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Storage & Billing


Storage Quota

Your storage quota depends on the A8S plan selected for your workspace. The quota is shared across projects, deployments, databases, persistent volumes, and backups.

Current public plans are listed on the A8S pricing page :

Detailed comparison

See exactly what each plan unlocks.

Feature
Free
$0/mo
Education
Student access
Plus
$21/mo
Pro
$29/mo
Premium
Custom usage
Included resources
4 CPU / 4 RAM
Verified students
6 CPU / 6 RAM
8 CPU / 8 RAM
8 CPU / 8 RAM
Storage quota
15GB
Student plan
30GB
50GB
60GB+
Monolithic deployments
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Single Database Basic
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Database Clusters (Postgres)
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Automated backups
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Microservices routing
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Advanced analytics
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Multi-domain routing
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Automated alerting
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Priority support
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Dedicated account manager
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Custom storage size
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included

Plan prices and included resources can change. Use the public pricing page as the source of truth before purchasing or upgrading.

Storage is consumed by:

SourceDescription
DatabasesData stored in deployed PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB instances
PersistentVolumeClaimsStorage attached to application deployments
Database BackupsCompressed backup snapshots stored on platform storage

Storage usage is visible in real time from the Storage section of your dashboard, with a per-project breakdown.


Monitoring Usage

  1. Open your Dashboard
  2. Navigate to the Storage section
  3. View total usage against your current plan quota
  4. Review the per-project breakdown, with databases, PVCs, and backup files listed separately

Warnings & Limits

At 90% usage of your current plan quota, a warning notification is sent to your configured alert channel and displayed in the dashboard.

At 100% usage of your current plan quota, the following actions are paused until space is freed or your plan is upgraded:

  • New deployments
  • Database provisioning
  • Backup creation

A clear error message is shown explaining the reason for any blocked action.


Freeing Up Storage

To reclaim space without upgrading:

  • Delete old backups — remove database snapshots from the Backups section
  • Remove unused deployments — stop and delete services that are no longer needed
  • Delete unused databases — remove databases and their associated PVCs from the Database tab

Upgrading Storage

To increase your storage limit:

  1. Navigate to Plan & Billing in your account settings
  2. Select the plan or custom storage capacity you need
  3. Complete the purchase

Plan upgrades take effect immediately and unblock any paused operations.

For larger workspaces, choose Premium or contact the A8S team from the pricing page to request custom storage capacity.


Admin Storage Management

Platform administrators can manage storage across all users from the Admin Panel:

  • View storage usage per user
  • Adjust individual storage quotas
  • Review per-project usage breakdowns
  • Remove unused resources on behalf of users

Admins can increase a user’s quota without requiring the user to purchase an upgrade — useful for organization-managed deployments.