Free Plan Usage Policy
The NEXUS AI Free plan is for testing, development, and evaluation. It is not intended for commercial or production business applications.
What the Free plan is for
The Free plan is for evaluating NEXUS AI before choosing a paid plan, development and testing of an application that is not yet in production, prototypes and proofs of concept, learning the platform, personal projects with no external users, and internal demos.
What the Free plan is not for
The Free plan should not be used for running a commercial product or service that generates revenue, client or agency work delivered to a paying customer, applications with external users who depend on availability, business-critical or production workloads, or spreading one workload across multiple Free accounts to avoid paid limits.
Why it is not sized for production
Free plan limits are the line between an evaluation environment and a production one: one deployment on NEXUS AI managed infrastructure only, no managed databases, no versioned rollback, no custom domains, a "Powered by NEXUS AI" badge on generated Next.js apps, solo use, one AI generation per day, and community support only.
When to upgrade
Move to a paid plan when the application starts making money, takes on real users, or needs a custom domain, rollback, a team, or a support path. Starter adds custom domains and support tickets, Pro adds multi-cloud, rollback, team access, and phone support, Enterprise adds an SLA and deployment into your own cloud account.
Enforcement
NEXUS AI reviews accounts for use clearly outside this policy. When a Free account is running a plainly commercial or production workload, NEXUS AI contacts the owner first and provides a reasonable period to upgrade or move the workload. Data is not deleted and accounts are not suspended under this policy without contact first, except where immediate action is required to stop abuse, illegal content, or a security threat.
App plus database plus worker
A typical NEXUS AI deployment can run a web app, a PostgreSQL database, a Redis queue, and a background worker as one connected service group. The app and worker share the same deployment network, so application code can use internal hostnames such as postgresql and redis instead of hard-coded host ports or external database addresses.
Storage and recovery included
Production apps usually need more than compute. NEXUS AI supports persistent filesystem volumes for apps that write to paths such as /data, S3-compatible buckets for uploads and generated files, database backups, in-place restore, and restore into another compatible service in the same organization.
One workflow across interfaces
The same stack can be managed from the dashboard, CLI, REST API, or MCP tools. Developers can deploy from GitHub, add database services, attach storage, run workers, scale replicas, inspect logs, create backups, and recover data without switching between cloud consoles and hand-built scripts.
Frequently asked questions
Can I run a commercial app on the NEXUS AI Free plan?
No. The Free plan is for testing, development, and evaluation. Applications that generate revenue, serve paying customers, or that a business depends on staying online must run on a paid plan.
What happens if a Free account is used for a production business app?
NEXUS AI contacts the account owner and provides a reasonable period to upgrade to a paid plan or move the workload. Data is not deleted and the account is not suspended without contact first, unless immediate action is required to stop abuse or a security threat.
What can I use the Free plan for?
Evaluating NEXUS AI before choosing a paid plan, developing and testing an application before it goes to production, prototypes and proofs of concept, learning the platform, and personal projects with no external users depending on them.
What does NEXUS AI deploy?
NEXUS AI deploys full-stack applications from prompts, Git repositories, local source folders, and container images. Deployments can include app containers, PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, worker sidecars, persistent volumes, S3-compatible buckets, custom domains, logs, health checks, database backups, restore workflows, scaling, and rollback.
Do I need to write Docker or Kubernetes configuration?
No. NEXUS AI detects common frameworks, builds a production container, provisions runtime resources, configures service networking, injects database and storage environment variables, and exposes a CLI, dashboard, REST API, and MCP tools for lifecycle operations.
Can NEXUS AI run databases and background workers?
Yes. Docker deployments can include PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, worker sidecars, persistent volumes, S3-compatible buckets, and database backup and restore workflows. Workers attach to the same service network as the app, so queue processors can reach Redis, Postgres, and other attached services by internal hostname.
About NEXUS AI
NEXUS AI is an agentic AI app builder and full-stack deployment platform. Explore the AI App Builder, learn more on the About page, read the documentation, or contact the team through nexusai.run/contact.
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