# Plans & trials

V3Code has one editor and four plans: **Free, Pro, Power, and Max**. Plans are managed
on [v3code.dev](https://v3code.dev) — see the site for current pricing; this page covers
what each plan includes. Usage on paid plans is metered per cycle — see
[Token wallet](/models/token-wallet).

Your existing model-provider subscriptions are separate from V3Code plans. You can
[connect supported provider plans](/models/connected-plans), and their models will appear
in the picker with usage charged against the provider's own limits.

## Plans

| Plan                  | What you get                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Free** *(forever)*  | The full editor on **BYOK** or fully local models: local semantic indexing, structural search, all Context Bridge tools, persistent memory, Visual Edit, the auto router's base tier. No card, no account. |
| **Pro**               | Everything in Free · hosted model meters (**V3 Fast + V3 Pro**) · Opus escalation rounds · optional cloud indexing (dual local + cloud index) · live usage meter in the editor.                            |
| **Power** *(Popular)* | Everything in Pro · the upper auto-router tiers (Auto / Hybrid with Opus escalation) · **Build 4.5** meters · agent-driven browser · **MCP connect** · effort control · on-demand overage headroom.        |
| **Max**               | Everything in Power · Opus-class hybrids at full tilt · the highest meters and maximum overage headroom · new hosted models first · priority support.                                                      |

## Trials

New accounts get a short hosted trial — enough to feel the hosted tiers and the router
before deciding. Everything in Free keeps working when a trial ends; BYOK and local
never expire.

## How usage is metered

Paid plans include usage across three buckets — **V3 Pro / V3 Fast** (fast tier),
**Auto / Hybrid** (the auto router and hybrid tiers), and **Opus** (premium) — plus
**on-demand overage** for anything past your included limits, billed in arrears. The
[Token wallet](/models/token-wallet) shows each meter for the current cycle.

## Free vs. paid, in one line

**The editor is free.** The full local experience — [Context Bridge](/editor/context-bridge),
the [local index](/editor/semantic-index), [memory](/editor/memory), BYOK, and the
[browser](/studio/browser) — costs nothing. Paid plans add the hosted pieces: the
[auto router](/models/overview)'s upper tiers, hosted models with nothing to configure,
and **cloud indexing**.

> Note:
>
> If your **local index** ever runs into trouble, V3Code falls you back to the **cloud
> index for free** — so you're never stuck without search, even though cloud indexing is
> otherwise a paid feature.