# Compute

### How Compute pricing works

Compute pricing is based on the underlying required and optional Compute-related resources.

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Starting at CHF 0.04/hr or CHF 29/mo
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Billing also occurs when the VM instance is in a stopped state.
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### Required resources

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Virtual machine flavors with a healthy balance of vCPU, RAM and Storage.

<table><thead><tr><th width="150">Flavor</th><th width="150">vCPUs</th><th width="150">RAM</th><th width="150">Storage</th><th width="150">Hourly price°</th><th>Monthly price°¹</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>b1.1x1</td><td>1</td><td>1 GB</td><td>10 GB</td><td>CHF 0.0400</td><td>CHF 29</td></tr><tr><td>b1.1x2</td><td>1</td><td>2 GB</td><td>25 GB</td><td>CHF 0.0541</td><td>CHF 39</td></tr><tr><td>b1.2x2</td><td>2</td><td>2 GB</td><td>50 GB</td><td>CHF 0.0890</td><td>CHF 65</td></tr><tr><td>b1.2x4</td><td>2</td><td>4 GB</td><td>100 GB</td><td>CHF 0.1232</td><td>CHF 90</td></tr><tr><td>b1.2x8</td><td>2</td><td>8 GB</td><td>150 GB</td><td>CHF 0.1766</td><td>CHF 129</td></tr><tr><td>b1.4x8</td><td>4</td><td>8 GB</td><td>200 GB</td><td>CHF 0.2464</td><td>CHF 180</td></tr><tr><td>b1.4x16</td><td>4</td><td>16 GB</td><td>300 GB</td><td>CHF 0.3532</td><td>CHF 256</td></tr><tr><td>b1.4x32</td><td>4</td><td>32 GB</td><td>400 GB</td><td>CHF 0.5368</td><td>CHF 392</td></tr><tr><td>b1.8x32</td><td>8</td><td>32 GB</td><td>500 GB</td><td>CHF 0.6764</td><td>CHF 494</td></tr><tr><td>b1.8x64</td><td>8</td><td>64 GB</td><td>600 GB</td><td>CHF 1.0136</td><td>CHF 740</td></tr><tr><td>b1.8x96</td><td>8</td><td>96 GB</td><td>800 GB</td><td>CHF 1.3808</td><td>CHF 1'008</td></tr><tr><td>b1.16x96</td><td>16</td><td>96 GB</td><td>1000 GB</td><td>CHF 1.6600</td><td>CHF 1'212</td></tr><tr><td>b1.16x128</td><td>16</td><td>128 GB</td><td>1500 GB</td><td>CHF 2.1172</td><td>CHF 1'546</td></tr><tr><td>b1.24x128</td><td>24</td><td>128 GB</td><td>2000 GB</td><td>CHF 2.4864</td><td>CHF 1'815</td></tr><tr><td>b1.24x256</td><td>24</td><td>256 GB</td><td>2500 GB</td><td>CHF 3.8652</td><td>CHF 2'822</td></tr><tr><td>b1.32x256</td><td>32</td><td>256 GB</td><td>3000 GB</td><td>CHF 4.2344</td><td>CHF 3'091</td></tr><tr><td>b1.32x512</td><td>32</td><td>512 GB</td><td>4000 GB</td><td>CHF 6.9920</td><td>CHF 5'104</td></tr></tbody></table>
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### Optional resources

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[Volumes & Snapshots](/platform/pricing/volumes-and-snapshots.md)
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[Load Balancers](/platform/pricing/load-balancers.md)
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[Elastic IPs](/platform/pricing/elastic-ips.md)
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[VPN & Peering](/platform/pricing/vpn-and-peering.md)
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[Licenses](/platform/pricing/licenses.md)
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### Included

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**Elastic IP Address.** Each VM comes with a free elastic public IPv4 address.
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**20 TB Outbound Traffic.** Per organization-account 20 TB of outbound traffic per month is included. Inbound and internal traffic is always free.
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**Economy Support** **Plan** according to the best-effort principle. Business and First support plans are available at an additional cost.
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° Prices are in CHF (Swiss franc) and don't include VAT. 1 CHF is usually [equal](https://www.google.com/search?q=1+CHF+in+USD\&cad=h) to 1 USD.\
¹ Monthly price estimates are based on 730 hours of usage.


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