Shared infrastructure¶
Plans on shared infrastructure run on clusters where resources are shared with other customers. Tinybird offers Free, Developer, and SaaS plans on shared infrastructure. Each plan has a single tier or several plan sizes; the following sections describe what's included in each.
For plans on dedicated infrastructure (your own ClickHouse® cluster), see Dedicated infrastructure.
Free plan¶
The Free plan is a single tier with no size selection. It provides a production-grade instance of Tinybird, including ingest connectors, real-time querying, and managed endpoints.
What's included¶
| Resource | Included |
|---|---|
| Queries per second (QPS) | 10 (with burst up to 20). See QPS burst mode. |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| vCPU | 0.5 vCPU |
| Max threads | 1 |
| LLM credits | $25 per billing cycle |
See Free plan limits for full limits. Support is available through the Community Slack.
To upgrade to Developer or SaaS, go to Organization settings → Billing. For Enterprise (dedicated cluster), contact sales.
Developer plan¶
The Developer plan runs on a shared cluster. You choose a plan size when signing up or resizing; each size has a fixed set of included resources. Developer plans include 25 GB of storage; usage beyond this and other included amounts is billed as overage.
SaaS plan¶
The SaaS plan runs on shared infrastructure and starts at 4 vCPUs. It follows the same limit model as Developer (QPS, active minutes, storage overages). Minimum storage is 1 TB; the support package is mandatory.
SKUs and overages¶
The following describes how usage is billed on shared infrastructure. Concepts such as active minutes and QPS are explained in Key concepts. Each Developer and SaaS plan includes a bundle of resources (active minutes, QPS, storage); usage beyond those amounts is charged as overages at fixed prices that are not tied to region.
Active vCPU minutes¶
Each plan includes a bundle of active vCPU minutes (see Active vCPU minutes in Key concepts). When you consume all included minutes, additional usage incurs vCPU overages, charged at a fixed rate per minute. Overage rates are not tied to region.
On-demand CPUs¶
The On-demand CPUs SKU covers the cost of temporary compute capacity provisioned on demand for jobs that need dedicated compute instances—for example, populate jobs that run outside the baseline shared resources and use short-lived, single-host instances for the duration of the job. Billing is based on CPU and the duration of on-demand usage.
Data Storage¶
You are charged for data stored in the platform (persistent data in ClickHouse® per Data Source). Each plan includes a certain amount of storage at no extra cost (for example, 10 GB on Free, 25 GB on Developer, and a minimum on SaaS). Storage beyond the included amount is billed at a fixed rate per GB; rates are not tied to region.
Data Transfer¶
The Data transfer SKU covers the cost of data sent out of the platform, primarily through Sinks that export data to external storage. You are charged per gigabyte transferred. The rate depends on whether the transfer stays within the same cloud provider and region (intra) or goes across different providers or regions (inter).
QPS overages¶
Each plan has a QPS limit (queries per second). Queries above that limit, up to your plan’s ceiling, are QPS overages and are charged at a fixed rate per request. Overage rates are not tied to region. See QPS Overages and QPS Ceiling.
Support¶
The Support SKU applies to SaaS plans only. Support is offered in tiers (for example, Standard and Premier), defined in your contract. The applicable tier and price depend on your agreement and are not usage-based—charges do not depend on ticket volume or platform activity. Billing is typically a percentage of your total contracted credits, as agreed in your commercial terms.
Next steps¶
- Key concepts — How QPS, active minutes, and limits work.
- Understand your bill — How shared-infrastructure plans are billed.
- Limits — Limits per plan type.