Choosing the Right Discord Bot Plan: Basic to Elite Explained
A plain guide to Kerit Cloud's Discord bot plans — what each tier is for, which workloads fit where, and the signals that tell you it's time to upgrade.
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Choosing a hosting plan is easier when you know what your bot actually does with resources. This guide walks through each Kerit Cloud Discord bot tier, maps common bot types to them, and explains how to tell when you’ve outgrown a plan.
Every tier runs on AMD EPYC processors with NVMe storage, Layer 7 DDoS protection, zero sleep mode, automatic restarts and a sub-18 ms Discord WebSocket latency target. The differences are resources, backups, support and a few extras.
The plans at a glance
| Plan | Monthly (USD) | RAM | CPU | NVMe | Backups | Uptime target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 256 MB | 30% | 2 GB | — | 99.9% |
| Basic | $0.67 | 512 MB | 75% | 5 GB | 2 | 99.9% |
| Pro | $1.12 | 1 GB | 100% | 10 GB | 3 | 99.9% |
| Extreme | $2.15 | 3 GB | 200% | 20 GB | 5 | 99.9% |
| Ultimate | $3.95 | 6 GB | 300% | 30 GB | 10 | 99.9% |
| Supreme | $5.65 | 8 GB | 400% | 50 GB | 20 | 99.99% |
| Elite | $11.33 | 12 GB | 600% | 80 GB | Unlimited | 99.99% |
CPU is expressed as a share of one core: 100% is a full core, 200% is two. Prices are also shown in INR on the plans page, and yearly billing gives you two months free.
Tier by tier
Free — for testing and small private bots
256 MB of RAM and 30% of an EPYC core is enough for a single-purpose bot in a handful of servers. Measured moderation and utility bots idle around 95–110 MB. It includes a shared MySQL database and runs 24/7 with no sleep mode. The free tier is best-effort and isn’t covered by SLA credits, so move to a paid plan once people depend on your bot. See what fits in 256 MB.
Basic — small community bots
Double the memory, more than double the CPU, 5 GB of storage and two backups. Basic suits private utility bots and small public bots that have outgrown the free tier’s limits — for example, a bot that now has a database, logs and a few dozen servers.
Pro — the default for most public bots
1 GB of RAM and a full core handle the typical public moderation or utility bot with a database comfortably. Pro adds priority support and three backups. If you’re not sure where to start with a paid plan, start here.
Extreme — busy bots and music bots
3 GB and two cores cover bots that serve many servers at once, economy bots with heavy database use, and music bots. For music, pair the bot with a separate Lavalink node rather than decoding audio in-process — see running a music bot.
Ultimate — serious headroom
6 GB, three cores, 30 GB of storage, ten backups and 24/7 premium support. This is the tier for large bots, early sharding, dashboard-connected bots and AI bots with moderate memory needs.
Supreme — dedicated IP and 99.99%
8 GB and four cores, plus two features that matter to larger operations: a dedicated IP address and a 99.99% uptime target. A dedicated IP helps when your bot calls third-party APIs that allow-list IPs, or when you don’t want to share outbound reputation.
Elite — maximum resources
12 GB, six cores, 80 GB of storage, unlimited backups and elite support. Elite is for large sharded bots and AI bots with heavy memory and request bursts. Beyond Elite, the team builds custom setups — custom RAM, dedicated account management and unlisted regions.
Matching workloads to plans
| Workload | Recommended range | What matters most |
|---|---|---|
| Small private utility bot | Free–Basic | Price, auto restart, logs |
| Public moderation bot | Pro–Extreme | Gateway uptime, fast commands |
| Ticket bot | Pro–Ultimate | Persistent data, transcripts, backups |
| Economy bot | Extreme–Ultimate | Database, cooldowns, cache |
| Dashboard-connected bot | Ultimate–Supreme | Network quality, dedicated IP |
| Music bot | Extreme+ with Lavalink | Separate audio node |
| AI bot | Supreme–Elite | Memory, API bursts |
| Large sharded bot | Elite or custom | CPU headroom, dedicated IP |
Signals it’s time to upgrade
Don’t upgrade on a hunch — upgrade when the numbers tell you to. Watch your panel’s graphs for these signs:
- Memory above ~70% at steady state. Spikes during startup or bursts will eventually hit the limit and the process will be killed. Trim caches first (here’s how), then upgrade if you’re still close.
- CPU pinned at the plan limit. Commands slow down, and heartbeats can be delayed. A tier with a bigger CPU share helps more than extra RAM here.
- Storage filling up. Logs, SQLite databases and transcripts grow. Rotate logs before paying for disk, but if data is genuinely growing, move up.
- Repeated restarts in the console with no code error — often an out-of-memory kill.
- Your bot matters to people. When downtime costs you users, the SLA-backed paid tiers and more frequent backups are worth it on their own.
Upgrading and downgrading
Plan changes happen from the panel with no downtime. Your server resizes in place, and files, database and environment variables all stay. Billing is prorated, so you only pay for what you use. That makes it safe to start small: pick the tier that fits today, and move up the day your graphs say so.
If you need something between tiers or beyond Elite — more RAM with modest CPU, or a region that isn’t listed — contact the team for a custom quote.
A note on payments and refunds
Paid plans accept UPI, PayPal, cryptocurrency and major cards, and every paid plan has a 3-day money-back guarantee. There are no setup fees. You can try the free tier indefinitely before paying anything, which is the most reliable way to measure what your bot needs.
Quick decision guide
- Just starting or testing? Free.
- Public bot, fewer than ~50 servers, small database? Basic or Pro.
- Public bot with real traffic? Pro.
- Music, economy or lots of servers? Extreme.
- Large, sharding, or dashboard-backed? Ultimate or Supreme.
- Very large or AI-heavy? Elite, or talk to sales.
Summary
Every Kerit Cloud Discord bot plan runs on the same EPYC hardware with DDoS protection and no sleep mode; the tiers differ in RAM, CPU, storage, backups, support and — from Supreme up — a dedicated IP and 99.99% target. Start with the smallest plan that fits your measured usage, upgrade in place when memory or CPU stays high, and use the free tier to find out what your bot really needs.