Beginner ▶ Video guide Updated September 25, 2026

Billing and tokens

How you pay for SLASHPLAY: tokens at one cent each, spent by the hour only while a server runs, with no subscription, no plans and nothing that expires.

Written by Jonathan, Co-founder of SLASHPLAY LinkedIn

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SLASHPLAY runs on tokens. One token costs one cent ($0.01). A server spends a few tokens for every hour it is live, starting at 3 tokens an hour for the smallest size, and nothing while it is stopped apart from a tiny charge for its saved files. There is no subscription and no plan: you buy tokens when you want them, they never expire, and a boot that fails costs nothing.

Where your money goes

Tokens move in one direction:

  1. You buy tokens with a card through Stripe, from $1 (100 tokens). They land in your personal wallet. Redeem codes from giveaways land there too.
  2. You move tokens into a team. Servers belong to teams, and each team has its own balance. Your personal team is funded with 6 starter tokens when you sign up. See Fund a team.
  3. The team’s servers spend them while they run, plus 1 token per GB per month for stored saves.

Your wallet never pays for a server directly, so tokens you keep there are safe from a server someone forgot to stop.

Where to start

  • New here? How tokens work explains the hourly price for every size, how you’re billed to the second, and what a typical evening or month costs.
  • Ready to top up? Buy tokens walks through the Wallet tab and Stripe Checkout.
  • Got a code? Redeem a code.
  • Seeing small charges while servers are off? That’s storage.
  • Server stopped on its own? Automatic stops lists every reason and how to avoid surprises.

For the prices at a glance, see slashplay.gg/pricing.

IN THIS SECTION

Beginner ▶ Video How tokens work Tokens cost one cent each. See what each server size burns per hour, when billing starts and stops, how storage is charged, and what an evening or month costs. Beginner ▶ Video Buy tokens Top up your wallet from the Wallet tab: pick an amount from $1, pay securely with Stripe Checkout, apply a promotion code, and find your invoices later. Beginner ▶ Video Redeem a code Turn a SLASHPLAY redeem code from a giveaway, promo or partner into free tokens in your wallet, then move them into a team to run your servers. Intermediate ▶ Video Storage costs Why a stopped server still costs a little: saves, owned files and Full Box changes are billed at 1 token per GB per month. How to check usage and cut it. Intermediate ▶ Video Automatic stops The three reasons SLASHPLAY stops a server by itself: the team ran out of tokens, a maximum run time, or a closed schedule window. It always saves first.