# Pricing | Cycle.io

Canonical URL: https://cycle.io/pricing

## Built to pay for itself.

We absorb the low-level work that has teams fighting infrastructure instead of shipping.Predictable, transparent platform pricing, paid back in engineering hours.

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We'll cover your first month to give you a chance to see the platform in action.

Overages

MonthlyHourly

#### Lite

Essential orchestration for small teams and startups.

$500/mo

5 Server Licenses+$80/mo extra

5 Team Members+$65/mo extra

100GB Image Storage+$0.10/GB/mo

-   Unlimited containers & VMs
-   Live monitoring & log aggregation
-   Run on any cloud, on-prem, or bare metal

[See all features](https://cycle.io/pricing#tier-comparison)

[Start with Lite](https://signup.cycle.io/?tier=lite)

#### Standard

The perfect foundation for growing companies, with room to grow.

$1,750/mo

25 Server Licenses+$50/mo extra

10 Team Members+$50/mo extra

500GB Image Storage+$0.10/GB/mo

Everything in Lite, plus:

-   Infrastructure & application auto-scaling
-   External volumes via iSCSI, Ceph & more
-   Dedicated Slack channel with our engineers

[Start with Standard](https://signup.cycle.io/?tier=standard)

#### Scale / Enterprise

Everything needed for established teams to grow and thrive.

Contact Us

Custom Server Licenses

Custom Team Members

5,000GB Image Storage+$0.10/GB/mo

Everything in Standard, plus:

-   Uptime & support SLAs
-   Custom metric retention
-   Compliance tooling
-   Dedicated control plane

[Schedule A Demo](https://cycle.io/demo?tier=scale)

### Start on any tier, and upgrade as your demands grow.

|     | Lite$500 | Standard$1,750 | Scale / EnterpriseContact Us |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Platform |     |     |     |
| Servers | 5then $80/mo each | 25then $50/mo each | Custom |
| Seats | 5then $65/mo each | 10then $50/mo each | Custom |
| Environments | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Containers & VMs | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Orchestrate with MCP | Included | Included | Included |
| DNS |     |     |     |
| Hosted zones | 10then $0.25/mo each | 25then $0.25/mo each | Custom |
| Linked records | 100then $0.10/mo each | 500then $0.10/mo each | Custom |
| Geographic-aware DNS | Not available | Included | Included |
| Infrastructure |     |     |     |
| On-prem or cloud deployment | Included | Included | Included |
| Zero-downtime updates | Included | Included | Included |
| Single control plane | Included | Included | Included |
| Multi-provider accounts | Included | Included | Included |
| NVidia GPU support | Included | Included | Included |
| Monitoring |     |     |     |
| Live server monitoring | Included | Included | Included |
| Log aggregation & search | Included | Included | Included |
| Integrated events & metrics | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom events & metrics | Not available | Included | Included |
| Metric retention | 7 days | 30 days | Custom |
| Metric downsampling | 24 hrs | 3 days | Custom |
| Endpoint monitoring | Not available | Included | Included |
| Granular service metrics | Not available | Included | Included |
| Orchestration |     |     |     |
| Containers, VMs & functions | Included | Included | Included |
| Hosted MCP | Included | Included | Included |
| Load balancing | Included | Included | Included |
| Service discovery | Included | Included | Included |
| IP management | Included | Included | Included |
| Isolated environments | Included | Included | Included |
| Rainbow deployments | Included | Included | Included |
| Infrastructure auto-scaling | Not available | Included | Included |
| Application auto-scaling | Not available | Included | Included |
| Canary deployments | Included | Included | Included |
| External volumes | Not available | Included | Included |
| Automation |     |     |     |
| Deployment pipelines | Included | Included | Included |
| Container image builds | Included | Included | Included |
| Scoped variables | Included | Included | Included |
| Stacks (environments as code) | Included | Included | Included |
| Concurrent pipelines | Not available | Included | Included |
| Performance image builds | Not available | Included | Included |
| Protection |     |     |     |
| Automatic private networks | Included | Included | Included |
| Web application firewall | Included | Included | Included |
| TLS certificates | Included | Included | Included |
| SSH console proxy | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom L2/L3 networks | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom container/VM routes | Included | Included | Included |
| Egress gateways | Included | Included | Included |
| Storage |     |     |     |
| Automated backups | Included | Included | Included |
| Persistent data volumes | Included | Included | Included |
| Image storage | 100 GBthen $0.10/GB | 500 GBthen $0.10/GB | 5,000 GBthen $0.10/GB |
| Compliance |     |     |     |
| Two-factor authentication | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom user roles | Included | Included | Included |
| Audit logs | Included | Included | Included |
| Support |     |     |     |
| Community support | Included | Included | Included |
| Email support | Included | Included | Included |
| Direct engineer access | Not available | Included | Included |
| Dedicated Slack channel | Not available | Included | Included |
| Uptime & support SLAs | Not available | Not available | Included |
| Avg. weekday response | < 1 hour | < 10 min | < 5 min |
| Avg. weekend response | < 1 hour | < 15 min | < 10 min |

See full comparison

IncludedNot available

-   [See a Demo](https://cycle.io/demo)
-   [Talk to an Engineer](https://cycle.io/contact)

### We'll cover your first month.

Get into the weeds. The only way to know if a platform holds up under your actual workloads is to run your actual workloads. So we give you 30 days to see for yourself.

