Commercial usage using Hobby Plan

aalfathPRO

a year 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!

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aalfathPRO

a year ago

N/A


a year 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


aalfathPRO

a year ago

Thank you @Brody, I will upgrade the plan in this case.


a year ago

sounds good!


aalfathPRO

a year 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)


a year 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


a year 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


aalfathPRO

a year ago

So the limitation is not on the type of project (commercial vs personal/non-commercial) but it's more about workload requirements?


a year ago

its both, if you are running a for-profit, commercial, etc service on railway, thats a pro workload


aalfathPRO

a year ago

I see, understood. I think the ToS needs to be updated.


a year ago

yeah there is a lot of room left for interpretation


aalfathPRO

a year 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)

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aalfathPRO

a year ago

Thanks again


a year ago

happy to help! šŸ™‚


aalfathPRO

a year ago

also, if I upgraded to Pro and decided to downgrade again, will I still get the waived fee?


aalfathPRO

a year ago

e.g. if one day I shut down the commercial project of mine


a year ago

i cant see why not, the personal hobby plan is a separate workspace from pro


aalfathPRO

a year ago

the waived fee bonuses are so good it's making me sad to let it go šŸ˜…

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aalfathPRO

a year ago

alright thanks, I'll be upgrading to Pro in the meantime just to comply with ToS


a year ago

sounds good!


aalfathPRO

a year ago

how do I switch the plan? shall I cancel my current plan first?

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a year ago

not unless you want to lose the waived fee


aalfathPRO

a year ago

I am worried having downtime on my deployed services if I cancel my plan


aalfathPRO

a year ago

there doesn't seem to be switch plan option


a year ago

because it's not a switch, it's a new workspace


aalfathPRO

a year ago

oh it's a separate workspace


aalfathPRO

a year ago

so I can subscribe to both at the same time under 1 account?


a year ago

after you upgrade you are asked what projects you want to move over, no downtime


aalfathPRO

a year ago

I see, thanks. I'll try that link instead.


aalfathPRO

a year ago

now I get what you mean by this


a year ago

for context the link was copied from this page


aalfathPRO

a year ago

oh thats right. I didnt check that one. I went over to the billing section and clicked on "Manage subscription" instead.


a year ago

fair assumption


aalfathPRO

a year 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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aalfathPRO

a year ago

Is there any estimation how long does it usually take?


aalfathPRO

a year ago

We can't afford any downtime, especially during weekdays


a year ago

depends on how much data you have in the volume


aalfathPRO

a year ago

Ah okay it's kinda hard to determine, then. What if I have just about 50mb data in our MongoDB?


a year ago

should only be 30 seconds or so then


aalfathPRO

a year ago

sounds good


a year ago

don't quote me on that though


aalfathPRO

a year ago

I hope it does take that short amount of time


a year ago

your volume most certainly isn't only 50mb


aalfathPRO

a year 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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aalfathPRO

a year ago

we'll plan to migrate during the weekends instead then just to be safer


a year ago

I highly doubt the volume usage is sitting at 30mb


a year ago

I'm going to say somewhere around 250mb


aalfathPRO

a year ago

you're right, the volume isage is a lot more than 30mb apparently

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a year ago

I was close enough


aalfathPRO

a year ago

ok we'll plan it during the weekends instead. thanks again Brody!


a year ago

no problem!


aalfathPRO

a year 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


a year ago

happy to hear that!!


Commercial usage using Hobby Plan - Railway Help Station