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Plans

Studio offers three plans. The first two cover how you pay for AI; the third is about where your projects run.

PlanCostWhat it gives you
Managed$0/mo + pay-per-tokenThe default. Studio handles the AI keys; you pay per token of usage.
BYOK$20/moYou bring your own Anthropic + OpenAI keys. Provider charges go to you directly; Studio just charges the flat monthly fee.
Dedicated$99/moYour own isolated Linode host for your projects. Stackable on top of either Managed or BYOK.

You can also subscribe to optional add-ons — currently Custom Domains ($25 or $50/mo) for pointing your own domain names at your projects.

Managed (the default)​

New accounts start here. You don't have to do anything to be on Managed — just create a project and start working.

  • You pay: nothing up-front. AI use is billed per token of your conversations against a balance you top up. See How AI usage is billed.
  • AI keys: Studio's, on the platform.
  • Available models: all of them — Claude, GPT, and DeepSeek.
  • Hosting: projects run on Studio's shared infrastructure.

Best if you're trying Studio out, working on a small site, or just don't want to think about API keys. The minimum top-up is $10, and balances don't expire.

BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys)​

Switch to BYOK if you have your own Anthropic and/or OpenAI API keys and prefer to pay those providers directly.

  • You pay: $20/mo flat to Studio (Stripe subscription), plus whatever your providers charge for the tokens you use. Studio takes no cut of token usage.
  • AI keys: yours, set up in Settings → API Keys. See Using your own API keys (BYOK) for how.
  • Available models: Claude and GPT only. DeepSeek isn't available on BYOK (it has no third-party key slot).
  • Hosting: same shared infrastructure as Managed.

Best if you're a heavier user, already have provider accounts, or want provider invoices instead of a Studio balance.

Dedicated​

Move your projects off shared infrastructure onto a private Linode host that's yours alone.

  • You pay: $99/mo in addition to your AI billing (Managed or BYOK).
  • What it does: when you upgrade, Studio provisions a fresh Linode for you and migrates every one of your existing projects onto it. Each project is briefly unreachable (around 30 seconds) during its own migration. After that, all of your projects — and any new ones you create — live on that dedicated host.
  • Why you might want it: isolated CPU, memory, and network, which is useful for higher-traffic sites or just for predictability under load.

Downgrading from Dedicated migrates your projects back to shared infrastructure (same brief unreachability per project) and ends the $99/mo charge once the dedicated host is decommissioned.

Where plan management lives​

Open Settings in Studio. The Plan section at the top shows your current plan, its renewal date (if any), and cards for upgrading or downgrading to the others.

  • Upgrade opens a Stripe payment flow.
  • Cancel Plan (BYOK) or Downgrade (Dedicated) starts the cancellation. Cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing period — you keep the plan you paid for until then, and aren't charged again afterward.
  • There is no refund or proration for time you don't use.

For add-on subscriptions (Custom Domains), look further down the Settings page under Add-ons.

What about a free trial?​

Studio doesn't have a separate free trial. The Managed plan is itself the no-commitment entry point: $0/mo, no card on file required until you top up your balance to use AI.

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