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Pay-as-you-go is a one-off purchase, not a subscription. You buy traffic when you need it, and nothing renews. Every Pay-as-you-go purchase includes both Residential and Mobile. One balance, spendable on either.

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Buying traffic

1

Open Pricing

Click Pricing in the left navigation.
2

Choose an amount

Choose the amount of traffic you want.
3

Buy traffic

Click Buy traffic.
4

Pay

Complete the payment.
Traffic is added as soon as the payment clears. Your Dashboard shows the balance and your past invoices.
NodeMaven dashboard showing the available traffic balance and past invoices after a Pay-as-you-go purchase

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Your traffic does not expire

Pay-as-you-go traffic does not expire. There is no monthly cycle to run out of, so nothing freezes and nothing lapses. Traffic left over from one purchase is still there when you buy again, and the balances simply add up.
Switching from a subscription to Pay-as-you-goIf you cancel a subscription and move to Pay-as-you-go, the traffic left on that subscription is forfeited. It does not transfer, and it does not come back later.This is different from letting a subscription expire and then buying another subscription, where the traffic freezes and returns.Use up your subscription traffic before you switch. If you have a large balance left, it is worth finishing it first.

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Pay-as-you-go or a subscription?

Pay-as-you-go costs more per GB. You are paying for flexibility. If your usage is steady month to month, a subscription is cheaper. The Pricing page has the current rates on both, and how monthly subscriptions work covers the other side.