Update service creation for Free Plan

_partials/_cloud-installation.md

@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ To set up $CLOUD_LONG:
 
    Open [Sign up for $CLOUD_LONG][timescale-signup] and add your details, then click `Start your free trial`. You receive a confirmation email in your inbox.
 
-1.  **In the confirmation email, click the link supplied and sign in to [$CONSOLE][tsc-portal]**
+1. **Confirm your email address**
 
-1. **Answer the requirements questions**
+    In the confirmation email, click the link supplied.
 
-    Your answers help us optimize $SERVICE_LONGs for your use cases.
+1. **Select the [pricing plan][pricing-plans]**
+
+   You are now logged into $CONSOLE_LONG. You can change the pricing plan to better accommodate your growing needs on the [`Billing` page][console-billing]. 
 
 </Procedure>
 
@@ -51,13 +53,13 @@ To set up $CLOUD_LONG via AWS:
 
    Add your details, then click `Start your free trial`. If you want to link an existing $ACCOUNT_LONG to AWS, log in with your existing credentials.  
 
-1. **In `Confirm AWS Marketplace connection`, click `Connect`**
+1. **Select the [pricing plan][pricing-plans]**
 
-    Your $CLOUD_LONG and AWS accounts are now connected.
+   You are now logged into $CONSOLE_LONG. You can change the pricing plan later to better accommodate your growing needs on the [`Billing` page][console-billing].
 
-1. **Answer the requirements questions**
+1. **In `Confirm AWS Marketplace connection`, click `Connect`**
 
-   Your answers help us optimize $SERVICE_LONGs for your use cases.
+    Your $CLOUD_LONG and AWS accounts are now connected.
 
 </Procedure>
 
@@ -71,3 +73,5 @@ To set up $CLOUD_LONG via AWS:
 [aws-paygo]: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-iestawpo5ihca?applicationId=AWSMPContessa&ref_=beagle&sr=0-1
 [aws-annual-commit]: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ezxwlmjyr6x4u?applicationId=AWSMPContessa&ref_=beagle&sr=0-2
 [timescale-signup]: https://console.cloud.timescale.com/signup
+[console-billing]: https://console.cloud.timescale.com/dashboard/billing/plans
+[pricing-plans]: /about/:currentVersion:/pricing-and-account-management/

_partials/_cloud-intro.md

@@ -3,36 +3,4 @@ real-time analytics, and vector search—all in a single database alongside tran
 
 You get one system that handles live data ingestion, late and out-of-order updates, and low latency queries, with the performance, reliability, and scalability your app needs. Ideal for IoT, crypto, finance, SaaS, and a myriad other domains, $CLOUD_LONG allows you to build data-heavy, mission-critical apps while retaining the familiarity and reliability of $PG.
 
-A $SERVICE_LONG is a single optimised $PG instance extended with innovations in the database engine and cloud 
-infrastructure to deliver speed without compromise. A $SERVICE_LONG instance is 10-1000x faster at scale! A $SERVICE_SHORT 
-is ideal for applications requiring strong data consistency, complex relationships, and advanced querying capabilities. 
-Get ACID compliance, extensive SQL support, JSON handling, and extensibility through custom functions, data types, and 
-extensions. To the $PG you know and love, $CLOUD_LONG adds the following capabilities:
-
-- **Real-time analytics**: store and query [time-series data][what-is-time-series] at scale for 
-   real-time analytics and other use cases. Get faster time-based queries with $HYPERTABLEs, $CAGGs, and columnar storage. Save money by compressing data into the $COLUMNSTORE, moving cold data to low-cost bottomless storage in Amazon S3, and deleting old data with automated policies. 
-- **AI-focused**: build AI applications from start to scale. Get fast and accurate similarity search 
-   with the pgvector and pgvectorscale extensions. Create vector embeddings and perform LLM reasoning on your data with 
-   the pgai extension.
-- **Hybrid applications**: get a full set of tools to develop applications that combine time-based data and AI.
-
-All $SERVICE_LONGs include the tooling you expect for production and developer environments: [live migration][live-migration], 
-[automatic backups and PITR][automatic-backups], [high availability][high-availability], [$READ_REPLICAs][readreplica], [data forking][operations-forking], [connection pooling][connection-pooling], [tiered storage][data-tiering], 
-[usage-based storage][how-plans-work], secure in-$CONSOLE [SQL editing][in-console-editors], $SERVICE_SHORT [metrics][metrics] 
-and [insights][insights], [streamlined maintenance][maintain-upgrade], and much more. $CLOUD_LONG continuously monitors your $SERVICE_SHORTs and prevents common $PG out-of-memory crashes.
-
-[what-is-time-series]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/time-series-database-an-explainer#what-is-a-time-series-database
-[create-service]: /getting-started/:currentVersion:/services/
-[live-migration]: /migrate/:currentVersion:/live-migration/
-[automatic-backups]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/backup-restore/
-[high-availability]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/high-availability/
-[readreplica]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/read-scaling/
-[operations-forking]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/services/service-management/#fork-a-service
-[connection-pooling]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/services/connection-pooling
-[data-tiering]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/data-tiering/
-[how-plans-work]: /about/:currentVersion:/pricing-and-account-management/#how-plans-work
-[in-console-editors]: /getting-started/:currentVersion:/run-queries-from-console/
-[metrics]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/metrics-logging/monitoring/#metrics
-[insights]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/metrics-logging/monitoring/#insights
-[maintain-upgrade]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/upgrades/
 

