Pricing
We're still building this page out. In the meantime: RunOS is completely free today, unlimited nodes, unlimited clusters, no credit card needed.
Start freePricing drafts
Two different exercises living under one gate: page structure options, and real monetization models with real dollar figures. Nothing here is indexed or linked from the live site.
10 real pricing models
Concrete monetization proposals with actual dollar figures, each grounded against a real competitor (Porter, Northflank, Qovery, Humanitec, Railway, Render, Vercel) and checked against RunOS's own cost-calculator math so none of them quietly undercut the "cheaper than AWS" story. None of these are live, RunOS is still $0 today.
Free Platform, Paid Support
Infra stays $0 forever. Revenue comes only from optional support tiers: $299/mo Priority, $999/mo Dedicated.
model-2Per-vCPU + Per-GB Metered
$4/vCPU + $1/GB platform fee on top of your own hardware. About a third of Porter's real $13/vCPU + $6/GB rate.
model-3Flat Per-Node Fee
$15/month per node, any size, unlimited clusters. Simplest rate card of the set, no meters or formulas.
model-4Flat Per-Cluster Fee
$49/month per cluster, completely decoupled from node count. Most novel model, no researched competitor does this.
model-5Per-Seat Team Pricing
$15/user/month for team features, infra always free and unlimited. Modeled on Vercel and Railway's seat pricing.
model-6Tiered Flat SaaS Plans
Free / $299/mo Team / custom Enterprise. Infra unlimited in every tier, only seats and support are gated.
model-7A La Carte Feature Add-Ons
Core stays free. SSO $99/mo, audit logs $49/mo, SOC2 $199/mo, priority support $149/mo, mix and match.
model-8Percentage of Infra Spend
RunOS takes 10% of your own cloud bill. Preserves the "94% cheaper than AWS" story almost exactly, at any scale.
model-9Committed-Spend Minimums
$199 / $499 / $1,499 monthly minimums unlock support and governance tiers. Modeled on Railway's real committed-spend tiers.
model-10Freemium Cap + Node Overage
First 5 nodes always free, then $10/node beyond that. The freemium shape most developers already recognize.
10 page structure variants
Ten structural drafts of the same real facts (RunOS is $0 today, BYOC means your infrastructure bill never runs through us), so we can pick a direction before committing to one.
Free, Plainly
Radical simplicity: one big "$0 today" statement, a short paragraph on future intent, then an FAQ. No cards, no tables, no calculator.
v2Calculator First
The BYOC cost calculator is the hero. "You already pay for servers, the platform is free" up front, everything else secondary.
v3Future Tiers Preview
Three tier cards (Free / Team / Enterprise). Free is live and priced; Team and Enterprise show feature direction with pricing marked TBD, no fake numbers.
v4Feature Comparison Table
A dense matrix of everything RunOS does, almost every row checked included free today, with roadmap-only items (SSO, audit logs, SOC2) clearly flagged.
v5Narrative / Editorial
A long-form, single-column argument for BYOC economics, closer to a blog post than a pricing page, calculator embedded mid-article as evidence.
v6Competitor Comparison
A structural side-by-side: RunOS vs Railway, Render, Heroku, and Vercel on pricing model and lock-in, not exact competitor dollar figures.
v7FAQ First / Objection Handling
Leads with the three questions every developer actually asks: will it stay free, what happens later, and are you locked in. Calculator is secondary.
v8Usage Estimator
The calculator enlarged into a dedicated utility page, closest to an AWS-style cost estimator, minimal marketing copy around it.
v9Enterprise Led
Leads with governance concerns (audit logs, SSO, SOC2, framed as roadmap not shipped) and a "talk to us" CTA, free self-serve tier positioned below.
v10Minimal Typographic
A big serif "$0" statement in RunOS's existing display type, a small calculator link-out, the most whitespace-heavy of all 10.