generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/overview/faq/billing
docs:
- https://lightning.ai/pricing/
- https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/overview/faq/billing
note: >-
  Plan names, storage ceilings, credit mechanics and rate ceilings are published
  verbatim in the billing FAQ and the Model APIs page. Per-GPU hourly rates live
  on the pricing page, which is a client-rendered single-page app and could not
  be captured as text; the pricing URL is recorded instead of guessing rates.
currency: USD
credit_model:
  unit: Lightning credit
  conversion: 1 Lightning credit = 1 USD
  billed:
  - activity: Running machines (Studios or Jobs)
    granularity: per second
    note: Only for machines not marked as Free
  - activity: Drive storage above 10 GB
    granularity: billed daily
    rate: $0.10 / GB / month
  expiry: Purchased credits expire after 1 year
  free_credits:
    description: Eligible free-plan users receive promotional credits usable for
      compute, inference and storage
    conditions:
    - Promotional, non-transferable, do not accumulate
    - Lightning may change or limit grants, eligibility, usage rules or expiration
      at any time
plans:
- name: Free
  storage_limit: 50 GB
  free_storage: 10 GB
  included_credits: null
  model_api_requests_per_minute: 15
  model_api_tokens_per_minute: 120000
  includes:
  - One free 4-CPU Studio
  - First 10 GB of Drive storage free
  - 30 million free Model API tokens per month
- name: Pro
  storage_limit: 200 GB
  free_storage: 10 GB
  included_credits: 40 credits per month
  model_api_requests_per_minute: 20
  model_api_tokens_per_minute: 120000
  includes:
  - 40 monthly credits (expire after 1 year; renewal adds another 40)
  - Access to more powerful GPUs
- name: Teams
  storage_limit: 2 TB
  free_storage: 10 GB
  model_api_requests_per_minute: 30
  model_api_tokens_per_minute: 150000
- name: Enterprise
  storage_limit: Unlimited
  free_storage: 10 GB
  model_api_requests_per_minute: 300
  model_api_tokens_per_minute: Unlimited
  includes:
  - Bring your own cloud (VPC) deployment
  - Data residency controls
support:
  billing: support@lightning.ai
  sales: sales@lightning.ai