What does Charyl cost?

Self-hosting Charyl — running her yourself, on your own Linux server — is free, and stays that way. During the current testing period the images are private, so self-hosters ask us for access first; at release they become public.

If you’d rather not run the software yourself, Charyl Cloud is the subscription that bundles the AI behind Charyl, product research, automatic encrypted backups, remote access through the relay, mobile push, and updates, so you never have to think about any of those pieces separately. Its price hasn’t been announced yet — we’re pre-launch, and pricing will be set and published at launch, not before. When it is, the plan is for cost to scale with how much you actually use Charyl, not with which of her abilities you can reach — everyone gets the same Charyl, at every level.

There’s no free tier of Charyl Cloud itself; the free path is self-hosting. And there’s no such thing as an unmetered plan — usage always has some shape to it, even if we haven’t published the details yet.

If you’re a builder, the arrangement is different: homes typically come with a bundled period of Charyl Cloud included at closing. See what the homebuyer gets at closing for that path.

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