Free Tier

The FREE tier on Miget is designed for developers who want to experiment, learn, or deploy small-scale projects without incurring any cost. It’s ideal for hobby projects, prototyping, or simple web applications. The plan comes with 256Mi of memory, and the minimum an application or an addon can take is 128Mi - so it holds either two small applications, or one application and one free addon such as a database. Learn:

• How to build and deploy Dockerfile based application
• How to build and deploy your application using Miget Buildpacks

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Instance

An instance is a Kubernetes namespace running on a Kubernetes cluster in a specified region. It includes Miget’s fair scheduler and a resource quota, allowing workloads to run efficiently within the allocated resources and ensuring fair usage across tasks.

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Builder

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A Card on File

Creating a free resource requires a saved payment card. You are not charged for it - the card is there so we know an account belongs to a person, which is what keeps the free tier from being farmed with throwaway accounts. Add one under Settings → Payment Methods on your account, or follow the Add a card link offered while creating the resource. Either opens Polar, our payment partner, in a new tab; card details go to Polar and never reach Miget. The card belongs to your account rather than to a workspace, so it is added once and counts wherever you create a resource. One card, one free resource. A card that has already been used for a free resource cannot be used for a second one, on any account. Paid resources are unaffected - a card can pay for as many of those as you like.

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Limitations

• Memory Limits - The minimum allocation is 128Mi per application, making the plan suitable for lightweight applications, especially those built in memory-efficient languages like Go.
• Custom Domains - While you can add your custom domain, TLS/SSL certificates (such as Let’s Encrypt) aren’t included by default. You can, however, upload your own certificates.
• No Cron Jobs - The FREE tier doesn’t include the cronjob addon, though it can be purchased separately if needed.
• Storage - The storage available in the FREE tier isn’t optimized for high speed.
• Performance - The performance is provided on a best-effort basis. During peak times, resources may be limited, and in extreme cases, applications could be temporarily paused or stopped.
• Sleeping - An application that receives no traffic for 30 minutes is put to sleep and started again by the next request, which makes the FREE tier suited to development, testing, and projects where uptime and response time are not critical. See Sleeping below.
• Concurrent Builds - The FREE tier allows you to run one build at a time, making it suitable for smaller projects where build concurrency isn’t critical.

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Sleeping

An application on the FREE tier that has not had a request for 30 minutes goes to sleep: it is scaled to zero, and the databases attached to it sleep with it. The dashboard shows it as Sleeping. The next request wakes it. That request is answered with a 503 while the application starts, and the ones after it reach your application as usual. A WebSocket or server-sent events connection wakes it as well, and so does a connection to one of its databases. To wake it by hand, press Start. A standalone PostgreSQL database on the FREE tier sleeps the same way, after 30 minutes with no client connected, and the next connection wakes it. Paid plans never sleep. Upgrading the resource wakes everything asleep on it straight away.

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Databases left asleep are deleted

When an application stays asleep for 30 days in a row, Miget reclaims what is attached to it: A standalone PostgreSQL database follows the same schedule. Any wake resets the clock, so a single request during those 44 days keeps everything. An application with nothing attached is never deleted; it stays asleep until the next request. The emails go to the workspace owner and admins, and they cannot be switched off.

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