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Pricing – FAQ

What is a Drone?

A drone is an individual unit of computing power. When you deploy an application to Nodejitsu you get one drone (a single process). The way we scale an application is by assigning you new drones (in a new virtual machine) and have our load balancers distribute across the drones serving your application. You will have at the very least the same number of drones as you have applications, but it is not uncommon for a single application to be running more than one drone.

How much will this cost?

We understand it's complicated to be in a pricing model defined by computing power when you need to stay in budget. This is why at Nodejitsu we give you packages which simplify understanding the cost structure up front. These packages define the maximum number of drones you can run. This will limit both the number of applications you can host at Nodejitsu and how much a individual application can scale up.

What happens if we run out of available drones?

As of right now we don't impose strict limits, so we will reach out to you and ask you to fix this situation within 48 hours. You can do this by either changing your pricing plan or by reducing the number of applications you are running. Going forward we will automate this process and you simply will stop being able to deploy once you hit the account limits.

How does the Development Sandbox work?

The development sandbox is a way for you to try out Nodejitsu. It gives you a reasonable amount of time to try out Nodejitsu for your applications and see what the right fit is. Right now the limit is 3 months.

My application is open source but I can't share the passwords! Can I still use the Free Development Sandbox?

jitsu, our command line tool, has support for setting environment variables. You can use this capability to keep your password secure in your open-source projects. Please refer to our handbook for more information.

Can I host an application in Nodejitsu on my domain? Does it cost extra?

Powered by Nodejitsu

Refer to dns.jit.su for instructions.

What does the shared hosting on Joyent offer?

In our shared hosting model you will have many application being served from the same virtual machine. It offers most of the capabilities as our Businesses plan but is better suited for small websites, low traffic blogs, etc.

How do I buy numbers of Drones that don't fall within the specific ranges?

On both the Individual and Business plans you need to be on "Large" to have flexibility in regards to the number of drones. In the Enterprise plans we offer bigger plans per request.

What if I need more Drones than the largest plan?

Email [email protected] asking for information.

We love transparency but we just want to make sure you are doing the right choice for your organization. We will also consider adding these as new plans in the future. They will be in your billing page.

Other questions and feedback

Reach out to [email protected] with your own questions and we will add them here.