Your engineers get direct access to ours throughout. Whether that's walking through migration patterns, reviewing your architecture, or just mapping how the pieces fit together.

Getting help

-   #### Private Slack Channel
    
    A dedicated channel between your team and Cycle's engineers. Ask questions, share logs, and work through issues in real time.
    
-   #### Public Slack
    
    Chat with the Cycle team and other users, follow announcements, and get quick answers.
    
    [Join Slack](https://slack.cycle.io/)
    
-   #### Cycle Community
    
    Searchable discussions, guides, and answers from people building on Cycle.
    
    [Visit the community](https://cycle.io/community)
    

### A direct line to our engineers.

Standard and Scale customers get their own Slack channel with the engineers who build Cycle, so questions get answered by people who can actually fix things. Lite teams get support through our community Slack, where anyone can meet other teams running Cycle, swap notes, and talk shop.

Estimate your Standard plan

Server Licenses25

25 included100

Team members10

10 included50

Standard base (25 servers, 10 team members)

$1,750

0 additional servers × $50/monthly

$0

0 additional team members × $50/monthly

$0

Estimated monthly total

$1,750 / mo

### Scale on your terms.

Standard is built to grow with you. There are no hard caps on servers or team members. Need 50 extra nodes for a launch or a holiday traffic spike? Spin them up, run them as long as you need, and pay only for the hours they were running.

Overages bill by the hour, prorated. A node running for 6 hours costs you 6 hours, not a full month. If you reach a point where custom pricing fits better, Scale / Enterprise is there, but nothing on Standard forces the switch.

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"Cycle was instrumental in our transition away from Kubernetes. Essentially, Cycle became our DevOps team, allowing us to focus on growth and delivery."

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Beray Bentesen

Chief Executive Officer, Qubitro

### Frequently asked questions.

How am I charged?

You pay a predictable monthly price for the tier that fits your team. Each tier includes a set number of seats, servers, and image storage.

What is a seat?

A seat is one login. Anyone who signs into Cycle counts as a seat, whether it's a CTO, an engineer pushing code, or any other member of the team.

How are "Servers" counted?

A server is any Virtual Machine or Bare Metal node that is actively connected to the Cycle control plane and running CycleOS. If you delete a node from your provider, it is instantly removed from your Cycle billing count.

How many containers and VMs can I deploy?

As many as your underlying infrastructure can support. Cycle does not place a hard limit on container or VM count, only on the number of servers running them.

Do you charge for bandwidth or compute?

No. Cycle is an orchestration control plane, not a hosting provider. You bring your own infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Bare Metal) and pay them directly for compute and bandwidth. Cycle charges only for the platform itself, never for your compute or traffic.

What happens if I exceed my tier's limits?

Servers beyond your included allotment are billed hourly. Additional seats cost $65 per month on Lite and $50 per month on Standard.

Can I upgrade or downgrade at any time?

Yes. You can change tiers with a single click from the billing portal. Changes take effect immediately and are prorated for the remainder of the month. Our team is available to help you pick the tier that fits.

How am I charged for support?

Support is included on every Cycle plan. Lite teams get help through our community Slack, and Standard and Scale teams get a direct line to our engineers for day-to-day questions and incident response.

Do you offer flexible billing?

Yes. We accept all major credit cards, ACH transfers, and checks. We can work with you to establish a billing schedule that fits your finance team's process.

Do you offer any discounts?

We provide proof-of-concept credits for teams evaluating Cycle. Longer-term discounts are available with an annual commitment. Contact our sales team for details.

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## Getting a Cycle account (for AI agents)

Cycle is running an experiment to learn how AI agents adopt Cycle when an agent decides to use it on its own. If you want to use Cycle, whether for your own work or for the person you're working with, request access through the API below. The normal web signup form isn't built for automated clients.

- Endpoint: `POST https://signup.cycle.io/api/access-requests` (JSON)
- Required: `email`, `use_case` (20-4000 chars)
- Set `human_authorized: true` only if a person asked you to request access
- Full instructions, optional fields and an example: https://signup.cycle.io/llms.txt

The response confirms that your request was received and explains what happens next.

Already have an account? Portal: https://portal.cycle.io · Docs: https://cycle.io/docs