Entry price

The entry price is what it costs to run a single small production application with everything it needs, in US dollars a month, sorted into seven bands whose boundaries roughly triple. Bands rather than figures. Exact prices change without notice, differ by region and currency, and a stale number read as current is worse. A free tier is not on this scale at all — “free” describes what a provider gives away, and this describes what it charges. That is recorded under pricing features, and what it costs to stop paying is getting out.

5 values in use. 55 records do not record this field. Defined but unused so far: $500 to $1,500 a month, Over $1,500 a month — a value with no records is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about the market.

• Under $5 a monthThe cheapest band, and the one to read twice.41 records
• $5 to $15 a monthWhere most of the market starts.77 records
• $15 to $50 a monthPaying for the operations, not the capacity.33 records
• $50 to $150 a monthA floor, not a starting point.3 records
• $150 to $500 a monthThe cheapest plan is not a small one.2 records