# Are proxy http requests considered routed events (ie. do they cost ?)

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515>\
**Category:** Notehub.io\
**Created:** [December 3, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515 "2021-12-03T16:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tavis](https://discuss.blues.com/u/tavis)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515/1 "2021-12-03T16:16:39Z")

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I’ve ordered a notecard with esp32. The project I was considering this for is an led display that updates every 5 minutes. Currently it works great on wifi and lora hardware. They can receive updates via inbound mqtt or self timed outbound http. I’m guessing I would have to use self timed http requests to my api to get the updates every 5 minutes. Does this mean that for each device I would be using around 9000 events / month / device at a cost of $6.75 / device / month ? Is there a way I can send the device updates via the api and incur a cost of only 1 cent / month ? I need some clarification.

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**Author:** ![bsatrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/bsatrom/32/3_2.png) [@bsatrom](https://discuss.blues.com/u/bsatrom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515/2 "2021-12-03T19:02:55Z")

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Hi @tavis, thanks for the question! The short answer is yes. Our pricing model uses a typical web services consumption model of charging for data egress, similar to AWS or Azure. API requests are treated the same as Notehub Routes in this case.

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**Author:** ![tavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tavis](https://discuss.blues.com/u/tavis)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515/3 "2021-12-03T19:37:14Z")

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Ok. Is there a transactional cost to send data from notehub down to a notecard ? If so what is that price ?

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**Author:** ![bsatrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/bsatrom/32/3_2.png) [@bsatrom](https://discuss.blues.com/u/bsatrom)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515/4 "2021-12-03T19:44:26Z")

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Not if you’re building an app that sends inbound Notes triggered by a manual action, but there is if you’re doing an automated or scripted configuration. As [detailed here](https://blues.io/services/) those calls are $0.000001 each.

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**Author:** ![bsatrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/bsatrom/32/3_2.png) [@bsatrom](https://discuss.blues.com/u/bsatrom)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/are-proxy-http-requests-considered-routed-events-ie-do-they-cost/515/5 "2022-06-17T16:54:00Z")

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Hey @tavis,

I wanted to circle back on this thread and make sure you were aware that we’ve made some improvements to Notehub pricing that are relevant to this discussion: removing per-project platform subscription fees and limits, a consumption-based event model, and free credits for each account. You can read more [here](https://blues.io/blog/subscription-based-pricing-dead-consumption-pricing-is-in/) and [here](https://blues.io/pricing/), and let us know if you have any questions!

Brandon