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RefractSurvey is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Here's exactly what that means once you're running it.

== What you pay us ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Cost
|-
| RefractSurvey license || Paid once, at [https://pixelrefractionstudio.itch.io/refractsurvey purchase]
|-
| Monthly subscription || $0
|-
| Per-seat / per-user fees || $0
|-
| Per-project fees || $0
|-
| Per-survey fees || $0
|-
| Per-response fees || $0
|-
| Update fees || $0 &mdash; every future release is a free download once you've bought in
|}

There's no license key phoning home anywhere, and no feature gets locked behind a higher tier. Everything documented on this wiki is included.

== What you pay someone else ==

Because RefractSurvey is self-hosted, the only ongoing cost is wherever you choose to run it:

* '''A server.''' A small virtual private server is plenty for most teams &mdash; RefractSurvey is plain PHP and MySQL/MariaDB with no background workers, no queue, and no build step to run.
* '''A domain name,''' if you want a friendly URL instead of a bare IP address. Optional.
* '''Nothing else.''' [[RefractSurvey_Automated_Server_Setup|Automated Server Setup]] even requests a free HTTPS certificate from Let's Encrypt for you, so there's no certificate fee either.

== Unlimited, for real ==

There's no metering anywhere in the app:

* '''Unlimited projects''' &mdash; run one game or ten from the same install.
* '''Unlimited surveys''' &mdash; active, closed, or draft, it's all the same.
* '''Unlimited responses''' &mdash; a wildly successful playtest wave doesn't cost you anything extra.
* '''Unlimited users''' &mdash; add your whole team, and every external tester too, without a seat count anywhere.

== See also ==

* [[RefractSurvey_License|License]]
* [[RefractSurvey_Getting_Started|Getting Started]]
* [[RefractSurvey_Automated_Server_Setup|Automated Server Setup]]

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