Commercial usage using Hobby Plan

Hi, I read somewhere quite a long time ago that Hobby plan is not intended to be used for commercial project. Does that rule still apply? I read the ToS and it has nothinng about it. Thanks!
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that's correct, as the name suggests the hobby plan is only to be used with hobby workloads, for anything above that the pro plan is needed
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Percy
Percyā€¢3mo ago
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Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
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Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
that's correct, as the name suggests the hobby plan is only to be used with hobby workloads, for anything above that the pro plan is needed
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Thank you @Brody, I will upgrade the plan in this case.
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
sounds good!
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Sorry, one more question just to clarify: what if my current workload still does not require the pro plan? My billing usage is around $10 per month with the current Hobby plan (including waived fee)
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
if you dont have a pro workload and dont need anything from the pro plan then theres no reason to be on the pro plan but there is often confusion around what is and what isnt a pro workload, so make sure you are aware that there is a line in the sand
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
So the limitation is not on the type of project (commercial vs personal/non-commercial) but it's more about workload requirements?
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
its both, if you are running a for-profit, commercial, etc service on railway, thats a pro workload
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
I see, understood. I think the ToS needs to be updated.
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
yeah there is a lot of room left for interpretation
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Also, Brody, I don't think I believe this. You seem to be answering most (if not all) the support inquiries (which is GOOD and thank you for that) šŸ˜†
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Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Thanks again
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
happy to help! šŸ™‚
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
also, if I upgraded to Pro and decided to downgrade again, will I still get the waived fee? e.g. if one day I shut down the commercial project of mine
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
i cant see why not, the personal hobby plan is a separate workspace from pro
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
the waived fee bonuses are so good it's making me sad to let it go šŸ˜…
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Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
alright thanks, I'll be upgrading to Pro in the meantime just to comply with ToS
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
sounds good!
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
how do I switch the plan? shall I cancel my current plan first?
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Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
not unless you want to lose the waived fee
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
I am worried having downtime on my deployed services if I cancel my plan there doesn't seem to be switch plan option
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
because it's not a switch, it's a new workspace https://railway.app/new/team
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
oh it's a separate workspace so I can subscribe to both at the same time under 1 account?
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
after you upgrade you are asked what projects you want to move over, no downtime
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
I see, thanks. I'll try that link instead. now I get what you mean by this
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
for context the link was copied from this page https://railway.app/account/plans
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
oh thats right. I didnt check that one. I went over to the billing section and clicked on "Manage subscription" instead.
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
fair assumption
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Hi @Brody, sorry to bring this topic up again. I just talked to my other dev (we're just 2 people starting our own SaaS product), and we agreed to upgrade to Pro plan. One feature that we'd like to use is region change. However, we noticed that in the documentation it's said that there would be downtime:
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Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Is there any estimation how long does it usually take? We can't afford any downtime, especially during weekdays
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
depends on how much data you have in the volume
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
Ah okay it's kinda hard to determine, then. What if I have just about 50mb data in our MongoDB?
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
should only be 30 seconds or so then
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
sounds good
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
don't quote me on that though
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
I hope it does take that short amount of time
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
your volume most certainly isn't only 50mb
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
ah you're right, the data itself isn't a lot, just mere 30mb at max or so.... but the volume attached to MongoDB service is actually 5GB
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Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
we'll plan to migrate during the weekends instead then just to be safer
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
I highly doubt the volume usage is sitting at 30mb I'm going to say somewhere around 250mb
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
you're right, the volume isage is a lot more than 30mb apparently
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Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
I was close enough
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢3mo ago
ok we'll plan it during the weekends instead. thanks again Brody!
Brody
Brodyā€¢3mo ago
no problem!
Celengan Babi
Celengan Babiā€¢2mo ago
an update to this ticket in case anyone have some concerns regarding possible downtime during DB migration due to region switch: my 420mb MongoDB volume was migrated in just a minute or so. the migration was seamless šŸ‘Œ
Brody
Brodyā€¢2mo ago
happy to hear that!!