# Ownkube pricing

> A cloud for personal software. Deploy on Ownkube on a prepaid wallet from $5 a month, metered per minute, with managed Postgres, autoscaling, TLS, and rollbacks. No cloud account required. Optionally run the same app in your own AWS account.

- **Canonical URL:** https://ownkube.io/pricing
- **Model:** prepaid wallet. Your plan loads credit each month (Personal $5, Team $20) and per-minute usage draws it down. There is no free tier on Ownkube-hosted compute.
- **Own cloud (optional):** run the same app inside your own AWS account when you want your own data boundary or your own bill. Starter is free forever on one instance; Production is $5 per vCPU plus $1 per GiB RAM a month. AWS today, more clouds on the way.

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## Plans (prepaid wallet)

Deploy in seconds with no cloud account. Your plan loads wallet credit each month and per-minute usage draws it down. CPU is metered on actual usage and memory on the working set the app holds, so a mostly idle app costs very little. Run past your loaded credit and you top up any amount from a $5 minimum. When the balance reaches zero, apps pause and your data is kept until you top up or the next month loads. There is no free tier on Ownkube-hosted compute.

- **Metered rates:** about $0.00041 per vCPU-minute and $0.0001 per GiB-minute of working set. About a third under the equivalent Railway bill.
- **Bandwidth:** 100 GB egress included per account, then about $0.09 per GB.
- **Region:** us-east-1 today, flat pricing. More regions on request.
- **Databases are always reserved:** a database bills its full requested vCPU and memory for as long as it exists.
- **Spend limits:** set a monthly budget and choose to be notified at the cap or to have apps pause (scale to zero, data retained) when month-to-date spend reaches it. Spending alerts email the account owner at 50%, 80%, and 100% of the budget.

### Plans

| Plan | Monthly price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | $5 / month | Loads $5 of wallet credit each month. 300 build minutes. One organization. Community support. |
| Team | $20 / month | Loads $20 of wallet credit each month. 1,500 build minutes. Unlimited organizations, roles, shared billing, priority builds, email support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Team, plus volume pricing, SSO, audit logging, an SLA, dedicated support, and a security and compliance review. |

### Reserved boxes (opt-in flat price)

A workload that wants a predictable flat monthly price can opt into a reserved box instead of metered. Both draw the same wallet.

| 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 |

### Build minutes

Each plan includes a monthly build-minutes allowance; past it, build minutes draw the wallet. A build minute is one wall-clock minute, counted the same for any builder size, capped at 30 minutes per build. Allowances reset monthly and do not roll over.

| Plan | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | 300 / month | $0.007 / build minute |
| Team | 1,500 / month | $0.005 / build minute |

## How Ownkube compares

Heroku, Railway, and Render are all solid platforms. Competitor details below are approximate and change over time (as of 2026); check each vendor's pricing page for current rates.

| 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 |

## Running in your own cloud (optional)

Prefer to keep workloads in your own AWS account? Run the same app there with the same workflow and dashboard. It is an option, not a requirement. AWS is supported today, with more clouds on the way.

| Shape | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free forever | One AWS instance. You pay AWS directly, from about $30 / mo on a t3.medium. |
| Production | $5 / vCPU + $1 / GiB RAM per month | 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. |

## FAQ

**Is there a free tier?** Ownkube-hosted compute has no free tier; the smallest plan is Personal at $5 a month. 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; you still pay for the memory it holds, 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.

**Can I cap my monthly spend?** Yes. Set a monthly budget and choose to be notified at the cap or to have apps pause (scale to zero, data retained) when month-to-date spend reaches it. Spending alerts email the account owner at 50%, 80%, and 100% of the budget.

**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.

## CTAs

- **Deploy your first app:** https://app.ownkube.io/login
- **Sign in:** https://app.ownkube.io/login
- **Homepage:** https://ownkube.io/ ([index.md](https://ownkube.io/index.md))