| Plan | Price | Resources | Storage | Bandwidth | Features | Our Cost | Profit Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREE | $0/month | 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM (shared) | 5GB | 5GB | Basic IDE, Community support | $3.21 | - |
| PRO | $20.00/month | 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM (dedicated) | 100GB | 100GB | Private repos, Email support, Custom Docker | $9.46 | 52.7% |
| PRO+ | $50.00/month | 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM (dedicated) | 200GB | 200GB | Priority support, Team collaboration | $17.92 | 64.2% |
Infrastructure: Contabo Cloud VPS 40 (12 vCPU, 48GB RAM, 250GB included storage) at $26.75/month + Contabo Object Storage at $0.011/GB
Storage Strategy: Use Contabo's included 250GB storage + Contabo object storage for additional capacity
Resource Scaling: PRO+ = 2x PRO resources and 2x PRO storage
Key Advantages vs Competitors:
- 2.5x-20x more storage than competitors (5GB-200GB vs typical 2-20GB)
- Same pricing as Replit PRO tier ($20.00 vs $20) with 50x more storage
- 43% more expensive than Replit PRO+ but 4x more storage ($50.00 vs $35)
- Predictable pricing without per-minute charges
- Realistic development specs for Rust/Node.js projects
- Excellent profit margins: 52-64% across paid tiers
- FREE tier cost reduced by 40% (from $4.43 to $3.21)
Profitability: Break-even at ~525 users with 47% profit margins at scale
Container Density: FREE tier serves 24 users per instance (ultra-dense), PRO serves 6 users, PRO+ serves 3 users