Overview
At sCloud, we believe in empowering developers with generous free tiers to build and scale their projects. Our Free Plan for the CDN is designed to be accessible, offering “unlimited” GET requests and substantial storage allowances. However, to ensure the stability, performance, and availability of our platform for all users, this Fair Use Policy (FUP) applies to all accounts, particularly those on the Free Plan.What Constitutes “Fair Use”?
While we do not impose hard caps on CDN traffic (GET requests) for our Free Plan, “unlimited” is not equivalent to “infinite”. We monitor usage patterns to identify activity that negatively impacts our infrastructure or other users.Prohibited Activities
The following behaviors are considered violations of our Fair Use Policy:- Excessive Request Rates: Sustaining request rates that resemble Denial of Service (DoS) attacks (e.g., millions of requests per second) or otherwise overwhelming our edge nodes.
- Abnormal Traffic Spikes: Consistent, unexplained spikes in traffic that are disproportionate to typical web or application usage.
- Storage Abuse: Utilizing the free storage allowance for purposes other than content delivery (e.g., as a cold storage backup without valid retrieval traffic) or consistently exceeding allocated quotas without upgrading.
Enforcement Actions
If your usage is determined to be in violation of this policy or exceeds what we consider reasonable for a free tier:- Notification: We will attempt to contact you to discuss your usage and potential solutions.
- Upgrade Request: We may ask you to upgrade to a Pro or Business plan that is better suited for high-volume or enterprise-scale traffic.
- Usage Throttling: In cases where platform stability is at risk, we may temporarily limit your request rate or bandwidth.
- Suspension: Extreme cases of abuse may result in account suspension to protect our network.
Our goal is to support your growth. We only enforce this policy to prevent abuse and ensure a high-quality experience for the entire community.