Replit Insane Pricing

I've been using Replit for the past two years, and at first, it was awesome! Back then, before deployments were a thing, you could create a simple script to keep your Replit running 24/7, and almost everything was practically free. Sure, there were still paid features, but it was usable. I even bought the Core plan because I used Replit so much—it worked well for the price at the time.

But now? It feels like I'm paying for nothing. I thought being a Core member would give me access to most things for free, even with some limitations. But no. I don't even get AI for free anymore—like, what’s the point of paying for Core if I have to pay extra for every little thing? It’s exhausting.

And don’t even get me started on the database pricing. It used to be $1 a day, which was already pushing it, but now it’s $0.16 per compute hour. That might not sound like much at first, but if you’re running a 24/7 deployment with logs, it balloons to an insane $256 a month! That’s not even including storage costs, which are $0.36 per 0.2 GB. Seriously, 36 cents for every 200 MB? That’s wild.

AND CAN YOU BELIEVE OUR ALLOWANCE FOR CORE USED TO BE 10$ IT BARELY COVERED A DEPLOYMENT AND NOT TO MENTION HOW OVERPRICED THE DEPLOYMENTS ARE 12 DOLARS A MONTH FOR 0.28 CPU AND 1 GB OR RAM?????

It’s like Replit is charging us for every little thing. Half the time I spend on the platform isn’t even coding anymore—it’s just me sitting there, calculating my expenses to make sure I don’t accidentally rack up a bill I can’t pay. The freedom and accessibility that made Replit so great are gone, replaced by a constant money grind. It’s ridiculous!