How the waiver works
If your personal organizationās bill for the month is under $5, you donāt pay it. If itās $5 or more, you pay the full amount. For example:- A $4.20 bill is waived, so you pay $0.
- A $7.00 bill isnāt waived, so you pay $7.00. The first $5 isnāt taken off.
Who gets the waiver
The waiver applies to your personal organization, the one we create when you sign up. It needs to be on Pay As You Go billing with a credit card on file. You donāt need to sign up for it. Other organizations you create or join donāt get the waiver, so their bills are charged in full.How it fits with the free trial
New accounts start with a free trial: $1 of credit, with no credit card required. The waiver starts after you add a credit card.- Before you add a card: you use the $1 trial credit, with trial limits.
- After you add a card: the trial limits are lifted, and any month that comes to less than $5 is waived.
What fits under $5 a month
A small app can stay under $5. The cheapest always-on app is ashared-cpu-1x Machine with 256MB of RAM in Ashburn (iad) or Secaucus (ewr). It costs $2.19 per 30 days of continuous runtime, plus any outbound data transfer.
Machines that stop when idle only cost compute while they run, which helps keep a side project under $5.
To estimate your bill, use the pricing calculator. For all prices, see Fly.io Resource Pricing.