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What Otranspo costs to run, and who pays.
Rider information stays free, with no ads and no data sold. Donations help pay for hosting, live data, accessibility testing and French review. They never buy a say in what we publish.
What it costs a month, measured September 8, 2026
| Tó: nikahwístake | Per month | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Server | US$51 | |
| Database storage | US$9 | |
| Backups | US$10 | |
| Web hosting | US$178 | |
| Domain names | US$2 | |
| Total | US$250 |
In US dollars, as the services are billed.
What a donation does, and what it never does
It pays for
- Servers, the database and backups
- Maps and the live data feed
- Accessibility testing with riders
- Reviewed French, and other languages next
It never buys
- A say in what we measure, grade, investigate or publish
- Ads: there are none
- Your data: it is never sold
- A request for money inside Next bus, Plan, Alerts, the map, accessibility or a trip in progress
How to donate
Choose once or monthly, and an amount
Any amount from $2 to $5,000 CAD. The Donate page shows the limits, your privacy choices and how to get a refund before you pay.
Pay on Stripe’s page
Your card or bank details go to Stripe. Otranspo never sees or keeps them.
Keep the private receipt
Use it to stop a monthly gift, ask for a refund, dispute a charge, or delete your contact details.
The full statement, and who is responsible
What donations do, and what they do not
Otranspo does not show advertising, sell rider data, charge for core rider journeys, or place fundraising prompts inside departures, trip planning, alerts, maps, accessibility, or active-trip flows.
Donations help cover hosting, data monitoring, accessibility, and reviewed translation. They do not buy influence over evidence, scores, investigations, or editorial decisions.
How the secure checkout works
The donation page shows the amount limits, privacy choices, and refund or dispute path before checkout.
- When the live funding panel says checkout is available, one-time and monthly support is accepted in Canadian dollars through a Stripe-hosted checkout. A closed or local-simulation state sends nothing to Stripe.
- During live checkout, card and bank details are entered only on Stripe and are never stored by Otranspo.
- A contribution is voluntary and is not represented as tax-deductible; no charitable tax receipt is issued.
- Private receipts support refunds, disputes, recurring-payment management, and deletion of optional contact details.
Who is responsible for Otranspo
- Owner and operator
- One independent Ottawa–Gatineau citizen, named on the independence page
- Service responsibility
- The owner named above owns Otranspo and is accountable for its product, operations, privacy decisions, security response, and public explanations.
- Editorial control
- The owner named above makes the final editorial and publishing decisions. Transit agencies, cities, data providers, hosting companies, analytics providers, and donors do not direct coverage or conclusions.
- Funding model
- The owner named above bears the project’s operating costs. Otranspo carries no advertising. If voluntary donations are available, they do not buy access, favourable coverage, or editorial control.
- Official status
- Otranspo is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by OC Transpo, STO, the City of Ottawa, or the Ville de Gatineau. It supplements official information and does not run transit service.
- Application explanation reviewed
- September 14, 2026
- Next source review due
- October 14, 2026
This review compares the public explanation with the current application source and configured capability rules. It is not a legal opinion or proof that a pending source revision has reached production. Current service health and published corrections have their own evidence pages.