//pricing
Compute that fits your workload
Transparent pricing. Pay by the second, with no charge for idle resources. All prices are per physical CPU core (2× hyperthread).
//compute
CPU & memory
per core / hr per GiB / hr
Edge
DigitalFrontier-operated edge locations
On-demand
$0.0472/$0.0080
Confidential (SEV, SEV-ES)Preview
$0.0944/$0.0160
Hyperscaler
GCP (AWS, Azure & OCI coming soon)
Spot
preemptible
$0.0472/$0.0080
On-Demand
$0.1416/$0.0240
CUD 1-Year
28% off
$0.1020/$0.0173
CUD 3-Year
46% off
$0.0765/$0.0130
Confidential (SEV-SNP, TDX)
$0.1888/$0.0320
Akash
DePIN — reverse-auction pricing on decentralized compute
Platform fee on winning bid
auction
+$0.0040/in bid
Platform fee on top of the auction price. Memory, storage and egress are included in the bid.
//gpu
GPUs
NVIDIA T4
Tesla T4
$0.59 /hr
NVIDIA A100
A100 40GB
$4.05 /hr
More accelerators — H100, L40S, RTX PRO 6000 and others — are priced live in the console via the Akash marketplace.
//storage
Storage
Standard SSD
$0.221 /GiB/mo
Balanced SSD
$0.130 /GiB/mo
Standard HDD
$0.052 /GiB/mo
NVMe (Local)
$0.325 /GiB/mo
//egress
Egress
Free on Akash & DigitalFrontier Edge
Premium Tier
global anycast
$0.16 /GiB
Standard Tier
regional routing
$0.12 /GiB
Hyperscaler egress is a passthrough cost from the cloud provider and subject to their pricing changes.
//faq
Frequently asked questions
- What does per CPU mean?
- All compute prices are per physical CPU core (2× hyperthread). You rent a full core, not a thread. A 4-CPU workload gives you 4 physical cores with 8 hyperthreads.
- What is Akash / DePIN pricing?
- Akash uses reverse auctions on decentralized infrastructure. You set a max price and providers bid to run your workload. The displayed +$0.004/CPU/hr is the platform markup on top of the winning bid. Memory, storage and egress are included in the bid.
- What is the difference between Edge and Hyperscaler?
- Edge deploys to DigitalFrontier-operated locations with on-demand and confidential tiers starting at $0.0472/CPU/hr. Hyperscaler runs on GCP data centers with three tiers: Spot ($0.0472), On-Demand ($0.1416) and Confidential ($0.1888), backed by full cloud SLAs.
- Can Spot instances be interrupted?
- Yes. Hyperscaler Spot VMs can be reclaimed with 30 seconds notice. They offer significant savings but are best for fault-tolerant or batch workloads.
- What are Confidential VMs?
- Confidential VMs use hardware-based encryption to encrypt data in memory. Hyperscaler offers AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX at $0.1888/CPU/hr (4× Spot). Edge confidential (SEV/SEV-ES) is coming soon.
- How does egress billing work?
- Egress is free on Akash and DigitalFrontier Edge. On Hyperscaler, egress is a passthrough cost from the cloud provider — Premium tier at $0.16/GiB and Standard tier at $0.12/GiB — and subject to their pricing changes.
- Do I pay for idle resources?
- No. Billing is per-second with no minimum. When your containers are stopped, you pay nothing.
- Do I need a credit card to get started?
- No. Get started immediately with our pay-as-you-go pricing.
Ready to deploy?
Pay by the second on a sovereign EU edge — no minimums, no charge for idle resources, no credit card to start.