# Fly.io free tier billing

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/fly-io-free-tier-billing/11432>\
**Category:** General\
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**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/fly-io-free-tier-billing/11432 "2023-03-14T08:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![surelynotfurkan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/surelynotfurkan/32/36637_2.png) [@surelynotfurkan](https://community.fly.io/u/surelynotfurkan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/fly-io-free-tier-billing/11432/1 "2023-03-14T08:59:44Z")

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Hi, i am using [fly.io](http://fly.io) for my side project and started using it like 2-3 days ago. I barely stored anything in the database and also didn’t use it that much. I used the first option for both my applications (Although I did switch my DB to the second option, but just for a day). I wanted to ask if this pricing is normal. It would cost me like 30$ a month for doing basically nothing.

 ![Screenshot 2023-03-14 at 09.55.34](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/8/7/87fcc197c59cf5c655589e8f34d5889e970d895c.png)

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**Author:** ![greg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/greg/32/2119_2.png) [@greg](https://community.fly.io/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/fly-io-free-tier-billing/11432/2 "2023-03-14T16:38:43Z")

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Hi,

Well it all depends on what resources you allocate. The current free allowance is under $5, basically. So if you stay under _that_, your invoice should be $0. That should cover a couple of the smallest shared CPU vms, for example. Those ones should be sufficient for a side project. From that screenshot it looks like you _may_ have allocated _more_ resources e.g 1GB of RAM (I haven’t done the maths). As such the bill increases faster and you head towards exceeding the included free allowance.

Make sure your vms are shared cpu and have only 256MB of RAM assigned. And you create a single volume with maybe 1-3GB.

> [@questions on 100% billing discount](https://community.fly.io/t/questions-on-100-billing-discount/11133/7):
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> We shipped a change a few months ago to waive invoices under $5. We haven’t had any reason to disable it yet, it seems to be useful. A surprising number of people pay \<$5 by accident and charging them creates a negative experience. And, the reality is we make money off bigger spenders. We’re actually considering ditching the free tier altogether and just making this the free tier. I think it sets a good expectation (these services are worth money, we’re electing not to charge you, but it’s defi…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/6/e/6e8955d00cb218e186ebbe3a6ab06fefdce15290.svg) [@system](https://community.fly.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/fly-io-free-tier-billing/11432/3 "2023-03-21T16:39:20Z")

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