// pricing
Pay for what you run. Nothing to reserve.
Deploy on Ownkube in seconds and pay per minute for what your apps actually use. Your plan loads wallet credit each month, and a mostly idle app costs very little. No cloud account, no config.
Personal
For personal software and side projects you actually run.
Loads $5 of wallet credit each month
Deploy your first app- $5 of wallet credit loaded monthly
- Per-minute metered usage
- 300 build minutes included
- One organization
- Community support
Team
popularFor small teams shipping together, with shared billing and roles.
Loads $20 of wallet credit each month
Deploy your first app- $20 of wallet credit loaded monthly
- Per-minute metered usage
- 1,500 build minutes included
- Unlimited organizations and roles
- Shared billing and priority builds
- Email support
Enterprise
For larger teams that need SSO, an SLA, and compliance scope.
Volume pricing and a scoped plan
Talk to us- Everything in Team
- Volume pricing on usage
- SSO and audit logging
- SLA and dedicated support
- Security and compliance review
// Prepaid wallet. Your plan loads credit each month and per-minute usage draws it down. Top up any amount from a $5 minimum. There is no free tier on Ownkube-hosted compute.
// usage_rates
The meter behind every plan
CPU counts only when it runs and memory bills on the working set your app holds. Rates work out to roughly a third under the equivalent Railway bill.
vCPU
~$0.00041 / vCPU-min
metered on actual use, per minute
Memory
~$0.0001 / GiB-min
on the working set the app holds, per minute
Egress
100 GB free
then about $0.09 / GB
Build minutes
300 to 1,500
included per plan, then a small overage
// every plan includes
- [ok] Deploy from GitHub, image built for you
- [ok] Managed Postgres and Valkey cache
- [ok] Automatic TLS on every hostname
- [ok] Cloudflare-backed domain, DDoS and bot protection
- [ok] Live logs plus CPU and memory metrics
- [ok] Horizontal autoscaling on CPU and memory
- [ok] Scheduled jobs and cron
- [ok] Revisions and one-click rollbacks
- [ok] Spend limits: monthly budget and spending alerts
// reserved_boxes
Want a flat price? Reserve a box
Metered is the default and fits most personal software. A workload that wants a predictable flat price can opt into a reserved box instead. Both draw the same wallet, and databases are always reserved.
| Reserved box | vCPU | Memory | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark 1 | 0.25 vCPU (shared) | 0.5 GiB | $5 / mo |
| Spark 2 | 0.5 vCPU (shared) | 1 GiB | $10 / mo |
| Spark 3 | 1 vCPU (shared) | 2 GiB | $19 / mo |
| Core 2 | 2 vCPU | 4 GiB | $58 / mo |
| Core 4 | 4 vCPU | 8 GiB | $116 / mo |
| Core 8 | 8 vCPU | 16 GiB | $232 / mo |
| Core 2-Mem | 2 vCPU | 8 GiB | $76 / mo |
| Core 4-Mem | 4 vCPU | 16 GiB | $152 / mo |
// Spark shares CPU for small, bursty workloads. Core reserves a full vCPU for steady ones. A reserved box bills its flat rate for as long as it exists, busy or idle.
// estimate_your_bill
See what you would pay each month.
Set your workload on Ownkube Compute and watch the estimate update. Your plan loads wallet credit each month and per-minute usage draws it down, so a mostly idle personal app costs very little. You top up only when your usage passes the credit your plan loads.
Ownkube Compute
// live// us-east-1, flat pricing. Metered per minute (~$0.00041 / vCPU / min, ~$0.0001 / GiB / min). Estimate, not a quote. Rates run about a third under the equivalent Railway bill.
// estimated_monthly
// same workload elsewhere
Illustrative. Competitor list prices approximate, as of August 2026. Railway meters usage the way Ownkube does; Render and Heroku bill a flat instance tier sized to your CPU and memory, so they charge the same whether your app is busy or idle.
