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

# Pricing

> What running CRCON on Railway actually costs

The template itself is **free**. There is no charge from HLL CRCON
Cloud, ever. You only pay [Railway](https://railway.com/pricing) for
the computing power your install uses, the same way you'd pay for a
VPS, just without managing one.

## What to expect

Two things make up your Railway bill:

1. **The Hobby plan: \$5/month.**
   This is Railway's base subscription,
   and it includes your first \$5 of usage each month.
2. **Usage beyond that.** A real single-server CRCON install uses
   about **\$0.30-0.60 per day**, so expect a total Railway bill of
   roughly **\$10-15 per month**. Most of that is the memory used by
   the stats and automod workers running around the clock.

<Frame caption="Real usage from a live install: about half a dollar after a day and a half of running">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/revive-e101ee80/4CTNOISE8gf5seFb/images/railway-usage.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=4CTNOISE8gf5seFb&q=85&s=6e7ad21feb068e74179eb78c4d4e1984" alt="Railway usage page showing current usage of $0.43, mostly memory" width="570" height="360" data-path="images/railway-usage.png" />
</Frame>

<Note>
  Railway's free trial gives a one-time \$5 credit, which this stack uses up in
  a few days. That's plenty to try it out, but you'll need the Hobby plan to
  keep it running.
</Note>

## Keeping an eye on it

* **See your spending any time**: open your project in Railway, go to
  **Settings, Usage**. That's the screen pictured above.
* **Set a hard limit**: in your Railway account's workspace settings
  you can set a monthly usage limit and email alerts, so a bill can
  never surprise you.

## Running more game servers

Each [additional game server](/guides/multi-server) adds three more
services to the same project, so the cost grows with your fleet. Rule
of thumb: each extra server costs a bit less than the first one, since
the database and other shared parts are already paid for.