From 4fcc7aaec7f920ee8076ed05101e3a2abf545ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stacey Salamon <111294980+staceysalamon-aiven@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:39:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update(platform): trial limitations (#27) Signed-off-by: Stacey Salamon <111294980+staceysalamon-aiven@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/platform/concepts/free-trial.md | 36 +++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/platform/concepts/free-trial.md b/docs/platform/concepts/free-trial.md index f39efbb6..73e57290 100644 --- a/docs/platform/concepts/free-trial.md +++ b/docs/platform/concepts/free-trial.md @@ -2,17 +2,12 @@ title: 30-day trials --- -Aiven offers a free trial for 30 days to explore the platform, including the [Aiven Console](https://console.aiven.io/), [API](/docs/tools/api), [CLI](/docs/tools/cli), [Aiven Terraform provider](/docs/tools/terraform), and [Aiven Operator for Kubernetes](/docs/tools/kubernetes), and the [Aiven services](https://docs.aiven.io/). You don't need a credit card to sign up. - -If you create services on the -[free plan](/docs/platform/concepts/free-plan), they will continue to run alongside your free 30-day trial -without affecting your trial credits. Free plan services also continue -running after the trial has expired. +Aiven offers a free trial for 30 days to explore the platform - including the [Aiven Console](/docs/tools/aiven-console), [API](/docs/tools/api), [CLI](/docs/tools/cli), [Aiven Terraform provider](/docs/tools/terraform), and [Aiven Operator for Kubernetes](/docs/tools/kubernetes) - and the [Aiven services](/docs/products/services). You don't need a credit card to sign up. ## Trial features and limitations -The trial credits can be used for any paid services and plan sizes as -well functionality like virtual private cloud peering. +Trial credits can be used for any paid services and plan sizes in any project. They can +also be used for paid features like virtual private cloud peering. Trials include: @@ -20,22 +15,19 @@ Trials include: - 1 [Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)](/docs/platform/howto/manage-vpc-peering) - Up to 10 VPC peering connections -There are some limitations: +If you create services on the [free plan](/docs/platform/concepts/free-plan), they will +continue to run alongside your free 30-day trial without affecting your trial credits. +Free plan services also continue running after the trial has expired. +There are some limitations: -- You can only have one trial -- Trials can only be started in your default project, which is created - when you sign up -- Trial credits cannot be transferred to another project -- You can't create new services if your remaining credits would be - spent too quickly - +- You can only have one trial. +- Trial credits are added to a single + [billing group](/docs/platform/concepts/billing-groups). You cannot transfer them to + another billing group. +- You can't create new services if your remaining credits would be spent too quickly. -## Add a payment card - -To keep your services running after the trial period, -[add a payment card](/docs/platform/howto/manage-payment-card). Without a payment card, services are automatically powered -down after credits run out, but they can be powered on again after a -card is added. +Services are automatically powered down after the trial ends or your credits run out. To +keep your services running, [add a payment card](/docs/platform/howto/manage-payment-card).