> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pipedata.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pricing

> Pay-as-you-go with a permanent free allotment.

Two meters, one rate card, no tiers. Every account gets the same permanent free allotment each month.

## Rates

| Resource | Rate                                  | Free each month |
| -------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| Storage  | **€0.10 / GiB-month** (metered daily) | 30 GiB-day      |
| Egress   | **€0.10 / GiB**                       | 5 GiB           |

Egress = bytes leaving via `pd dest http` or `pd pull` (counted whether or not delivery succeeds).
Billing cycle resets at 00:00 UTC on the 1st of each calendar month.

## How storage is metered

You pay for what you **hold**, not what you write. Every day Pipedata samples the size of each pipe and adds it to a running total of **GiB-days**.

* 1 GiB held for 30 days = 30 GiB-day → fits the free allotment exactly.
* 4 GiB held for 30 days = 120 GiB-day → 90 GiB-day billable after the free 30 → **€0.30**.

A pipe contributes on every day it exists — including the day it was created and the day you delete it. Storage scales with calendar length: a pipe at constant 10 GiB costs 28 × 10 = 280 GiB-day in February and 31 × 10 = 310 GiB-day in March.

## Worked examples

**Quiet month** — small pipe, light forwarding:

| Usage                  | Billable                 | Cost      |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------ | --------- |
| 1 GiB held for 30 days | 0 (fits 30 GiB-day free) | €0.00     |
| 2 GiB egress           | 0 (fits 5 GiB free)      | €0.00     |
| **Total**              |                          | **€0.00** |

**Active month** — busier pipe, real webhook traffic:

| Usage                                | Billable   | Cost      |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- |
| 4 GiB held for 30 days (120 GiB-day) | 90 GiB-day | €0.30     |
| 10 GiB egress                        | 5 GiB      | €0.50     |
| **Total**                            |            | **€0.80** |

<Note>VAT/sales tax is added per country at invoice time. Beta accounts without a card on file are emailed at 80% and 100% of the free allotment; egress is throttled at 120% until a card is added.</Note>