name: TinaCMS FinOps
description: Financial operations guidance for managing TinaCloud costs, optimizing spend across plan tiers, and understanding the cost model for TinaCMS deployments.
url: https://tina.io/pricing

cost_model:
  type: seat_based
  billing_periods:
    - monthly
    - annual
  annual_discount: true
  notes:
    - Annual billing saves approximately 20% compared to monthly billing.
    - Additional seats can be purchased per user above the base plan allocation.
    - The Free plan is truly free forever with no credit card required.
    - Self-hosted TinaCMS deployments avoid TinaCloud subscription costs but require infrastructure.

optimization:
  - tip: Use the Free plan for personal projects or proof-of-concept deployments (up to 2 users).
  - tip: Choose annual billing on Team, Team Plus, or Business plans to save approximately 20%.
  - tip: Self-hosting TinaCMS eliminates TinaCloud subscription costs; you only pay for your own hosting infrastructure (e.g., Vercel, Netlify, or custom server).
  - tip: Use the open-source self-hosted path with MongoDB or Redis adapters to avoid per-seat costs at scale.
  - tip: Audit user seat count regularly; remove inactive users to stay within your plan tier and avoid overage charges on additional seats.
  - tip: The Business plan at $2,990/year supports up to 20 base users with unlimited additional seats at $180/year per user, making it cost-effective for large teams vs. per-user SaaS alternatives.

plans_cost_summary:
  - name: Free
    monthly_cost: 0
    annual_cost: 0
    base_users: 2

  - name: Team
    monthly_cost: 24
    annual_cost: 290
    base_users: 3
    max_users: 10
    additional_user_annual: 90

  - name: Team Plus
    monthly_cost: 41
    annual_cost: 490
    base_users: 5
    max_users: 20
    additional_user_annual: 150

  - name: Business
    monthly_cost: 249
    annual_cost: 2990
    base_users: 20
    max_users: unlimited
    additional_user_annual: 180

  - name: Enterprise
    monthly_cost: custom
    annual_cost: custom
    base_users: custom
    max_users: unlimited
    additional_user_annual: custom

self_hosting:
  description: TinaCMS is fully open-source and can be self-hosted to eliminate TinaCloud subscription fees.
  backend_options:
    - Vercel serverless functions
    - Netlify functions
    - Custom Node.js server
  database_adapters:
    - Vercel KV
    - MongoDB
    - Custom adapters
  auth_providers:
    - Auth.js
    - Clerk
    - Custom implementations
  cost_factors:
    - Hosting compute (Vercel, Netlify, AWS, etc.)
    - Database storage (MongoDB Atlas, Vercel KV, etc.)
    - Media storage (Cloudinary, AWS S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, or repo-based)