_partials/_services-intro.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+A $SERVICE_LONG is a single optimised $PG instance extended with innovations in the database engine and cloud
+infrastructure to deliver speed without compromise. A $SERVICE_LONG is 10-1000x faster at scale! It
+is ideal for applications requiring strong data consistency, complex relationships, and advanced querying capabilities.
+Get ACID compliance, extensive SQL support, JSON handling, and extensibility through custom functions, data types, and
+extensions.
+
+You create $SERVICE_SHORTs in a project in your $CLOUD_LONG account. You have one project in an account, and you can have multiple $SERVICE_SHORTs in a project. A $SERVICE_SHORT houses a single $PG database.
+
+You create free and standard $SERVICE_SHORTs in $CONSOLE_LONG, depending on your [$PRICING_PLAN][pricing-plans]. A free $SERVICE_SHORT comes at zero cost and gives you limited resources to get to know $CLOUD_LONG. Once you are ready to try out more advanced features, you can switch to a paid plan and convert your free $SERVICE_SHORT to a standard one.
+
+![Tiger pricing plans](https://assets.timescale.com/docs/images/tiger-cloud-console/tiger-pricing.svg)
+
+To the $PG you know and love, $CLOUD_LONG adds the following capabilities:
+
+- **Standard $SERVICE_SHORTs**:
+
+    - _Real-time analytics_: store and query [time-series data][what-is-time-series] at scale for
+      real-time analytics and other use cases. Get faster time-based queries with $HYPERTABLEs, $CAGGs, and columnar storage. Save money by compressing data into the $COLUMNSTORE, moving cold data to low-cost bottomless storage in Amazon S3, and deleting old data with automated policies.
+    - _AI-focused_: build AI applications from start to scale. Get fast and accurate similarity search
+      with the pgvector and pgvectorscale extensions. Create vector embeddings and perform LLM reasoning on your data with
+      the pgai extension.
+    - _Hybrid applications_: get a full set of tools to develop applications that combine time-based data and AI.
+
+  All standard $SERVICE_LONGs include the tooling you expect for production and developer environments: [live migration][live-migration],
+  [automatic backups and PITR][automatic-backups], [high availability][high-availability], [$READ_REPLICAs][readreplica], [data forking][operations-forking], [connection pooling][connection-pooling], [tiered storage][data-tiering],
+  [usage-based storage][how-plans-work], secure in-$CONSOLE [SQL editing][in-console-editors], $SERVICE_SHORT [metrics][metrics]
+  and [insights][insights], [streamlined maintenance][maintain-upgrade], and much more. $CLOUD_LONG continuously monitors your $SERVICE_SHORTs and prevents common $PG out-of-memory crashes.
+
+- **Free $SERVICE_SHORTs**:
+
+  _$PG with $TIMESCALE_DB and vector extensions_
+
+  Free $SERVICE_SHORTs offer limited resources and a basic feature scope, perfect to get to know $CLOUD_LONG in a development environment. 
+
+[what-is-time-series]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/time-series-database-an-explainer#what-is-a-time-series-database
+[create-service]: /getting-started/:currentVersion:/services/
+[live-migration]: /migrate/:currentVersion:/live-migration/
+[automatic-backups]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/backup-restore/
+[high-availability]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/high-availability/
+[readreplica]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/read-scaling/
+[operations-forking]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/services/service-management/#fork-a-service
+[connection-pooling]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/services/connection-pooling
+[data-tiering]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/data-tiering/
+[how-plans-work]: /about/:currentVersion:/pricing-and-account-management/#how-plans-work
+[in-console-editors]: /getting-started/:currentVersion:/run-queries-from-console/
+[metrics]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/metrics-logging/monitoring/#metrics
+[insights]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/metrics-logging/monitoring/#insights
+[maintain-upgrade]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/upgrades/
+[pricing-plans]: /about/:currentVersion:/pricing-and-account-management/

