What counts as a website vs an app on Telbase?

Websites are static sites built with Vite, Astro, or plain HTML. Apps are projects using any other framework — Next.js, Remix, SvelteKit, Express, Django, FastAPI, Flask, Go, Docker, and more. Classification is based on your framework, not whether you have a database.

How do Telbase credits work?

$1 = 10 credits with a $5 minimum purchase. Credits last 12 months. Use them for extra deploys (1 credit/$0.10), extra apps (20 credits/month/$2), or extra databases (15 credits/month/$1.50). Auto-refill is available with configurable monthly caps.

Plans & Usage

Q: Do failed deploys count against my limit?

Yes. Every deploy attempt counts — success, failure, or cancelled. This prevents gaming the system by retrying indefinitely. Multi-service deploys count each service as one deploy.

Q: How are multi-service projects classified?

Each service in a multi-service project counts as one deploy against your monthly limit. For project classification, "worst wins" — if any service uses a full-stack framework, the whole project counts as one app.

How Telbase counts resources against your plan — and what happens when you need more.

Quick Reference

Resource	What It Is	Scope	Overages
Websites	Static sites (Vite, Astro, HTML)	Per org	Unlimited on paid
Apps	Full-stack projects (Next.js, Django, etc.)	Per org	20 credits/mo ($2)
Deploys	Every deploy attempt (success or failure)	Monthly, org	1 credit ($0.10)
Databases	SQLite or PostgreSQL, counted equally	Per org	15 credits/mo ($1.50)
Custom Domains	Non-*.telbase.ai domains (Free: 0, Starter: 1, Builder: 5, Pro: unlimited)	Per org	Not credit-expandable
Scheduled Jobs	Cron jobs via Cloud Scheduler	Per org	20 credits/mo ($2)
File Storage	R2 object storage (Free: 0, Starter: 1 GB, Builder: 5 GB, Pro: 25 GB)	Per project	Included in plan
Always On	Keep one GCP instance warm (eliminates cold starts)	Per service	100 credits/mo ($10), Pro includes 1
Team Members	Collaborators in your organization (Free: 1, Paid: unlimited)	Per org	—
Credits	$1 = 10 credits, 12-month expiry	Per org	—

Websites

A website is any project built with a static framework: Vite, Astro, or plain HTML (no package.json).

Classification is framework-based — a Vite + React project is a website even if it connects to an external database
Free plan: 10 websites. Paid plans: unlimited
See Supported Frameworks for the full framework list

Apps

An app is any project using a framework other than Vite, Astro, or static HTML. This includes:

Node.js — Next.js, Remix, SvelteKit, Angular, Express, NestJS
Python — Django, FastAPI, Flask
Go — any project with go.mod
Docker — any Dockerfile (Starter and above)

Framework-based, not database-based

Classification depends on your framework, not whether you have a database. A Next.js project without a database still counts as an app. A Vite project that connects to an external API still counts as a website.

Plan limits:

Free: 1 sandbox app
Starter ($5/mo): 2 apps
Builder ($19/mo): 5 apps
Pro ($79/mo): 15 apps
Beyond your plan limit: 20 credits/month ($2) per extra app

Deploys

A deploy is any deploy attempt — whether it succeeds, fails, or is cancelled. All types count:

CLI deploys (telbase deploy)
GitHub push deploys
Rollbacks

Failed deploys count

Every attempt counts against your monthly limit, including failures. This prevents gaming the system by retrying indefinitely. If a build fails, fix the issue before redeploying.

Multi-service projects: each service counts as 1 deploy. A 3-service monorepo uses 3 deploys per push.

Deploy limits reset on the 1st of each month (UTC):

Free: 5/mo
Starter: 30/mo
Builder: 150/mo
Pro: 500/mo
Beyond your plan limit: 1 credit ($0.10) per extra deploy

Databases

SQLite and PostgreSQL databases count equally — 1 database = 1 against your limit regardless of type. The count is org-wide across all projects.

Free: 1 sandbox database
Starter: 2 databases
Builder: 5 databases
Pro: 15 databases
Beyond your plan limit: 15 credits/month ($1.50) per extra database

See Databases for provisioning, migrations, backups, and extensions.

Multi-Service Projects

When you deploy a monorepo with multiple services, each service counts as 1 deploy against your monthly limit.

For project classification, “worst wins” — if any service uses a full-stack framework, the whole project counts as 1 app:

Vite frontend + FastAPI backend = 1 app (FastAPI is full-stack)
Vite frontend + Astro docs site = 1 website (all services are static)

See Full-Stack & Monorepos for deploy details, routing, and environment variables.

Scheduled Jobs

Scheduled jobs run on a cron schedule via GCP Cloud Scheduler. Each active job uses one slot from your plan.

Plan	Included Slots	Max Timeout
Free	0 (not available)	—
Starter	1	5 minutes
Builder	3	10 minutes
Pro	10	30 minutes

Extra slots cost 20 credits/month ($2/mo). Execution compute is consumption-based: 1 credit = 25 compute-minutes.

Credits & Overages

Credits let you go beyond your plan limits without upgrading. $1 = 10 credits, $5 minimum purchase, 12-month expiry.

Overage Type	Cost	Price
Extra deploy	1 credit	$0.10
Extra app	20 credits/mo	$2/mo
Extra database	15 credits/mo	$1.50/mo

Auto-refill: automatically buy credits when your balance reaches 0. Configurable monthly caps ($10, $20, or $40/mo)
Grace period: when credits run out, extra resources get a 14-day grace period, then are suspended (not deleted). Your data is always preserved
Plan resources are never affected by your credit balance — only extra resources beyond your plan limit

Organization Limits

All limits — apps, websites, deploys, databases, custom domains, and credits — are per organization, not per user or per project.

Separate organizations

If you need isolated limits, create separate organizations. Each org has its own plan, credit balance, and resource counts.

Next Steps

Pricing — compare plans and see growth scenarios
Supported Frameworks — full framework list and classification
Databases — provisioning, migrations, backups
Full-Stack & Monorepos — multi-service deploy details