Billing & plans

Krexel has two products on one pricing page:

• The CLI — open source, MIT-licensed, free forever
• The hosted product — paid plans, starting at $10/month

The CLI is what you install with npm install -g krexel. It deploys to a free yourname.krexel.app subdomain and never asks for a credit card.

The hosted product is what you sign up for at krexel.com. It adds custom domains, conversational editing (so your AI can patch your live site), a dashboard, and team features.

The pricing table

All prices in USD. Annual plans get 20% off (pay yearly, save 2 months).

What each plan is best for

Open Source — the CLI

Best for: Solo developers, open source contributors, anyone trying out Krexel.

• MIT-licensed. Inspect, modify, self-host.
• Deploys to yourname.krexel.app subdomain only.
• No signup required. No credit card.
• Full CLI access. Patch deploys work.

This is the same code that runs the paid product. You can read every line.

Builder — $10/month

Best for: Solo founders, indie hackers, designers shipping their portfolio.

• 100 deploys per month
• 3 custom domains
• Conversational editing (your AI can patch your live site)
• Email support (24-hour response)

This is the default tier. Most paid users live here.

Pro — $25/month

Best for: Freelancers, small teams, anyone shipping client work.

• 500 deploys per month
• 10 custom domains
• 3 team seats (you + 2 others)
• Email support (4-hour response)

When you start shipping sites for clients or want to share access with collaborators.

Studio — $50/month

Best for: Agencies, multi-site owners, anyone running more than 5 projects.

• 2,000 deploys per month
• Unlimited custom domains
• Unlimited team seats
• Priority support (1-hour response)

The agency play. If you're billing clients, this tier pays for itself.

How charges work

• Charged monthly on the date you signed up. Example: sign up on July 8, next charge is August 8.
• Annual plans charged upfront for the full year, 20% discount.
• Pro-rated upgrades — switch from Builder to Pro mid-month and you only pay the difference for the remaining days.
• No refunds for partial months — but we'll work with you if something goes wrong.

How deploys count

A full deploy counts as 1.0 against your quota.

A patch deploy counts as 0.1. Patches are when your AI modifies a single file in your live site (e.g. "change the headline to X"). Ten patches = one full deploy.

Reads (browsing your site, fetching files, checking status) don't count.

Failed deploys don't count.

Deploys over quota — your site stays live, but new deploys are throttled to 1 per hour until you upgrade or the month rolls over. We don't hide your site.

How to upgrade

From the dashboard:

1. Go to krexel.com/billing
2. Click Change plan
3. Select the new plan
4. Confirm with your saved payment method

Or via the CLI:

krexel billing upgrade pro

How to downgrade

Same flow. Downgrades take effect at the end of your current billing cycle. You're not downgraded mid-month (and not charged again).

If you downgrade below your current usage (e.g. you have 7 domains and downgrade to Builder's 3), you'll need to remove 4 domains first.

How to cancel

From the dashboard → Billing → Cancel subscription. Your site stays live until the end of the current billing cycle. After that, the site goes into read-only mode (visible but can't deploy new changes) for 30 days, then it's archived.

You can re-activate anytime in those 30 days by re-subscribing.

Payment methods

• Credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover)
• Debit card
• Apple Pay / Google Pay (where supported by Stripe)
• Not yet: bank transfers, PayPal, crypto

All payments processed by Stripe. We never see your card number.

Invoices

Every charge generates an invoice. Find past invoices in the dashboard:

Billing → Invoice history → Download PDF

Invoices include your tax ID if you've added one to your account (Settings → Tax details).

Failed payments

If a payment fails:

1. We retry up to 3 times over 7 days
2. Email you each retry
3. If all 3 fail, your account is marked "past due"
4. Past-due accounts can still deploy but lose access to Pro/Studio features
5. After 30 days past due, account is archived

Update your card in Billing → Payment method.

Tax

• US customers: sales tax calculated based on your state
• EU customers: VAT calculated based on your country (reverse charge for valid VAT IDs)
• UK customers: 20% VAT included
• Other: local taxes may apply per your country's rules

We use Stripe Tax for calculation. Your invoice shows the breakdown.

Refund policy

• 30-day money-back guarantee on your first subscription. No questions asked.
• Annual plans: prorated refund if you cancel within 30 days.
• Service outages: if Krexel is down for more than 4 hours in a month, we issue automatic credits.

Email support@krexel.com to request a refund.

Discounts

• Students: 50% off with a .edu email. Apply through the dashboard.
• Open source maintainers: Free Pro for projects with 1000+ GitHub stars. Apply by email.
• Nonprofits: 50% off Builder. Email for details.

What if I just want to try it?

The CLI is free forever. No credit card needed. Install it, deploy a folder, see if Krexel fits your workflow.

If you decide you want custom domains or conversational editing, that's when you sign up for the hosted product.

Next steps

• Install the CLI — start free
• Install the MCP server — connect your AI
• Connect a custom domain — once you're ready to ship to your own domain

Questions?

Email support@krexel.com. We answer within 24 hours on weekdays.