| 545 | 545 | | anything: a Worker runs, and is billed, only while it answers a request. |
| 546 | 546 | | A preview is deleted when its pull request closes or merges, and after |
| 547 | 547 | | a set number of idle days. Container apps, later, sleep when idle. |
| 548 | | − | - **On by default, off in one click.** Deployments are recommended, not |
| 549 | | − | required: a repository can turn them off, keep only production, or |
| 548 | + | - **Billed to the customer, never free.** The user (2026-10-04): "we |
| 549 | + | should not be giving any of this available for free". Every deployment |
| 550 | + | is metered per workspace (requests, CPU time, deployed apps, stored |
| 551 | + | data), priced at Cloudflare's cost + 20% like agent usage, and drawn |
| 552 | + | from prepaid credit. `FREE_WHILE_BUILDING` and the free model allowance |
| 553 | + | do not cover deployments: a workspace without credit cannot deploy, and |
| 554 | + | turning deployments on says so first. |
| 555 | + | - **Turning them on is a paid plan, the way Cloudflare's is.** "Including |
| 556 | + | things like them even enabling the feature should have that pay like |
| 557 | + | Cloudflare does." Enabling deployments for a workspace starts a monthly |
| 558 | + | fee that includes an allowance of requests, CPU time and deployed apps; |
| 559 | + | usage past it is billed per unit, as Workers for Platforms bills g1t. |
| 560 | + | The fee and allowance are the user's to set. |
| 561 | + | - **Recommended, off in one click.** Because enabling costs money, it is |
| 562 | + | never switched on without the workspace agreeing: new repositories |
| 563 | + | recommend it prominently. A repository can turn it off, keep only production, or |
| 550 | 564 | | deploy somewhere else from its own workflows. Apps built for Cloudflare |
| 551 | 565 | | (Workers, static assets, D1, KV, R2) deploy without configuration. |
| 552 | 566 | | |
