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title: "Compute Pricing"
description: "Pay per resource, billed hourly from a prepaid balance. vCPU from $0.004/hr, RAM from $0.00256/GiB-hr, NVMe disk at $0.074/GiB-month. No plans, no egress fees, no surprise bills."
url: https://edge.network/compute/pricing/
---

# Compute Pricing

[Compute](https://edge.network/compute)

Compute

# Pricing

No plans and no instance types to decode. Pick exactly the vCPU, RAM, and disk you need,
pay per resource by the hour from a prepaid balance, and stop any time.

## The rate card

Three resources make up a VM. Everything else is a flat add-on or free.

| Resource | Price | Notes |
| vCPU Dedicated virtual CPU core | $0.004 per hour | ≈ $2.92/month per core, billed only while running |
| RAM Memory, per GiB | $0.00256 per GiB-hour | ≈ $1.87/month per GiB, billed only while running |
| Disk NVMe SSD storage | $0.074 per GiB-month | Billed for allocated storage, running or stopped |
| Additional IPv4 Extra public address | $2.00 per month, each | First public IP included |
| Snapshots & backups Point-in-time copies | $0.05 per GiB-month | Billed for stored snapshot size |
| Bandwidth All traffic in and out | Free | Zero egress fees, every region |

[Try the VM configurator on the pricing page](https://edge.network/pricing)

## What it actually costs

Monthly cost = vCPU + RAM billed per hour (730 hours/month) plus disk. Here are three common builds.

| Build | vCPU | RAM | NVMe Disk | Monthly cost |
| Starter Small sites & side projects | 1 | 2 GiB | 40 GB | $9.62 /mo |
| Standard Apps & databases | 2 | 4 GiB | 80 GB | $19.24 /mo |
| Performance Production workloads | 4 | 8 GiB | 160 GB | $38.47 /mo |

Prices include bandwidth — there are no egress fees on any build, in any region. VMs bill
by the hour, so a Standard build run for a weekend costs about $1.27, not $19.24.

## No surprise bills. By design.

Compute is prepaid: you load a balance and usage is deducted hourly. It's structurally
impossible to wake up to a runaway bill.

### Prepaid balance

Top up when it suits you, or enable auto top-up. A one-time $5 starter credit is available once your card is on file.

### Balance out, VMs pause

At zero balance, running VMs stop — nothing is deleted. Top up and the VMs we stopped start again automatically.

### Exact price up front

The configurator shows the precise hourly and monthly cost of your build before you deploy. No egress math, no fine print.

## Pricing FAQ

Everything you need to know about how compute billing works.

### How does billing work?

Usage is metered and deducted hourly from a prepaid balance. You load credit, run what you need, and stop any time. There is no subscription to commit to and nothing to cancel — a one-time $5 starter credit is available once your card is on file.

### What happens when my balance runs out?

Running VMs are stopped — never deleted. Your data, configuration, and IPs stay in place, and VMs we stopped are started again automatically when you top up. Enable auto top-up to avoid interruptions.

### Do stopped VMs cost anything?

A stopped VM stops accruing vCPU and RAM charges immediately. Disk keeps billing at $0.074/GiB-month while the VM exists, because the storage is still allocated to you.

### Are there egress fees?

No. Bandwidth in and out is included at every size, in every region. The price you configure is the price you pay.

### Can I see the cost before I deploy?

Yes — the configurator on the pricing page and in the control panel shows the exact hourly and monthly total for your vCPU, RAM, and disk selection before you create anything.

### What about high-volume workloads?

Enterprise volume pay-as-you-go starts at $499/month with volume discounts, a 99.99% SLA, and an account manager. Talk to us if you're running at scale.

## Deploy your first VM in seconds

Configure exactly what you need, see the exact price, and pay only while it runs.

[Get Started](https://edge.network/account) [Explore Configurations](https://edge.network/compute/instances)