# ansible billing model and any reference for chef to ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 6, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-billing-model-and-any-reference-for-chef-to-ansible/37433 "2022-12-06T17:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amit\_Kumar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Amit\_Kumar1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Amit_Kumar1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-billing-model-and-any-reference-for-chef-to-ansible/37433/1 "2022-12-06T17:22:04Z")
Hi Ansible group, I need to know what is billing mechanism for Ansible? is it per control node or managed node? I want to migrate current chef to ansible for 100K VMs, What should be potential points need to be checked for chef2ansible. Thanks, Amit Kumar ---
**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-billing-model-and-any-reference-for-chef-to-ansible/37433/2 "2022-12-06T18:03:36Z")
What makes you think it costs money? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-billing-model-and-any-reference-for-chef-to-ansible/37433/3 "2022-12-06T18:08:35Z")
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