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moltworker: a reported $81 monthly bill, not the expected $5.
Ahmet Alp Balkan (@ahmetb) reports an $81 monthly bill after running moltworker, compared with a $5/month expectation from the repository. Mike Nomitch identifies himself as the Containers PM and invites Ahmet to DM with details.
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- 2026-03-03 05:04 UTC
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In his reply, Mike Nomitch identifies himself as the Containers PM and invites Ahmet to DM with details.
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Monthly bill exceeds the expectation
Read on 𝕏The author reports an $81 monthly bill after running the project for a month, compared with a $5/month expectation.
ahmet alp balkan
@ahmetb · Original 𝕏 post
cloudflare advertised their hosted moltworker as $5/mo in their repo. so I left it running for a month, and got $81 monthly bill, because apparently they bill for execution time. pic.twitter.com/GLAuRSiRpS
Author describes pricing-document changes
Read on 𝕏The author says a later commit added a container-time price estimate and reduced Worker size.
ahmet alp balkan
@ahmetb · Original 𝕏 post
they added a price estimate release for the container time + reduced worker size in a later commit https://t.co/xMhTAGHU2c but that was definitely not there when most people created their moltworkers. :/@elithrar @dok2001 pls do better next time team
Self-identified Containers PM offers help
Read on 𝕏Mike Nomitch identifies himself as the Containers PM and asks Ahmet to DM with details.
Mike Nomitch
@MikeNomitch · Original 𝕏 post
Hey @ahmetb - PM on Containers here - Please DM me with your details and we can get this sorted out. If anybody else was in a similar situation and pricing was unclear, please let me know as well.
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