> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.boxlite.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pricing

> What BoxLite Cloud charges for: three metered resources billed by the hour, funded by a prepaid wallet or a plan's included quota.

BoxLite Cloud meters three things, by the hour:

| Resource | Unit          | Rate          |
| -------- | ------------- | ------------- |
| vCPU     | per vCPU-hour | **\$0.0504**  |
| Memory   | per GiB-hour  | **\$0.0144**  |
| Disk     | per GiB-hour  | **\$0.00018** |

Nothing else is metered — no charge for network traffic, API requests, mounted volumes, preview URLs, or boot time. There is no minimum billable duration and no rounding up to the hour.

Usage is funded by a prepaid **wallet**, or by a **plan** whose included quota is consumed first.

## In this section

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="What a box costs" icon="calculator" href="/cloud/box-costs">
    The formula, what the standard sizes come to per hour and per month, and exactly which hours are counted. **Start here.**
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cost controls" icon="hand" href="/cloud/cost-controls">
    Why a stopped box keeps charging you, and the two controls that stop it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Wallet or a plan?" icon="scale-balanced" href="/cloud/plans">
    Plan tiers, and the usage level at which a subscription starts costing less.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Managing billing" icon="wallet" href="/cloud/billing">
    Top up, set automatic reload, and read what you were actually charged.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Which page do I want?

| You are asking                                     | Page                                                         |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| What will a Medium box cost me for a month?        | [What a box costs](/cloud/box-costs)                         |
| Why am I still being charged for a box I stopped?  | [Cost controls](/cloud/cost-controls)                        |
| Should I subscribe or keep paying from the wallet? | [Wallet or a plan?](/cloud/plans)                            |
| How do I stop my wallet hitting zero overnight?    | [Managing billing](/cloud/billing#set-automatic-reload)      |
| What was I actually charged?                       | [Managing billing](/cloud/billing#read-the-usage-chart)      |
| How large can a single box be?                     | [Managing billing](/cloud/billing#per-box-resource-ceilings) |