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# Billing for Meteor Apps


## Plan Options

Galaxy offers four flexible plan tiers designed to meet different application needs:

* Free Plan
* Essential
* Professional
* Custom

Every Meteor.js App on Galaxy can start with the Free Plan. You can seamlessly upgrade to a paid plan after deploying your application.

Galaxy plans are app-based with no subscription fees and no pay-per-user fees.

## Galaxy Plan Comparison

### Free Plan

Perfect for learning, pet projects, and prototypes.

**Price**: $0 / hour per GB¹
**Features**:
* Unlimited users
* Free MongoDB Shared Hosting
* Push to Deploy¹
* Automatic HTTPS/SSL
* Only Meteor Domains
* One Command Deploy
* 4 business days response time

### Essential Plan

For MVPs, starter projects, or small applications.

**Price**: $0.08 / hour per GB¹
**Includes all Free features, plus**:
* Prerender SEO Optimization
* Instant Versions Rollback
* Unlimited Containers
* Unlimited Custom Domains
* DDoS Mitigation
* Activity Notifications
* 1 business day response time

### Professional Plan

For production applications with the power to scale.

**Price**: $0.11 / hour per GB¹
**Includes all Essential features, plus**:
* IP Whitelisting
* Triggers (Autoscaling)
* Monti APM Access
* Custom DDoS Mitigation
* Galaxy API Access
* IPv6 Support
* 1 business day response time

### Custom Plan

For custom requirements or large-scale applications.

**Price**: Contact Sales
**Includes all Professional features, plus all the optional**:
* Scaling Discounts
* Private Cluster
* VPC Peering (MongoDB/Redis)
* Custom Container Sizes
* Custom Configuration
* Premium Support (24x7x365 for urgent matters)

## Understanding Your Bill

* Precise billing calculated to the second based on actual container usage
* Paid plans are invoiced at the beginning of the following month for the previous month's usage
* Pay only for active containers - no charges when all apps are stopped or deleted
* Usage charges stop immediately when you pause or remove an app

**Note:** Free accounts include one Tiny container per application at no cost.

## Container Options and Pricing

| Container | Memory | CPU | Essential | Professional |
| ---- |
| Tiny | 256MB | 0.3 ECU | $0.0125 / hour | $0.025 / hour |
| Compact | 512MB | 0.5 ECU | $0.04 / hour | $0.055 / hour |
| Standard | 1GB | 1 ECU | $0.08 / hour | $0.11 / hour |
| Double | 2GB | 2 ECU | $0.16 / hour | $0.22 / hour |
| Quad | 4GB | 4 ECU | $0.32 / hour | $0.44 / hour |
| Octa | 8GB | 8 ECU | $0.64 / hour | $0.88 / hour |

### Monthly Cost Estimates

*The following estimates represent a container running continuously for 30 days:*

| Container | Essential | Professional |
| ---- |
| Tiny | $9 | $18 |
| Compact | $29 | $40 |
| Standard | $58 | $79 |
| Double | $115 | $158 |
| Quad | $230 | $317 |
| Octa | $461 | $634 |
## Pricing Factors

### What Determines Your Cost:

* Selected plan tier (Free, Essential, Professional, or Custom)
* Number of active containers
* Container sizes in use

### What Doesn't Affect Your Bill:

* Application traffic volume
* Number of deployments
* User count
* Environment type (Development, Testing, Staging, or Production)

Push to Deploy deployments follow the same pricing structure as your application's plan.

## Cost Optimization - Savings Plan

For significant savings on predictable workloads, consider our [Savings Plan options](https://galaxy-support.meteor.com/en/article/cloud-cost-saving-savings-plan-146wmuc/).