Pricing
No subscription. You pay for what runs.
Building is free, and so is your first deployment on the Free size, on your own domain. After that I charge for two things: a bigger size, and AI when you let Orbit route it. Both come out of one balance you top up yourself. Nothing auto-charges.
Free to build for as long as you like.
Your first live app, on your own domain.
No hidden fees. Pay for AI credits and extra app hosting only when you need them.
Your month
Work out what you would pay.
Every running deployment is charged for its size, and the free size is genuinely free. Money moves for two things only: a deployment on a paid size, and AI credits when Orbit runs the AI for you.
See everything included for freeSize · what each deployment runs on
Hosting · how many deployments
Charged per running deployment, not per app — a live site and its preview are two.
Hosting, per month
$0
1 CPU, 512 MB memory, 5 GB storage, 10 GB bandwidth
Sized for 1 to 10 people, one per team
AI is on top of that and it is optional: bring your own Claude or ChatGPT key and it costs nothing, or let Orbit route it and it draws from the same balance.
Credits · how much you add
Lands in your balance
$110.00
$100 paid
+ $10.00 bonus
Add $150 more and it lands at 15%.
No surprises
Nothing can charge you by surprise.
There is no subscription and no bill at the end of the month. You put money on a balance, and everything is drawn from it until you put more on.
No card is billed on a schedule. When the balance runs down, work pauses until you top it up.
What you put on the balance stays there. There is no month in which it quietly disappears.
What you paid for and have not spent, you can have back. Just ask.
Hosting is charged for the hours a deployment is up. Take one down and the unused days come back to your balance.
Paying for AI
You can pay Orbit nothing for the AI.
Bring the AI you already pay for and Orbit charges nothing for it. Or hand the routing over, and one balance covers every model.
Bring your own
$0 to OrbitWhichever you connect, the AI work happens on your account and Orbit adds nothing to it.
claude · chatgpt
Connect the subscription you already pay for every month, and it does the work.
your own api key
Add a provider key. What the AI costs is between you and the provider.
On either path the AI bill is your provider's, and Orbit's share of it is zero.
Let Orbit route it
provider price + 30%One balance covers every model, every web search, every image — no second key, no second bill.
1 credit = 1 dollar
Credits never expire, and the usage view shows every charge that drew on them.
bigger top-up, bigger bonus
Adding $25 earns 5% in bonus credits, and $1,000 earns 20%. Every amount in between earns something.
A bonus is extra credits, not a lower price — what a model call costs stays the same whatever you add. The smallest top-up is $5.
Your balance
See where the money goes
Your balance moves only when AI works or an app is live. The usage view splits each day into AI and hosting, and the history lists every purchase, bonus, charge, and refund.
No guessing at the end of the month. Open the usage view and the days that cost money say so.
Your balance, the month split into hosting and AI, and what each top-up lands as.
Orbit pricing questions, answered
Is there a subscription?
No. Building is free, AI is prepaid, and hosting is charged month by month from the same balance.
What does Orbit add to the AI price?
When Orbit routes the AI for you, you pay what the provider charges plus 30%. Bring your own Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or your own API key, and Orbit adds nothing.
Do credits expire?
No. Your balance sits there until you use it.
What happens when my balance runs out?
AI work pauses until you add credits; bring-your-own AI keeps going. Live apps keep running through a 7-day grace window, not cut off the day your balance hits zero.
What does a second app cost?
Your team gets one deployment on the free size. Every one after that runs on a paid size, from $19 a month, charged for the hours it is up.
Can I use my Claude or ChatGPT subscription?
Yes. Connect the subscription you already have and it does the AI work, with Orbit charging nothing for it.
How do I see what I spent?
The usage view splits each day into AI and hosting. The history lists every purchase, bonus, charge, and refund.
Start with the free part
Sketch it, build it, launch it on your own domain. Add a balance only when you want AI's help.
Free to build for as long as you like.
