Introduction of a Free Tier (FF-Cloud)

[MarianRaphael]

Description

The primary goal of this transition is to eliminate the Starter Tier and introduce a Free Tier in its place. The offerings of this Free Tier would include:

Scope

• 1 Team Member
• 1 Instance (Node-RED runtime)
• No HTTP Endpoint Security
• Same as for the Starter Tier currently

Risks

• Financial Risk: Transitioning to a Free Tier could lead to a reduction in revenue generated from users who might have opted for the Starter Tier.
• Risk of abuse

Objective

• Lead Generation: By making the Starter Tier more attractive, we aim to draw more users to our platform, thereby expanding our user base and potential leads for upselling higher-tier services.
• Position FlowFuse as the go-to solution for running Node-RED

Alternative

https://github.com/FlowFuse/flowfuse/issues/3673

### Tasks
- [ ] Check terms & services
- [ ] Financial Risk
- [ ] https://github.com/FlowFuse/flowfuse/issues/2782

[MarianRaphael]

Idea: Conditions to keep the instance running (login per month, a deploy a month)

[gdziuba]

What do you think about the free tier only allowing devices up to a certain count? Say, 2- 5 devices, with the option to then pay for additional devices in the cloud or more than x devices.