Plans & Billing
Pricing tiers, compute dimensions, and billing details.
Phemeral offers a Free tier and a Pro tier. Plans are billed per organization.
Plan Comparison
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0/month | $20/month |
| Team members | 1 | Unlimited |
| Projects | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Deployments | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Requests | 1M included | $0.50 per 1M |
| Compute (RAM GB-hours) | 10 GB-hours included | $0.11 per GB-hour |
| Data transfer | 10 GB included | $0.15 per GB |
| Build minutes | 500 minutes included | $0.04 per minute |
| Build cache retention | 10 days | 100 days |
| Overage behavior | Paused at limits | Usage-based billing beyond included amounts |
Free Tier
The Free tier is assigned to every new organization. It includes a set amount of compute resources each month. When your usage reaches the included limits, deployments are paused until the next billing cycle.
- 1 team member (the organization owner).
- Unlimited projects and deployments, subject to compute limits.
- Resource caps: 1M requests, 10 GB-hours compute, 10 GB data transfer, 500 build minutes.
Pro Tier
The Pro tier removes seat limits and switches to usage-based billing beyond a monthly credit.
- Unlimited team members.
- $20/month compute credit applied to usage-based charges.
- Usage beyond the credit is billed at the per-unit rates listed above.
- No hard pausing — your deployments continue running and you are billed for actual usage.
- 100-day build cache retention (vs. 10 days on Free).
Compute Dimensions
Phemeral tracks resource usage across four dimensions:
| Dimension | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Requests | Per 1M requests | HTTP requests to your deployments |
| Compute | RAM GB-hours | Memory allocated to your running VMs, measured over time |
| Data transfer | GB | Outbound data from your deployments |
| Build minutes | Minutes | Time spent building your deployment images |
Upgrading
To upgrade from Free to Pro:
- Go to the Pricing page or your organization's billing settings.
- Select the Pro plan.
- Complete checkout via Stripe.
After checkout, your plan is immediately updated. The monthly compute credit is applied to your first billing cycle.
Managing Your Subscription
Once on a paid plan, you can manage your subscription through the Stripe Customer Portal:
- View invoices and payment history.
- Update your payment method.
- Cancel your subscription.
To access the portal, go to your organization's billing settings and click Manage Subscription.
Billing Cycle
Subscriptions are billed monthly. At each renewal:
- Compute usage for the previous period is finalized.
- A new monthly compute credit is applied.
- An invoice is generated for any usage beyond the credit.
Payment Failures
If a payment fails:
- Your subscription enters a past due state.
- Phemeral retries the charge according to Stripe's retry schedule.
- If payment is recovered, your subscription returns to active status.
- If payment is not recovered, the subscription is eventually canceled.
Cancellation
When you cancel a paid subscription:
- Your organization reverts to the Free tier.
- Existing deployments may be affected by Free tier resource limits.
- No further charges are incurred after the current billing period.