# Model storage

> Models you upload or copy from gated and private Hugging Face repos are free up to your plan's amount (10 GB on Pay as you go), then $0.05 per GB a month.

Source: https://bitsrun.com/docs/billing/storage/
Updated: 2026-11-11

Some models live in your own private storage at BitsRun. Storage is free up to your plan's amount, then costs a few cents per gigabyte each month.

## What counts

| Model | Stored in your account? |
|---|---|
| An Ollama name, such as `qwen3:8b` | No, free to keep |
| A public Hugging Face repo, such as `hf:Qwen/Qwen3-8B` | No, free to keep |
| A gated or private Hugging Face repo (needs your token) | Yes, copied on the first deploy |
| A file in a folder or with an unusual name on Hugging Face | Yes, copied on the first deploy |
| Your own upload (`.gguf` file or safetensors folder) | Yes |

A gated repo is one whose author asks you to accept their terms first, such as Llama or Gemma. See [Gated and private repos](https://bitsrun.com/docs/models/gated-repos/) and [Upload your own model](https://bitsrun.com/docs/models/uploads/).

## What it costs

| Plan | Free | Most you can store |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | 10 GB | 500 GB |
| Pro | 200 GB | 2 TB |
| Business | 1 TB | 10 TB |

Above the free amount, storage costs **$0.05 per GB a month**. It is charged once a day, on what you store at the end of each day (UTC), as a thirtieth of the monthly price.

**Example.** On Pay as you go you store a 16 GB fine-tune and a 5 GB quant: 21 GB in total, 11 GB above the free 10 GB.

```text
11 GB x $0.05 = $0.55 a month, about $0.018 a day
```

## See what you store

- **Dashboard:** the **Uploads** list on the Endpoints page shows each stored model and its size. **Usage** shows storage charges under **Model storage**.
- **Terminal:** `bitsrun uploads` lists your uploads; `bitsrun whoami` shows your plan.
- **Mobile apps (coming soon):** **Account** shows **Model storage** and how much your plan includes.

## Free up space

Delete a stored model you no longer use:

```bash
bitsrun uploads rm <upload> --yes
```

A model that an endpoint still uses cannot be deleted (`409 upload_in_use`). Delete that endpoint first.

## If your balance goes below $0

Storing models needs a positive balance. Below $0, we keep your stored models for 7 days and email you on the first day and again 2 days before the date. After 7 days, the stored models and the endpoints that use them are deleted. Adding credit that brings your balance back to $0 or more stops this.

## What can go wrong

- **`409 storage_quota_reached`**: this model would go past your plan's most storage. Delete a model you no longer use, or move to a bigger plan.
- **`402 credit_required`**: add credit before uploading or copying a model.
- **`409 upload_in_use`**: an endpoint still serves this upload. Delete the endpoint first.