getting-started/services.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ content_group: Getting started
 
 import Install from "versionContent/_partials/_cloud-installation.mdx";
 import Connect from "versionContent/_partials/_cloud-connect-service.mdx";
+import ServiceIntro from "versionContent/_partials/_services-intro.mdx";
 import ServiceOverview from "versionContent/_partials/_service-overview.mdx";
 import CloudIntro from "versionContent/_partials/_cloud-intro.mdx";
 import WhereNext from "versionContent/_partials/_where-to-next.mdx";
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ import WhereNext from "versionContent/_partials/_where-to-next.mdx";
 
 <CloudIntro />
 
+## What is a $SERVICE_LONG?
+
+<ServiceIntro />
+
 <ServiceOverview />
 
 To start using $CLOUD_LONG for your data:
@@ -29,15 +34,15 @@ To start using $CLOUD_LONG for your data:
 
 Now that you have an active $ACCOUNT_LONG, you create and manage your $SERVICE_SHORTs in $CONSOLE. When you create a $SERVICE_SHORT, you effectively create a blank $PG database with additional $CLOUD_LONG features available under your $PRICING_PLAN. You then add or migrate your data into this database. 
 
-<Procedure>
+To create a free or standard $SERVICE_SHORT: 
 
-1. In the [$SERVICE_SHORT creation page][create-service], choose the capability to match your business needs: `Real-time analytics`, `AI-focused`, or `Hybrid applications`. 
+<Procedure>
 
-   ![Create a $SERVICE_LONG](https://assets.timescale.com/docs/images/tiger-cloud-console/create-tiger-service.png)
+1. In the [$SERVICE_SHORT creation page][create-service], click `+ New service`. 
 
-   To create a plain $PG $SERVICE_SHORT, without any additional capabilities, click `Looking for plain PostgreSQL?` in the top right.
+   Follow the wizard to configure your $SERVICE_SHORT depending on its type.
 
-1. Follow the next steps in `Create a service` to configure the region, compute size, environment, availability, connectivity, and $SERVICE_SHORT name. Then click `Create service`.
+1. Click `Create service`.
 
    Your $SERVICE_SHORT is constructed and ready to use in a few seconds. 
 
@@ -72,4 +77,4 @@ To run queries and perform other operations, connect to your $SERVICE_SHORT:
 [what-is-dynamic-postgres]: https://www.timescale.com/dynamic-postgresql
 [hypertables]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/hypertables/#hypertable-partitioning
 [timescaledb]: https://docs.tigerdata.com/#TimescaleDB
-
+[pricing-plans]: /about/:currentVersion:/pricing-and-account-management/

use-timescale/services/index.md

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ cloud_ui:
 ---
 
 import CloudIntro from "versionContent/_partials/_cloud-intro.mdx";
+import ServiceIntro from "versionContent/_partials/_services-intro.mdx";
 
 # About $SERVICE_LONGs
 
 <CloudIntro />
 
+<ServiceIntro />
+
 ## Learn more about $CLOUD_LONG
 
 Read about $CLOUD_LONG features in the documentation: