title: How to use API AI in production?
body: <p>I'm thinking about building production version of a chatbot basing on API AI.</p>
  
  <p>I found couple of links but without good answers (I cannot post them due to too low reputation).</p>
  
  <p>Here's the list of questions:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p><strong>How to hande platform updates?</strong>
  Are there any notifications before the API AI platform gets updated? Is there any test environment where the upgraded platform can be tested before hitting production?</p></li>
  <li><p><strong>How to setup non-PROD environments (e.g. dev/stage/prod)?</strong> Is there any other option than setting multiple accounts and manually exporting/importing agents configuration between them?</p></li>
  <li><p><strong>What's the cost of using API AI commercially?</strong> According to the <a href="https://api.ai/pricing/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://api.ai/pricing/</a> the usage of the services is free.
  Are there any limits regarding the traffic that can be handled by free version? Are there any paid plans for API for commercial usage?</p></li>
  </ol>