New to App Platform. I’m a bit confused about the billing. Let’s say if I spin up an application for testing and a few days later decide to destroy it, do I get billed for the whole month, or just the couple of days?
I know the documentation mentions that apps are billed by the second and databases are billed by the hour, but the plans below only outline the monthly rate. What am I missing here?
Also, If I have multiple application instances, do they share the same plan, or are they billed separately?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Hi there,
App Platform pricing is pro rated. Even though the pricing page shows a monthly rate, you only pay for the time the app actually exists. If you deploy something for a few days and then destroy it, you’re only billed for those days (calculated down to the second).
There’s no monthly commitment unless the app stays up for the whole month.
Each component in your app is billed separately. So if you run multiple app instances, each one uses its own plan and is charged for its own runtime. They don’t share a single plan.
Databases work the same idea but are billed hourly instead of per second.
So short version: you only pay for what’s running, and only for as long as it’s running.
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