A lil help with the pricing and plans

Iimnotad3/31/2023
i have a smol app. just a discord bot that used maybe 0.5 to 1 dollar last month. now to my understanding you get 5$ for free every month, but the execution hours are limited to about 23ish days.

so my question is, will adding credits unlock extra execution hours, if so how many and how will the credits be used since my app probably wont break past 5$
Iimnotad3/31/2023
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MMantisInABox3/31/2023
When you attach a card and buy credit, you unlock the developer plan which does not have an hour limit. If your usage does not go over the $5 credit that is provided by railway, the credits you purchase will not be used
Iimnotad3/31/2023
so basically i can add 1$ and never have to pay again (unless ofc my bot uses more resources)
MMantisInABox3/31/2023
Pretty much, but I don’t think you can add $1… you would have to see what the minimum amount you can add is
Iimnotad3/31/2023
i think you can
Iimnotad3/31/2023
pretty neat glitch idk
Iimnotad3/31/2023
ty tho
Rrc3/31/2023
You don’t have to add any credits. Just subscribe to the dev plan by entering card details and you’ll get $5 in free credits every month.
Rrc3/31/2023
If your usage doesn’t exceed $5, it’s free; you won’t get charged
Iimnotad3/31/2023
if im not wrong that would charge the card every month for the resources you use
MMantisInABox3/31/2023
That’s exactly what would happen, if you go over $5 in usage
Iimnotad3/31/2023
yeah
Iimnotad3/31/2023
now since its my parents card i dont need any of that
Rrc3/31/2023
yep, only if you go over $5, since the first $5 is free, so:
just a discord bot that used maybe 0.5 to 1 dollar last month
it's free 🙂
Rrc3/31/2023
(but of course that's not really a good answer since it assumes that you definitely won't go over $5/mo, and things can happen. It should be fine for a Discord bot unless the bot connects to external services or does some processing that may increase cpu/memory usage, like loading stuff.)