Billing & Usage

Understand POC.ai plans, deploy minutes, usage metering, and how to manage your subscription.

Plans Overview

POC.ai offers four plans designed for individuals, growing teams, and enterprises. All plans include framework detection, preview deployments, and the CLI.

Feature	Starter	Pro	Team	Enterprise
Price	Free	$29/mo	$149/mo	Custom
Deploy minutes / month	100	1,000	5,000	Unlimited
Projects	3	20	Unlimited	Unlimited
Team members	1	5	25	Unlimited
Environments	Preview only	Preview + Production	Preview + Staging + Production	Custom
Approval gates	—	—	Yes	Yes
RBAC	—	—	Yes	Yes
Audit log retention	7 days	90 days	1 year	Custom
Budget guardrails	—	Per-project caps	Per-project + alerts + auto-pause	Full custom
Support	Community	Email	Priority email + Slack	Dedicated CSM
Custom domains	—	Yes	Yes	Yes
API rate limit	60 req/min	300 req/min	1,000 req/min	Custom

Deploy Minutes Explained

Deploy minutes measure the total compute time used during builds and deployments. A single deployment typically consumes 2-8 minutes depending on project size, framework, and dependency count.

What counts as a deploy minute

Build time — Time spent installing dependencies, compiling, and bundling your application.
Deploy time — Time spent provisioning infrastructure and making the service live.
Rollback time — Rollbacks consume approximately 1 minute each (no rebuild required).

What does NOT count

Runtime hosting (billed separately by the underlying cloud provider)
Framework detection (poc deploy detection phase)
Viewing status, logs, or audit trails
Managing environment variables or team members

Example: A typical React (Vite) project uses about 3 deploy minutes per deployment. On the Pro plan (1,000 minutes), that is roughly 330 deployments per month.

Metering and Usage Tracking

Usage is tracked in real time and visible on your dashboard under Settings → Usage.

Dashboard metrics

Metric	Description
Deploy minutes used	Total minutes consumed in the current billing cycle
Deploy minutes remaining	Minutes left before hitting your plan limit
Deployments this cycle	Total number of deployments triggered
Active projects	Projects with at least one live deployment
Estimated cost	Projected spend based on current usage trajectory

Usage API

Query your usage programmatically:

curl https://api.poc.ai/v1/usage \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer poc_your_token"

{
  "period": "2026-03-01/2026-03-31",
  "deployMinutesUsed": 247,
  "deployMinutesLimit": 1000,
  "deploymentCount": 82,
  "activeProjects": 6
}

Upgrade and Downgrade

Upgrading

Go to Settings → Billing → Plan in the dashboard.
Select your new plan and confirm.
The upgrade takes effect immediately. You are charged a prorated amount for the remainder of the current billing cycle.
Your deploy minute allocation increases instantly.

Downgrading

Go to Settings → Billing → Plan in the dashboard.
Select the lower plan and confirm.
The downgrade takes effect at the start of the next billing cycle.
If your current usage exceeds the new plan limits (projects, members, etc.), you will be prompted to reduce before the downgrade activates.

Note: You will not lose any data when downgrading. Excess projects are paused (not deleted) until you reduce to within the new plan limits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I exceed my deploy minutes?

On Starter, new deployments are paused until the next billing cycle. On Pro and Team, you can enable overage billing at $0.05 per additional minute, or set a hard cap to pause deployments at the limit.

Can I buy additional deploy minutes without upgrading?

Yes. On Pro and Team plans, you can purchase minute packs (500 minutes for $12, 2,000 minutes for $40) from Settings → Billing → Add-ons.

Is there a free trial for Pro or Team?

Yes. Both Pro and Team plans include a 14-day free trial with full access. No credit card required to start.

How does billing work for Team plans with multiple members?

Team plans are billed at a flat rate ($149/mo) for up to 25 members. Additional members beyond 25 are billed at $8/member/month.

Can I cancel at any time?

Yes. Cancel from Settings → Billing → Plan. Your account reverts to the Starter plan at the end of the current billing cycle. You retain access to all features until then.

Do you offer annual billing?

Yes. Annual billing is available for Pro and Team plans at a 20% discount. Contact sales@poc.ai for Enterprise annual agreements.

Next steps

Set budget guardrails to control spending in Team & Governance.
View detailed pricing on the Pricing page.