// compare_plans
Compare plans
| Feature | Personal | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly wallet credit | $5 | $20 | Custom |
| Per-minute metered usage | [ok] | [ok] | [ok] |
| Build minutes included | 300 | 1,500 | Custom |
| Organizations | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Roles and shared billing | not included | [ok] | [ok] |
| Managed Postgres and Valkey | [ok] | [ok] | [ok] |
| Automatic TLS and Cloudflare domain | [ok] | [ok] | [ok] |
| Autoscaling, logs, metrics, rollbacks | [ok] | [ok] | [ok] |
| Spend limits and budget alerts | [ok] | [ok] | [ok] |
| SSO and audit logging | not included | not included | [ok] |
| SLA and dedicated support | not included | not included | [ok] |
| Support | Community | Dedicated |
// vs_heroku_railway
How Ownkube compares to Heroku, Railway, and Render
Heroku, Railway, and Render are all solid platforms. Here is where Ownkube lines up on the dimensions people ask about most.
| Dimension | Ownkube | Heroku | Railway | Render |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $5 / mo | $5 / mo (Eco) | $5 / mo (Hobby) | $7 / mo (Starter) |
| Pricing model | Metered per minute | Fixed dyno tiers | Metered per minute | Fixed instance tiers |
| Idle app cost | Low, metered | Dynos sleep on Eco | Low, metered | Free tier sleeps |
| Managed Postgres | Built in | Add-on | Built in | Built in |
| Horizontal autoscaling | Included | Add-on or manual | Limited | Paid plans |
| Run in your own AWS | Yes | No | No | No |
// Competitor details are approximate and change over time. As of 2026. Check each vendor's pricing page for current rates.
// your_own_cloud
Prefer your own cloud? Run the same app in your AWS account
Same push-to-deploy workflow, inside your own account, when you want your own data boundary or your own bill. It is an option, not a requirement. AWS is supported today, with more clouds on the way.
Starter
Free
One AWS instance, free forever. You pay AWS directly, from about $30 / mo on a t3.medium.
Production
$5 / vCPU + $1 / GiB RAM
Multi-AZ and highly available. Metered on requested resources, billed straight to your AWS account.
Enterprise
Custom
Volume, dedicated support, and compliance scope, set up with our team.
How billing works on Ownkube
Ownkube runs on a prepaid wallet. Your plan loads credit each month, Personal loads $5 and Team loads $20, and per-minute usage draws it down. CPU is metered on actual usage up to the limit you set, so a mostly idle app barely registers on the CPU line. Memory is metered on the working set your workload holds for as long as it runs, which is why databases and always-on services cost more than a bursty web app. Metered rates are about $0.00041 per vCPU-minute and $0.0001 per GiB-minute of working set. A workload that wants a fixed monthly price can opt into a reserved Spark or Core box instead, which bills its flat rate whether it is busy or idle. Both draw the same wallet. Run past your loaded credit and you top up any amount from a $5 minimum. If the balance reaches zero, apps pause and your data is kept until you top up or the next month loads. Bandwidth includes 100 GB of egress per account, then bills at about $0.09 per GB.
Build minutes
Each deployment that builds from source runs in Ownkube's build capacity. A build minute is one wall-clock minute of a build, counted the same for any builder size, capped at 30 minutes per build. Personal includes 300 build minutes a month and Team includes 1,500. Included minutes are free, and past the allowance build minutes draw the wallet at a small overage rate. Allowances reset monthly and do not roll over.
Running in your own cloud
If you would rather keep workloads in your own AWS account, you can run the same app there with the same workflow and dashboard. Starter is free forever on one AWS instance, and you pay AWS directly for that instance. Production is $5 per vCPU plus $1 per GiB of RAM a month, metered on requested resources, and adds multi-AZ high availability. Enterprise is scoped with our team. AWS is supported today, with more clouds on the way.
Frequently asked pricing questions
- Is there a free tier?
- Ownkube-hosted compute has no free tier. The smallest plan is Personal at $5 a month, which loads $5 of wallet credit. If you run in your own AWS account, the Starter shape is free forever on one instance.
- What does an idle app cost?
- Very little on a metered deployment. CPU bills only while it runs, so an idle app barely registers on the CPU line. You still pay for the memory it keeps live, which draws your monthly wallet credit. A reserved box bills its flat rate whether busy or idle.
- How does per-minute billing compare to Railway?
- Both meter per minute. Ownkube's rates work out to roughly a third under the equivalent Railway bill for the same vCPU and memory, and a mostly idle app costs very little on either.
- Can I cap my monthly spend?
- Yes. Set a monthly budget and choose to be notified at the cap or to have your apps pause, scale to zero with data retained, when month-to-date spend reaches it. Spending alerts email the account owner at 50%, 80%, and 100% of the budget, so a bill can't run away.
- Can I move between hosted and my own cloud later?
- Yes. The application code, push-to-deploy workflow, and dashboard are the same, so moving is a configuration change, not a rewrite.
// get_started
Ship your first app in the next five minutes.
Push a repo, get a live URL on Ownkube Compute. No cloud account, no config, no card. Move to your own AWS the day you need to.
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