# Change a server's plan

Move a server to a bigger or smaller plan at your provider, with more or less CPU, memory and disk, without leaving Nuvlo.

## Before you start

- A server with the status **Running** that was created through a connected provider account.
- No site on the server is deploying at the moment.
- A time when a few minutes of downtime is acceptable. Every site on the server is offline while the plan changes.

## Step 1: Open the Server plan card

Open the server, click the **Settings** tab and scroll to **Server plan**. It shows the current plan with its vCPUs, memory, disk and monthly price.

![The Server plan card with the current plan and the Change plan button](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/resize-a-server--plan-card.webp)

## Step 2: Choose the new plan

Click **Change plan**. The dialog lists every plan this server can move to, with the price difference to your current plan. Plans with a smaller disk than the server's current disk can't hold it and are left out.

![The Change plan dialog with the list of plans and one plan selected](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/resize-a-server--picker.webp)

## Step 3: Decide about the disk

On providers that allow it, **Also grow the disk** appears for plans with a bigger disk. Leave it unticked to keep the disk at its size, so you can move back to a smaller plan later.

> **Warning:** A grown disk can't shrink again, so plans with a smaller disk are no longer possible afterwards.

## Step 4: Confirm the change

Read the notice: it repeats that sites are offline while the provider stops, resizes and starts the server, usually for a few minutes, and whether the IP address changes. Click **Change to** followed by the plan name.

If the server gets a new public IP address, Nuvlo updates the Cloudflare DNS records it can reach and lists any others you need to change yourself. See [Connect Cloudflare](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/connect-cloudflare).

## Step 5: Follow the progress

The card shows the steps **Stopping**, **Changing plan**, **Starting** and **Checking**. You can leave the page; the change continues. When it's done, the card shows **Changed to** with the plan name and the new size.

## What each provider allows

| Provider | Smaller plans | Disk | IP address |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hetzner | Yes, if the disk fits | Keep or grow | Stays the same. Same architecture only. |
| DigitalOcean | Yes, if the disk fits | Keep or grow | Stays the same. Takes about a minute per GB of used disk. |
| Linode | Yes, if the disk fits | Keep or grow | Stays the same. The server moves to another host in the same data center. |
| UpCloud | Yes | Keep or grow | Stays the same. Storage never shrinks; extra storage is billed separately. |
| Vultr | No, upgrades only | Follows the plan | Stays the same. |
| Scaleway | Yes, compatible types only | Follows the plan | Changes only if the server has a dynamic IP. |
| Exoscale | Yes | Follows the plan | Stays the same. |
| AWS | Yes, same architecture | Follows the plan | Changes. |
| Google Cloud | Yes, within compatible series | Follows the plan | Changes. |
| Contabo | No | Follows the plan | Stays the same. Change the plan in Contabo's panel, see below. |

## Contabo servers

Contabo can't change a server's plan through its API. Upgrade the server in the Contabo Customer Panel, then click **Reload plan from provider** on the **Server plan** card so Nuvlo shows the new size. Contabo doesn't offer downgrades.

**Reload plan from provider** also works on other providers if you changed the plan in their own console.

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Source: https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/resize-a-server