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by codecurve 3729 days ago
Any chance of some clarification around the limits of the free tier?

> 20 FREE deploys per month

So I can only run the `now` command 20 times each month? What are you using to track how many times I've run it already? IP? NPM username? Package name?

>1MB size limit per file

Is this at deployment time or is this also enforced at runtime? If I deploy a 900kb sqlite file, then add 200kb of records to it at runtime, what's going to happen?

> Perfect for open-source demos, classrooms, tutorials & testing.

Are 20 deploys per month really enough to use in a teaching context? I'd love to use this tool in the web tech module I teach at my university, but I think most students would burn through 20 deploys in a week, let alone a month. Is there any chance this limit could be re-thought for teaching purposes?

I wouldn't mind if some of the other restrictions were changed, but free tiers that halt development til the start of next month don't sound great for learning to me.