# Hobby Plan - Using a single 2x Shared CPU 512 MB VM instead of using three 1x shared CPU 256 MB

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/hobby-plan-using-a-single-2x-shared-cpu-512-mb-vm-instead-of-using-three-1x-shared-cpu-256-mb/21738>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** billing, login-only\
**Created:** [September 9, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/hobby-plan-using-a-single-2x-shared-cpu-512-mb-vm-instead-of-using-three-1x-shared-cpu-256-mb/21738 "2024-09-09T12:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mishri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/mishri/32/13840_2.png) [@Mishri](https://community.fly.io/u/Mishri)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/hobby-plan-using-a-single-2x-shared-cpu-512-mb-vm-instead-of-using-three-1x-shared-cpu-256-mb/21738/1 "2024-09-09T12:31:29Z")

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Hey, is it possible to use 2x shared cpu and 512mb ram on the free plan?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/original/3X/3/a/3aa845759eac527de36006596d43185d96d73b1f.png)

I have heard I can stay under 5 dollars of pricing per month, since it is 4.04 on the servers I plan to run it on. Would it cost me eventually?

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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:** [September 16, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/hobby-plan-using-a-single-2x-shared-cpu-512-mb-vm-instead-of-using-three-1x-shared-cpu-256-mb/21738/2 "2024-09-16T12:32:27Z")

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Closed on September 16, 2024, 12:32pm UTC

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