Base Pricing

Fees are calculated based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), not Korean Standard Time (KST, UTC+9).
For example, the fee for May 1st (UTC) that can be checked in the console is calculated based on usage from 09:00 May 1st to 08:59 May 2nd (KST) when converted to Korean time.

Yes. The previous pricing plan has been discontinued and changed to a pay-as-you-go pricing plan from September 2022.
The criteria for the changed pricing plan are as follows:

Released games (based on store information registration) - Basic plan applied
Unreleased games - Development mode applied

Yes, it is possible.
You only pay for the features you use with the pay-as-you-go pricing.

If you are new to BACKND, you can estimate the cost through the price calculator.
If you are already using BACKND, you can check your usage through the current fee view in the console.

BACKND provides development mode for smooth development support.
To prevent excessive fees due to development errors, most features are suspended when free usage is exceeded.
At this time, only features that exceed free usage are suspended, but this may cause other unsuspended features to not function properly.

Free usage is recharged on the 1st of the next month and can be used again.
If there are features suspended due to exceeding free usage, you can immediately release them by switching to the Basic plan and use them normally.

For push, BACKND function, and DB features, the functions are not suspended even when free usage is exhausted, and fees are charged for the excess amount.
If fees are incurred, console functions cannot be used until payment information is entered.
When payment information is entered, console usage restrictions are lifted and normal use is possible.
Incurred fees are billed the following month.

Pay-as-you-go pricing and SDK updates are applied independently.
You can continue to use the service with lower version SDKs.

We provide a budget notification feature for cost management.
When the specified budget amount is exceeded, notifications are sent via email and SMS.

Base features: In development mode, each feature is provided with a monthly free usage limit. Features that have exhausted their usage cannot be used for the rest of the month, but can be used again the next month.

In the Basic plan, you can continue to use features even when the monthly free usage is exceeded, and you will be charged for the excess usage.

BACKND Chat, BACKND Match: In development mode, each feature is provided with a monthly free usage limit.
Features that have exhausted their usage cannot be used for the rest of the month, but can be used again the next month.

No. Partial switching is not possible.
When switching a project from development mode to Basic plan, all features are switched to Basic plan.
BACKND Chat and BACKND Match can selectively use the Business plan from the new version.

BACKND Chat and BACKND Match will have pay-as-you-go pricing applied after the new version release.
The old version will be provided free of charge for 1 year after the new version release, but updates and support will be discontinued.

When you upgrade your project from development mode to Basic plan, pay-as-you-go pricing is applied from the point where you exceed the existing free usage limit, and fees are charged monthly.
For example, the 'Operation Management' feature in the Basic plan provides 50,000 free calls per month, and charges USD 0.000018 per call from the 50,001st call.
If the 'Operation Management' feature was called 60,000 times in a month? The fee is only charged for the 10,000 calls that exceeded the free usage of 50,000 calls, calculated as 10,000 calls x USD 0.000018 = USD 0.18.
* Projects in development mode also provide free usage similar to the Basic plan, but can only test features within that range. That is, when the given free usage is exhausted, you can no longer call the features.

Yes, it is possible.
BACKND Chat and BACKND Match can selectively use the Business plan for desired features.
By choosing the Business plan, you can use more powerful features.

No. Once you start using the Basic plan, you cannot switch back to development mode.
If you want to prevent further fees from being incurred, you must proceed with project deletion or other processing.

It enables stable and powerful service provision through the customer's independent server.
Customized service is provided by selecting server specifications suitable for the project situation.
For detailed information about the Enterprise plan, consultation is available through the Contact Us page.

Cloud Save only checks the number of calls without processing data, so no data read/write fees are incurred.

Read operations occur when checking or retrieving data.
Write operations occur when creating, modifying, or deleting data. (When deleting, write operations occur for the number of deletions.)
Regardless of data size, it is considered as 1 call per operation.