repl.it billing documentation slightly improved

Repl.it docs are a bit unclear with its pricing docs, so here you go, some clearified docs:

# Before we start

This page is not complete, help the community by commenting the info that is missing and I will make sure to add it to this blog, thanks :)

# Links

• Replit: https://replit.com/
• Replit docs: https://docs.replit.com/
• Replit forums: https://ask.replit.com/

# Limits (https://docs.replit.com/legal-and-security-info/usage)

[Hard limits] are limits you cannot exceed where as [Soft limits] are limits you can exceed

This is a list of such limits, this is the format: [hard/soft] what: limit (minimum (free plan))

The hard/soft is just how is it limited (explained above), what is the resource being limited, minimum is the minimum of the resource you get

• [hard] CPU per REPL: By plan (0.2-0.5 vCPUs)
• [hard] RAM per REPL: By plan (1024MB)
• [hard] Concurrent REPLs: 20
• [hard] Storage per REPL: 1GB
• [soft] Storage per account: determined by plan (500MB)
• [soft] Network bandwidth: (unsure) unlimited

# What happens once you exceed soft limits?

Nothing, if replit notices you're using a whole bunch of softly limited resources (e.g. bandwidth) you might get IP banned, although I'm not sure

# What happens once you exceed hard limits?

Once you exceed...

• CPU and/or RAM the REPL will crash

• The given REPL storage following things will happen:
  • The REPL will not start
  • The REPL will display 2 modals:
    • In the background: "Space jam" as a joke
    • In the foreground telling you that the REPL is having trouble

• The concurrent REPLs limit (i.e. running multiple REPLs at the same time) you won't be able to start any more REPLs

# Resources per namespace

What I mean by 'resources per namespace' is that what counts in the limit, like if I said '100GB/Account' it'd mean you get 100GB per whole account lifetime and per all REPLs, where as if I said '100GB/Month' it'd mean that you cannot go over 100GB of bandwidth a month on all REPLs, basically '100GB/Month/Account' (100GB per month per account)

• CPU/REPL
• RAM/REPL
• REPL storage/REPL
• Account storage/Account
• Concurrent Repls/Account
• Network bandwidth/*

# 24/7 Hosting

If you host any application 24/7 it won't upgrade your plan or charge you any extra, but if your REPL is not 'always up' you will have to use things like https://up.repl.link/ to keep them up, these services might cost, although https://up.repl.link/ does not

But beware, with replit there is no such thing as true 24/7, all REPLs reboot after 24 hours, so if your REPL is critical it's better to upgrade your plan

More on this see https://how-to.repl.co/24-7

# Resources and sources

• https://ask.replit.com/t/how-are-limits-measured-in-replit-e-g-how-is-the-bandwidth-100gb-limit-counted-100gb-month-or/1273
• https://ask.replit.com/t/why-do-i-get-more-resources-than-the-billing-page-is-telling-me/1276
• https://replit.com/talk/ask/skean007-if-you-exceed-the-memory-limit/142447/539250
• https://docs.replit.com/legal-and-security-info/usage
• https://replit.com/pricing
• https://replit.com/talk/ask/I-ran-out-of-disk-space/117799
• https://ask.replit.com/t/what-happens-once-you-exceed-the-soft-100gb-bandwidth-limit/1269/3
• https://how-to.repl.co/24-7