Posit Cloud
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Plans and prices
From Posit Cloud's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Free | Free | 25 projects · 25 compute hours per month · 1 GB RAM · 1 CPU · 1-hour max execution · 3 concurrent projects · no online support · $0 / forever |
| Cloud Student | $5 a month | For qualifying students · 75 compute hours · 1 GB RAM · 1 CPU · 1-hour max execution · no online support · $5/mo |
| Cloud Instructor | $15 a month | 300 compute hours · 16 GB RAM · 4 CPUs · 48-hour max execution · online support · $15/mo |
| Cloud Basic | $25 a month | 150 compute hours · 8 GB RAM · 2 CPUs · 24-hour max execution · online support · $25/mo |
| Cloud Standard | $75 a month | 500 compute hours · 32 GB RAM · 8 CPUs · 96-hour max execution · online support · SSO via SAML for organizations / teams · $75/mo |
The facts
Each one read from Posit Cloud's own pages, with the date it was checked.
The company
- Company
- Posit Software, PBC says RStudio, now Posit, was founded in 2009.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2009checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts, United Stateschecked 19 Oct 2026
What it does
- Compute range
- Plans scale from 1 GB RAM and 1 CPU to 32 GB RAM and 8 CPUs.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- nonechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Full-stack runtime
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The plans page lists data connections and shared spaces, and Posit Cloud documentation describes connecting to external databases.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Languages and tools
- Users can code with RStudio, JupyterLab, and VS Code in Posit Cloud.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Private projects
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Project environments
- Projects run in isolated containers with their own compute, storage, and packages.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Project limit
- 25checked 22 Sep 2026
- Publishing
- Users can publish Shiny apps and reports to Connect Cloud.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Posit Cloud provides browser-based data science projects for learning, teaching, and collaboration.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Runtime languages
- 2checked 22 Sep 2026
- Security
- Posit says communications with Posit Cloud Services use HTTPS and data at rest is encrypted.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Setup
- Projects start in the browser without local installation or environment configuration, and work saves automatically.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- Users can organize work in shared spaces with role-based access, project templates, and shared data connections.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Sharing controls
- access_controlchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Storage limits
- Each project is allocated up to 20 GB for files, data, and packages, and an individual uploaded file can be up to 500 MB.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- Online support is included with Basic, Standard, and Instructor plans; Free and Student do not include it.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Teaching
- Instructors can create project templates as assignments so each student receives a copy with a consistent environment.checked 2 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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