Server Manager's pricing is intentionally simple: a free trial to get started, then €5 for every 30-day pass you want. No subscription, no surprise charges, no card required upfront.
The free trial
New accounts normally start with a one-time free trial — enough budget to connect a server, run a few checks, deploy a small site, and decide if Server Manager works for you. (Occasionally new signups go straight to a 30-day pass instead.)
- No card required. Sign in with Google or a magic link, that's it.
- No time limit. Use the trial at your own pace. Sign up today, come back in three months — the trial credit is still there.
- Honest cap. Once the trial budget is used, the chat pauses. You're never silently charged.
The free trial is a one-time grant: deleting and re-creating your account doesn't reset it.
The 30-day pass — €5
When you're ready to use Server Manager for real work, €5 buys you a 30-day pass:
- Roughly 340,000–785,000 input tokens + ~44,000 output tokens of LLM usage per pass, depending on how much prompt caching kicks in. Most users finish well under this.
- 30 days from purchase. Pass starts the moment you pay; expires 30 days later regardless of how much you've used.
- One-time payment. Each pass is a separate purchase. You're not on a recurring subscription.
When the pass expires or its budget runs out, you simply buy another one when you next need to work on your server.
What happens when the pass runs out before 30 days
Two paths:
- Manual: the chat pauses, you see a "Get a pass" prompt, you go to Pricing and buy another €5 pass. Takes about 30 seconds.
- Auto-refill (opt-in): if you've saved a card and turned on auto-refill, a one-click prompt appears in the chat. Tap OK and you keep working — no checkout, no waiting. See Auto-refill for the full flow.
Either way, you decide. Auto-refill never charges your card without your explicit click each time.
What happens at the 30-day mark
If you still have budget left after 30 days, it expires when the pass ends. Buying another pass starts a fresh batch — the previous balance doesn't carry over.
This is why you'll see a small warning on /pricing if you try to buy a new pass while your current one is still active and has budget left: you'd lose what's unspent. Server Manager won't let you accidentally waste money — wait until your current pass is exhausted or expired, then buy again.
Free tier vs paid pass — what's included
| Free trial | €5 pass | |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. usage included | ~51k–118k input + ~6.6k output tokens | ~340k–785k input + ~44k output tokens |
| Time limit | None | 30 days from purchase |
| Card required | No | Yes |
| Refills | Single grant only | Buy another pass any time |
| Auto-refill | Not available | Available (opt-in) |
Ranges reflect how much prompt caching kicks in (responses to similar prompts cost roughly 10× less). Output tokens are billed at 6× the rate of input, so a single very long agent response can burn through more budget than a long chat.
Why €5
Each €5 pass is sized so that:
- The LLM costs we incur per heavy user fit comfortably under the price
- Most users finish at 5–20% of their pass budget, so there's healthy margin on average
- There's no need for a higher-priced tier — features work the same for everyone
If a future model change shifts cost dramatically, we'd adjust pricing transparently, not silently.
How to pay
From the avatar menu in the top-right corner of the app, click Pricing. The page walks you through the pass purchase, including:
- An optional "Save my card for one-tap auto-refill" checkbox
- A consent box you must tick (it's the EU Art. 16(m) right-of-withdrawal waiver — see the Terms of Service)
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see your card number.
Refunds
Short version: full refund if you ask within 14 days of purchase AND you haven't used any tokens. Once tokens are consumed, no refund. See Manage billing, invoices & refunds for the long version.