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SST Compute

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sst.dev/docs/console/ · cloud VM · compute/sst · JSON · compare

Free tier	The SST Console is free for workspaces with 350 or fewer active resources a month, with no credit card to start; above that it is USD 0.086 per active resource for the first 2,000 and USD 0.032 beyond. The Console is a dashboard over an app that SST deploys into the customer's own AWS account, so the compute is an AWS bill and the Console contributes no runtime. unit none; metered on wall-clock; free-control-plane
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable
Retention	not applicable
Egress	not stated
Identity	card the card belongs to the AWS account, not to the Console: the record's own limits row reads that "the capacity itself is gated by the AWS account behind it, which needs a card", while the docs state "the Console is completely free to get started and an account can be created without a credit card", with billing details needed only above 350 active resources a month, where production and deployed stages block until they are added. So signing up for the free Console tier takes no card and no hold exists there, and no compute is obtained either, because the Console contributes no runtime; the record does not state what the Console signup asks for — an email or a GitHub account — nor the AWS account's card terms, debit or prepaid acceptance
Limits	write-gated the free tier is a count of 350 active resources a month in the Console, and the capacity itself is gated by the AWS account behind it, which needs a card. source the free tier is a count of 350 active resources a month in the Console, and the capacity itself is gated by the AWS account behind it, which needs a card.
Binding	write-gated the free tier is a count of 350 active resources a month in the Console, and the capacity itself is gated by the AWS account behind it, which needs a card.
Interface	unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed
Tooling	not stated
Composes with	SST is the cheapest way to describe AWS infrastructure in TypeScript and the Console is free at hobby size, but every service it creates bills to AWS; it composes with AWS credits and with nothing else.
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	Names Sst, and sst.dev/pricing returns 404 while sst.dev/docs/console carries the pricing, so the record is written against the docs page. Candidates: (a) SST Ion hosts the app itself; refuted, the Console only supports apps deployed to AWS and the resource count is of AWS resources. (b) The 350-resource tier is a trial; refuted, the free tier is monthly and recurring. Verdict is paid-only because no free runtime exists, even though the tooling fee is zero.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-21

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	sst.dev/docs/console/	'Free Tier: Workspaces with 350 active resources or fewer'; 351 resources in a month bills USD 30.20 at USD 0.086 per resource; the count resets monthly, quoted
2026-10-22	sst.dev/docs/console/	the Console is completely free to get started and an account can be created without a credit card; going over the free tier blocks production and deployed stages until billing details are added, while personal stages stay accessible, quoted
2026-10-22	sst.dev/docs/console/	a resource is what SST creates in your cloud provider and is active if its stage is at least two weeks old and was updated during the month, quoted

More fields (1)

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Unknown or withheld values (9)

$.egress.metered egress-unknown
$.egress.terms not-stated
$.interface interface-unknown
$.per_object_cap.notes process
$.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
$.reliability_note none-observed
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-applicable
$.tooling not-stated