricing & Cost Structure for 2026
We have simplified our pricing into a flat base rate per network, supplemented by generous “Annual Payment Network Discounts” that stack with our updated plans.
1. Base Monthly Pricing
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Moonbeam (Mainnet): $4,500 / month
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Moonriver (Canary): $3,000 / month
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Moonbase (Testnet): $799 / month
2. Annual Payment Network Discounts (Stackable)
To reward long-term commitment and ease the treasury burden, we are introducing specific network discounts for annual prepayments. Additionally, amid constantly rising infrastructure costs, annual prepayments help Subscan lock in prepaid pricing with upstream suppliers, mitigating price volatility and ensuring long-term service stability. Therefore, we offer the following discounts:
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Mainnet (Moonbeam): 10% Off
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Canary Network (Moonriver): 25% Off
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Testnet (Moonbase): 40% Off
3. Total 2026 Annual Cost Calculation
Total 2026 Request: $81,352.80
Average Monthly Cost: $6,779.40
4. Historical Cost Comparison & Reduction Analysis
By successfully completing our infrastructure optimizations, we have reversed the previous trend of rising costs associated with network growth.
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2022: $3,835 / month (Subsidized baseline)
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2023: $4,794 / month (Subsidized baseline)
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2024: $7,780 / month (First true production-grade SaaS baseline)
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2025: $8,512 / month (after a 20% discount for annual payments)
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2026: $6,779 / month
2026 Cost Reduction: The optimizations achieved in 2025 result in an average monthly cost reduction of $1,732.60, representing a ~20.3% decrease from 2025 expenses, returning costs to below 2024 levels while maintaining significantly higher data capacity and performance.
2026 Service Scope & Deliverables
Supporting this proposal ensures Subscan can continue delivering enterprise-grade SaaS infrastructure, extending far beyond simple cloud hosting.
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Core Infrastructure: Highly available on-chain data indexing, full historical database storage, and scalable bandwidth.
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Monitoring & DevOps: 24/7 real-time alerting, automated anomaly detection, and rapid disaster recovery.
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Technical Support: Continuous Substrate & EVM feature maintenance, maintaining multi-chain UI/UX, and guaranteeing day-one compatibility for runtime and network upgrades.
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Free Community API: Operating the public API gateway entirely free of charge for developers, continuing to power the ecosystem’s wallets, dashboards, and analytical tools.
Use of Treasury Funds & Beneficiary
For on-chain proposal execution, conversions will use EMA7 pricing. We recommend using the Subscan conversion tool for accuracy.
Beneficiary Address: 0x4C1d278B4be149D053ECc9dDd4a0f803779962d1
Treasury funds will directly support our daily operations, continued service enhancements (governance, staking, EVM updates), and the preservation of our free public APIs.
Closing Statement
Thank you to the Moonbeam and Moonriver communities for your continued trust and partnership. We are incredibly proud to share the fruits of our optimization labor with you this year in the form of these substantial cost reductions. Subscan remains deeply committed to providing reliable, transparent, and developer-friendly data infrastructure for the ecosystem’s long-term growth.