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Terms of Service

Effective: August 21, 2026

These Terms govern your use of Host Little Inc.(“Host Little”, “we”, “us”). By creating an account, starting a checkout, or using the service, you agree to them. If you use the service for an organization, you confirm that you can bind that organization. Our Privacy Notice and, where applicable, Data Processing Addendum are part of these Terms.

Your account

You must be at least 18 and legally able to enter this agreement. You are responsible for activity under your account, keeping sign-in methods secure, and promptly updating your contact and billing information. Account access may use a verified GitHub account, an email sign-in link, or another method shown in the service. Repository access is a separate permission you choose to grant.

Acceptable use

To protect the platform and other customers, you may not use Host Little to:

  • host or distribute content that's illegal where you live or where we operate;
  • send bulk unsolicited email (spam), phishing, or malware;
  • run crypto-mining, or otherwise abuse compute, storage, or bandwidth in ways that degrade service for other tenants on shared hardware;
  • attack, probe, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other systems or accounts;
  • use Host Little as a raw CDN, file locker, or video re-streaming origin — hosting is for your sites and apps, not bulk file distribution. We monitor bandwidth patterns and will contact you (then cap) if traffic looks like distribution rather than hosting;
  • resell raw infrastructure in a way that circumvents plan limits, or knowingly evade abuse controls.
  • host material that exploits or endangers children, or violates another person's intellectual-property or privacy rights.

If we see resource use that's degrading neighbors, we'll reach out before acting where we can. Clear abuse (the items above) we may suspend right away to protect the rest of the platform.

Billing

New App Hosting subscriptions are billed monthly through our payment processor. Developer has a $5 monthly commitment and Pro has a $20 monthly commitment; each payment becomes non-rollover credit against that month's App Hosting resource usage. Usage beyond the credit is billed at the rates published on the pricing page. Older subscriptions can remain under the plan, cadence, and included allowances that applied when they were sold. Those legacy terms do not create a new-sale entitlement.

Launch credit: eligible new Developer accounts that complete a successful $5 payment with a verified payment identity receive a one-time $5 credit in that billing cycle. The launch credit does not roll over or convert to cash. Normal workspace spend limits still apply.

Metered resources: App Hosting meters application CPU, application memory, builds, persistent storage, and outbound data transfer where shown on the pricing page. Database Hosting meters the compute, memory, storage, and transfer shown for that resource. Provider readings can arrive after the underlying activity. Current retail rates, units, included credits, and plan limits are published before purchase or in the portal.

Workspace spend limit: workspace owners and billing managers can set one monthly App Hosting spend limit in Portal Billing. We do not raise it automatically. The usage ledger can trail live activity, so usage already incurred can exceed the displayed limit before the next reading. We send a warning near the limit and suspend application and PostgreSQL database compute when recorded usage reaches it. Raising the limit can resume the workspace. A lower limit cannot reverse usage already recorded. The acceptable-use rules above still apply regardless of the limit.

You can cancel anytime from the portal, including the day you sign up. Cancellation takes effect immediately and carries a refund: see the refund section below for which amount applies.

Stored data and unpaid invoices: if an invoice remains unpaid for 30 days, we may delete stored data associated with the account (sites, databases, object files, backups) after notice to your account email. Account records and product-specific export controls remain available during the notice period where the product supports them. An approved Database Hosting beta workspace can export its PostgreSQL database with pg_dump while its owner-only external TLS connection remains available. Public database export access is not enabled for general self-service yet.

Payment authorization and taxes:you authorize us and Stripe to charge the payment method on file for recurring commitments and metered usage. Fees exclude taxes unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for applicable taxes, except taxes on Host Little's income. We may change prices prospectively with at least 30 days' notice; the new price applies on the next renewal after the notice period.

Your content

You retain your rights in the content you host. You grant us the limited rights needed to host, transmit, secure, troubleshoot, back up, and support that content. You are responsible for your content, your application's privacy notices, permissions, and compliance obligations. Do not place regulated, highly sensitive, or high-risk data in the service unless we have expressly agreed to the relevant scope in writing.

