Forgive my ignorance. I’ve deployed a website with python on the free tier to Koyeb, it does make some outbound api requests, but other then that is a pretty simple website. I’m worried about the variable + compute pricing. How can i estimate or understand the potential cost even while im on the free tier?
As long as you’re only using 1 free instance, your cost will stay at $0.00, and you won’t be charged.
To double-check, go to your Koyeb dashboard and look in the bottom left corner:
If it says $0.00, you’re totally safe.
Besides, as long as you don’t link your card, you can’t be charged.
Keep in mind that pricing and free tier terms can change, so it’s good to check the new prices every now and then if you keep using the service.
@Bjarnos thank you for taking the time to reply, I looked at this and see now that ive got .04 cents charged to a “nano” instance. so I found where to change this to free and have done that. i don’t remember ever selecting an instance so that is weird. i’m considering hosting other sites on here so i think i’d have to go to the pro plan, but it seems like even with that if my sites do well( heres hoping) i may have to spend some additional $$ on top of the pro monthly. if my websites are mostly static do you see the cost getting too high even say if i had 100k + visitors per month?
If costs get high really depends on the instance you’re using. Koyeb doesn’t charge extra for high traffic or outgoing bandwidth, so the price listed for the instance is exactly what you’ll pay, no hidden costs (or extra costs at all) for more visitors.
For example, if you go with the 4XLarge instance, you’ll pay $0.9216 per hour, regardless of how many people visit your site:
That said, for a static website with around 100k visitors per month you’d only need 1-2GB RAM, so this instance is probably strong enough already:
Edit: you said that you can’t remember selecting an instance, you can do that in the Instance section when deploying a service, but it’s automatically set to the Nano instance if you don’t change it.
Keep in mind that pricing and free tier terms can change, so it’s good to check the new prices every now and then if you keep using the service.