The Vibe Hosting pricing
One USD credit balance, no plans and no reserved sizes. Every month you get free credit; after that you pay only for what actually runs — RAM while a server is awake, outbound traffic and disk. CPU is always free. You never need a credit card to start.
In short
- Free, no signup: $0.90 of credit every month, servers up to 256 MB RAM that sleep when idle.
- Free with a verified phone: $2.25 of credit every month — enough for a 512 MB server running 24/7, plus bigger servers, always-on, custom domains and unlimited servers.
- After the free credit: RAM $0.005 per GB-hour (awake only), egress $0.10/GB, disk $0.25 per GB-month.
- Top up any time from a verified account; prepaid credit is only spent on real usage.
The free tier
| Anonymous (no signup) | Verified (phone) | |
|---|---|---|
| Free credit, every month | $0.90 | $2.25 — a 512 MB server runs 24/7 free |
| RAM per server | up to 256 MB | up to 2 GB (4 GB once you hold paid credit) |
| CPU | up to 2 cores, always free | |
| Always-on (never sleeps) | no — sleeps when idle, wakes on the next request | yes, optional per server |
| Your own domain | no | yes, up to 3 per server, HTTPS automatic |
| Servers | 2 per network | unlimited |
| Credit card | never required to start | |
After the free credit: RAM $0.005 per GB-hour while the server is awake, outbound traffic $0.10/GB, disk $0.25 per GB-month. No plans, no reserved sizes — you pay for what actually runs.
What's free 24/7
With a verified phone, the $2.25 monthly credit covers a 512 MB server that never sleeps, all month: 0.5 GB × 720 hours × $0.005 = $1.80 of RAM, plus about 1 GB of disk at $0.25. That's a small API, a bot, an MCP server or a website running around the clock for $0.
Anything that sleeps when idle is close to free at any size: RAM is only billed while a server is awake, so a project nobody is visiting costs next to nothing beyond its disk.
Paid usage: pay only for what runs
| Resource | Price | How it's measured |
|---|---|---|
| RAM | $0.005 per GB-hour | Real measured usage, only while the server is awake — not a reserved size |
| CPU | free | Up to 2 cores per server |
| Outbound traffic (egress) | $0.10 per GB | Data your server sends out |
| Disk | $0.25 per GB-month | Real used space, billed 24/7 — also while the server sleeps |
Free credit is spent first, then prepaid credit. You can check your balance, rates and current burn rate at any time
through the API (GET /account/billing) — or just ask your agent.
Always-on billing
There are no always-on plans. A verified account can flag any server always-on (it never sleeps, no cold starts), and it is billed by the RAM it really uses, 24/7, at the same rate. One server, RAM only:
| RAM, 24/7 | Gross per month | After the $2.25 free credit |
|---|---|---|
| 512 MB | $1.80 | free |
| 1 GB | $3.60 | ≈ $1.35 |
| 2 GB | $7.20 | ≈ $4.95 |
| 4 GB | $14.40 | ≈ $12.15 |
How sleeping works
By default a server sleeps after about 10 minutes without incoming traffic. Its RAM is freed and stops being billed; files and installed packages stay on disk. The next request wakes it within a few seconds. That's why websites, APIs and webhook bots usually stay inside the free credit, while things with no visitors — a Discord gateway bot, a worker, a long-running agent — should be marked always-on.
Top-up: adding credit
- Adding credit needs a verified phone first. Your agent calls
POST /account/rechargewith an amount and gets a Stripe checkout link; you pay there and the credit is added automatically. - Free credit is topped up every month and doesn't roll over. Credit you buy carries over until it's used.
- Holding paid credit also raises the RAM ceiling from 2 GB to 4 GB per server.
- If your credit runs out, servers are paused after a short grace period — see the Terms.
No credit card
Neither free tier asks for a card. An anonymous account is created by the first API call; a phone number upgrades it over SMS. A card only comes in if you decide to buy credit, and then only on Stripe's checkout page.
Worked examples
| Project | Typical monthly cost |
|---|---|
| A landing page or vibe-coded website that sleeps when idle | $0 |
| A Discord bot using ~128 MB, always-on | ≈ $0.45 gross — inside the free credit |
| A small MCP server or API, 512 MB, always-on | $1.80 gross — inside the free credit |
| A full-stack app with 1 GB RAM always-on and 2 GB of data | $3.60 RAM + $0.50 disk − $2.25 ≈ $1.85, plus egress |
Compared with a typical VPS or PaaS
| The Vibe Hosting | Typical entry VPS | Typical PaaS paid tier | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price model | Free monthly credit, then real RAM-hours while awake | Fixed monthly price, commonly a few dollars, billed busy or idle | Per-service monthly plans, commonly from around $5–7, plus usage |
| Idle project | Sleeps, close to $0 | Full price | Paid plans keep billing; free tiers, where offered, often sleep or expire |
| Credit card to start | No | Usually yes | Usually yes for paid tiers |
| Root access | Yes, full Ubuntu | Yes | Usually no — a container or buildpack |
| HTTPS, process supervision | Built in | You set it up | Built in |
| Who deploys | Your coding agent, via API and SSH | You | Git push pipeline you configure |
A plain VPS is still the better deal for a big, steadily busy workload that you're happy to administer yourself. For the many small projects that are idle most of the day, paying only for awake RAM is cheaper — often free.
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FAQ
How much does The Vibe Hosting cost?
It's free to start. Every month you get $0.90 of free credit without signup, or $2.25 with a verified phone — enough for a 512 MB server running 24/7. Beyond that you pay $0.005 per GB-hour of RAM while a server is awake, $0.10 per GB of outbound traffic and $0.25 per GB-month of disk. CPU is free.
Do I need a credit card?
No. Both free tiers work without a card. You only pay by card if you choose to add credit, through Stripe checkout.
Are there monthly plans?
No. There is one credit balance. Always-on is a per-server setting billed by the RAM the server really uses.
Does unused free credit roll over?
No — free credit is topped up to $0.90 or $2.25 each month. Credit you buy does carry over until it's used.
Is a sleeping server billed?
Not for RAM. A sleeping server's RAM is freed and not billed; only its disk ($0.25 per GB-month) keeps counting.
What happens when my credit runs out?
Servers are paused after a short grace period. Add credit or reduce usage and they can run again.
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