Where Database Hosting is enabled for an approved beta or internal workload, Host Little provisions the resource and injects private DATABASE_URL and POSTGRES_URL values into the app. The owner-only TLS verify-full connection, encrypted logical backups, and isolated restore copies follow the operator handoff for that workload. Public self-service provisioning, connection reveal, Workbench access, and customer migrations remain gated. You remain responsible for schema changes, queries, application data, data correctness, and validating restored data before use. Point-in-time recovery and managed DBA work are not included. Deleting the project permanently deletes any active PostgreSQL database and its data when Database Hosting is enabled.

Cancellations and refunds

You can cancel and take a refund from the billing portal at any point after signing up. There is no waiting period and no need to email anyone first.

Within 30 days of your initial signup: you get your first payment back in full, less any unbilled usage-priced services.

After 30 days: canceling refunds the unused portion of the billing period you have already paid for, prorated to the day, less any unbilled usage-priced services. If you renew and cancel the next day, you get back nearly all of that month rather than none of it.

Refunds run automatically. We reserve the right to review a refund by hand where an account shows a repeated pattern of signing up and refunding, or where unbilled usage exceeds the refundable amount. In those cases we contact you and the refund still stands; the review only exists to stop abuse, not to withhold money from customers.

Service

We operate public endpoint checks and respond to service incidents, but we don't publish a signed SLA (see Security). If we ever terminate service for cause, we'll give you 30 days to retrieve the account records and product exports then supported, unless immediate termination is required by law or security risk.

Features identified as preview, beta, alpha, or evaluation may change or be withdrawn and are not covered by an SLA. We may modify the service to improve it, meet legal or security needs, or retire a feature. When a material retirement affects paid use, we will give reasonable notice and an export path where the product supports one.

Third-party services

You may connect services such as GitHub, Stripe, DNS providers, email providers, and external databases. Their terms govern your relationship with them. Host Little is not responsible for a third-party service, repository, domain, or account you control, but we remain responsible for our own obligations under these Terms and the DPA.

Leaving Host Little — your data, your exit

Your source and data remain yours. We charge no exit fee. Available exit paths depend on the product:

  • WordPress: a standard WordPress export plus your database — the same formats any host accepts.
  • App Hosting: your GitHub source or public OCI image remains in the source you control; portal account records can be downloaded as JSON.
  • Database Hosting, when enabled: an approved workspace owner can use the TLS verify-full connection and run pg_dump. Complete and verify that export before deleting the project.

You can download an account record from the portal. Where another hosting product offers project archives or migration exports, they may need a support request. We'll confirm the available format without promising a path the product does not provide.

Suspension and termination

We may suspend or limit access when reasonably necessary to protect the platform, investigate abuse, comply with law, or respond to a material Terms violation. We will give notice where practical. Either party may terminate for a material breach that is not cured within a reasonable time, except that we may act immediately for clear abuse, security risk, or legal necessity.

Warranty & liability

Host Little is provided “as is”. We work hard to keep it running and we say so plainly when something breaks, but we don't make guarantees beyond what's written here, and we don't publish a signed SLA. To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim is capped at what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, and we're not liable for indirect or consequential losses (lost profits, lost data you didn't keep your own copy of, and the like). Some places don't allow these limits, so parts may not apply to you.

Indemnity

To the extent allowed by law, you will defend and indemnify Host Little from third-party claims arising from your content, your use of the service in violation of these Terms, or your violation of another person's rights. This does not apply to the extent a claim is caused by Host Little's own breach of these Terms.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and you and Host Little consent to that venue.

General terms

These Terms, the policies they incorporate, and any signed order form are the entire agreement for the service. If one provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. A delay in enforcing a provision is not a waiver. You may not transfer this agreement without our consent, except with a merger or sale of substantially all relevant assets. We may transfer it as part of a reorganization, financing, merger, or sale. Neither party is liable for delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, except that payment obligations for usage already incurred remain due.

Changes

We may update these Terms. Material changes will be announced by email or in the portal at least 14 days before they take effect, unless a shorter notice is needed for security, legal compliance, or abuse prevention. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms.

Contact

Questions: [email protected].