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The Lite account is our free account that never expires. What’s offered in a Lite account? Find out about the available services with free Lite plans and other account features in this video. {: shortdesc}
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After you create your Lite account, hit the ground running by hosting your apps with 256 MB of Cloud Foundry runtime memory and 2 GB with Kubernetes clusters.
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How is the Lite account different than pay accounts? This Lite account is quota based, which means your usage of the services is capped to a quota. This way, you don't accidentally run up a bill while you're learing about Watson or developing an app that's not ready for production. When you're approaching the limit or hit the quota, we'll notify you so you can take the appropriate actions.
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