# Volumes & Snapshots

### How Volumes pricing works

The price for Volumes is calculated on the basis of the smallest unit of 1 GB. When creating volumes, the smallest unit is always 10 GB. After that, you can always expand volumes with the smallest unit of 1 GB. Charges accrue hourly for as long as the Volume exists.

### How Snapshots pricing works

Snapshots are always associated with Volumes. As Snapshots are 1:1 block storage level copies of a Volume, the per GB pricing and the method of calculation are exactly the same. Charges accrue hourly for as long as the Snapshot exists.

### Pricing per GB

| Storage | Hourly price° | Monthly price°¹ |
| ------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| 1 GB    | CHF 0.0003    | CHF 0.22        |

### Pricing examples

| Storage | Hourly price° | Monthly price°¹ |
| ------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| 10 GB   | CHF 0.0030    | CHF 2           |
| 50 GB   | CHF 0.0150    | CHF 11          |
| 100 GB  | CHF 0.0300    | CHF 22          |
| 200 GB  | CHF 0.0600    | CHF 44          |
| 250 GB  | CHF 0.0750    | CHF 55          |
| 500 GB  | CHF 0.1500    | CHF 110         |
| 1000 GB | CHF 0.3000    | CHF 220         |

° 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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