2 years ago
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!
53 Replies
2 years 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
2 years ago
sounds good!
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)
2 years 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
2 years ago
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
So the limitation is not on the type of project (commercial vs personal/non-commercial) but it's more about workload requirements?
2 years ago
its both, if you are running a for-profit, commercial, etc service on railway, thats a pro workload
2 years ago
yeah there is a lot of room left for interpretation
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)
😆

2 years ago
happy to help! 🙂
also, if I upgraded to Pro and decided to downgrade again, will I still get the waived fee?
2 years ago
i cant see why not, the personal hobby plan is a separate workspace from pro
alright thanks, I'll be upgrading to Pro in the meantime just to comply with ToS
2 years ago
sounds good!
2 years ago
not unless you want to lose the waived fee
2 years ago
because it's not a switch, it's a new workspace
2 years ago
after you upgrade you are asked what projects you want to move over, no downtime
2 years ago
for context the link was copied from this page
oh thats right. I didnt check that one. I went over to the billing section and clicked on "Manage subscription" instead.
2 years ago
fair assumption
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:

2 years ago
depends on how much data you have in the volume
Ah okay it's kinda hard to determine, then. What if I have just about 50mb data in our MongoDB?
2 years ago
should only be 30 seconds or so then
2 years ago
don't quote me on that though
2 years ago
your volume most certainly isn't only 50mb
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

2 years ago
I highly doubt the volume usage is sitting at 30mb
2 years ago
I'm going to say somewhere around 250mb
2 years ago
I was close enough
2 years ago
no problem!
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 👌
2 years ago
happy to hear that!!


