# Plans and limits

> Self-hosting is free and unlimited. On the managed backend, what Free includes, what Team adds, and what a lapsed plan does.

Source: https://baalda.com/docs/plans
Site: Baalda, https://baalda.com

Running the server yourself is free and unlimited. With billing left unconfigured there is no upgrade interface and no free-tier cap of any kind. The figures below are the managed backend.

## Free

- 2 people per account and 1 synced vault.
- Unlimited notes and embedded attachments.
- Real-time collaboration with live cursors.
- The MCP endpoint for your AI tools.
- Offline work, with your files on your own disk.

## Team

$10 per seat per month, or $110 per seat per year, with a minimum of three seats. Seats are managed in Account Settings, Plan and Usage, and one account covers every vault you own.

- Everything in Free, with unlimited people, one seat each.
- Unlimited synced vaults on one account.
- Standalone file sync across devices, on top of the embedded attachments Free already syncs.
- Priority support.

## If a plan lapses

The account syncs read-only. Your local files stay fully editable, because they are files on your disk and nothing about them depends on a subscription.

## Self-hosted limits

There are none unless you create them. If you do turn billing on, `BILLING_MODEL` chooses between per-vault plans and per-seat Team, and the prices, the seat minimum and the free-tier caps are all environment variables.

- [Deploy the server](/docs/deploy): Run it yourself, with no billing and no caps.