> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dcdeploy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Build Minutes Pricing

> Learn how DCDeploy calculates and charges for build minutes. Currently, all build minutes are unlimited and free of cost.

## Overview

When you push code to your repository or trigger a **Rebuild & Deploy**, DCDeploy performs a **build process** to generate the Docker image for your service.\
This process consumes **build minutes** — the total time taken by DCDeploy’s infrastructure to compile, package, and prepare your application image.

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## Current Pricing

* **Unlimited build minutes** for all plans.
* **No extra charges** are applied for builds.
* Every build runs on high-performance infrastructure without time restrictions.

This means you can push commits, trigger builds, and redeploy as many times as needed **without worrying about build minute limits**.

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## Future Updates

While build minutes are currently unlimited, DCDeploy may introduce:

* **Plan-based limits** (e.g., Free tier with capped minutes, Pro with higher or unlimited).
* **Additional usage-based pricing** for extremely heavy workloads.
* **Build caching optimizations** to reduce build time and costs.

> ⚠️ If DCDeploy introduces build minute quotas in the future, you’ll be notified in advance and can review the updated pricing at [DCDeploy.com/pricing](https://DCDeploy.com/pricing).

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## Best Practices

Even though build minutes are unlimited, it’s good to:

* Use **Docker layer caching** to speed up builds.
* Keep your **Dockerfile optimized** to reduce build time.
* Use **multi-stage builds** for smaller and faster images.
* Avoid unnecessary rebuilds by using **Redeploy** when only code/config changes.

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## Learn More

* [Rebuild & Deploy](./rebuild-deploy)
* [Redeploy](./redeploy)
* [Plans & Pricing](./plans-usage)