What you’ll find here
Why we bill this way
The flat-rate economics behind every Stackryze product.
Where the dollar goes
A break-even analysis of the Pro plan, including Stripe fees.
Refund mechanics
How automatic pro-rated refunds work under the hood.
Free-tier sustainability
How we keep the free tier free without enshittifying it.
Philosophy
Three rules govern Stackryze billing:- The free tier is the product. If the free tier is bad, no paid tier can save us. We obsess over the free tier first.
- Show the math. Every line on your invoice links to its own deconstruction page. You should never have to take our word for it.
- Easy to leave. One-click cancel, automatic refunds, full data export, no “are you sure” modals. Friction is for adversarial businesses, not for us.
Upcoming in this series
- Why we use Stripe (and don’t roll our own)
- Geographic pricing — should DNS in São Paulo cost the same as DNS in Nuremberg?
- What happens if our bank freezes our account — the legal mechanics