# Terraform Cloud Free up to 500 resources a month

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-cloud-free-up-to-500-resources-a-month/53891>\
**Category:** HCP Terraform\
**Created:** [May 17, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-cloud-free-up-to-500-resources-a-month/53891 "2023-05-17T16:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mbeck](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/mbeck)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-cloud-free-up-to-500-resources-a-month/53891/1 "2023-05-17T16:23:50Z")

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Hello,

Was looking for information on how TFC free edition calculates a resource. Is it based on actual objects in the cloud you build, or by the “name” field in the resource block ect?

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**Author:** ![CraigW](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/craigw/32/23448_2.png) [@CraigW](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/CraigW)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-cloud-free-up-to-500-resources-a-month/53891/2 "2023-05-17T21:26:23Z")

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Hi @mbeck, I think this is the answer you are looking for:

You can find details on Terraform pricing, including the new approach to TFC, here: [HashiCorp Terraform: Enterprise Pricing, Packages & Features](https://www.hashicorp.com/products/terraform/pricing)

For specific info on the new approach to billing managed resources, here are some details from our pricing page:

- "Managed Resource” means a Resource in a Terraform Cloud managed state file starting from the first time a terraform plan or terraform apply run is performed on the resource, and/or the resource is provisioned, and where mode = “managed” in the state file. “Null Resources” and “terraform\_data” are excluded from the Managed Resource.
- Each “Managed Resource” is charged on a per-hour basis, from the time a Managed Resource is provisioned until it is destroyed. Each partial hour is billed as a full hour.
- For Terraform Cloud Standard Edition, the first 500 managed resources are free every month.

Thanks,  
Craig