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Bytebot
www.bytebot.ai/Container and VM sandboxcompute/bytebotJSONcomparereport an errorprovider JSON
- Free allowance
- The software is free and open source under Apache 2.0 with no licensing fee, subscription or usage limit; the only cost is the machine a user runs it on and the model API key
- Verdict
- self-hosted, last resortverdict qualifies-with-caveat: usable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- write-gatedthe free product is a repository a user runs in Docker with its own model API key; there is no hosted capacity
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | the software is free and open source under Apache 2.0 with no licensing fee, subscription or usage limit; the only cost is the machine a user runs it on and the model API key unit unlimited; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - write-gated (binding) the free product is a repository a user runs in Docker with its own model API key; there is no hosted capacity source
not stated |
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| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
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| Egress | not applicable: the software runs in Docker on infrastructure the user supplies, so the vendor meters no traffic and states no allowance or overage |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest a REST API and a task API |
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| Tooling | the user installs and runs the Docker compose stack on a rented or free machine and supplies a model API key; the REST API drives tasks |
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| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
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| Evidence note | documented the site was read on 2026-10-22 and states the Apache 2.0 licence and that there is no usage limit. 'No usage limit' is a claim about an absent sentence, and the record keeps it as the unit unlimited rather than multiplying it |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-02 | www.bytebot.ai/ | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | www.bytebot.ai/ | 'Bytebot itself is completely free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Your only costs are:' ... 'There are no Bytebot licensing fees, subscription costs, or usage limits.' and 'no credit card required', quoted |
| 2026-11-04 | docs.bytebot.ai | a REST API exists |
| 2026-11-04 | www.bytebot.ai/ | Bytebot runs on infrastructure the user supplies |
More fields 6
| keep rate basis | no field in the source |
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| billing model | unclassified |
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| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "the container runs on a user's own machine; no vendor clock"} |
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| free tier kind | allowance |
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| ps | {"gib": null,"price": "a user's own disk","durability": "a user's own machine","on_stop": true,"on_destroy": false,"max_retention": "as long as a user keeps it"} |
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| net | {"out": true,"in": false,"ports": "a local desktop and API","static_ip": false,"ipv6": false,"allowance": null} |
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Unknown values 6
- chaining: a source was read and is silent on this field
- limits note: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: a source was read and is silent on this field