Plans & Usage
Understand organization plans, pricing, resource limits, and usage tracking
Every organization in Rock8Cloud is on a plan that determines how many resources it can use and is billed via Stripe. You can view your current plan, manage your subscription, and check usage on the Settings > Billing page.
Available Plans
Testing environment. The prices below are for testing purposes only. The billing system is running in Stripe test mode. To test the billing flow, use the card number 4242 4242 4242 4242 with any future expiration date and any CVC — you will not be charged.
| Merkur | Earth | Neptun | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Price | $10/mo | $49/mo | $499/mo |
| Annual Price | $108/yr ($9/mo) | $528/yr (~$44/mo) | $5,388/yr (~$449/mo) |
| Active Pods | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Build Minutes (per period) | 100 | 1,000 | 5,000 |
| AI Agent Runs (per period) | 10 | 100 | 500 |
- Active Pods — the number of running service environments (each service branch or preview counts as one pod)
- Build Minutes — total time spent building container images from your Dockerfiles
- AI Agent Runs — code analysis and AI coder invocations triggered on pull requests
All plans include a free trial. No payment information is required upfront.
New organizations automatically start on the Merkur plan with a free trial.
Free Trial
When you create a new organization, you get a free trial on the Merkur plan. During the trial:
- All Merkur plan features are available
- No payment method is required
- You can upgrade to a higher plan at any time
After the trial ends, you'll need to add a payment method to continue using Rock8Cloud. If you don't subscribe, your organization enters read-only mode.
Subscription Management
Go to Settings > Billing to manage your subscription:
- Subscribe — Choose a plan and complete checkout via Stripe
- Switch Plans — Upgrade or downgrade between Merkur, Earth, and Neptun
- Manage Billing — Access the Stripe billing portal to update payment methods, view invoices, or cancel
- Monthly/Annual Toggle — Save 10% with annual billing
Upgrading
You can upgrade at any time. The new limits take effect immediately. Stripe prorates the charge for the remaining billing period. Your usage counters (build minutes, agent runs) are preserved.
Downgrading
When downgrading, ensure your current resource usage fits within the new plan's limits. For example, if you have 25 active pods, you cannot switch to the Merkur plan (3 pod limit) until you remove services.
Read-Only Mode
When your subscription is canceled or expired, your organization enters read-only mode:
- You can view dashboards, logs, and configurations
- You cannot deploy, build, create services, or run AI agents
- A warning banner appears on the billing page and in the navigation
To exit read-only mode, subscribe to any plan from the billing page.
Usage Period
Usage counters (build minutes, agent runs) reset automatically every 30 days. The reset date is shown on the Billing page. Pod count is always live — it reflects the current number of running environments, not a cumulative counter.
What Happens When You Hit a Limit
When a limit is reached:
- Pod limit — you cannot deploy new services or create new preview environments. A warning banner appears in the deployment panel. Existing services continue to run normally.
- Build minutes — new builds are rejected. Redeployments of already-built images still work.
- Agent runs — AI code analysis and AI coder will not trigger on new pull requests until the period resets.
A badge on the dashboard shows which limits are exhausted, with a link to the Billing page.
Enterprise
For organizations with requirements beyond the Neptun plan, contact us about our Enterprise tier with unlimited resources and custom support. Enterprise plans are managed separately from the self-service billing system.