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Pricing

Enterprise pricing and managed service commitments

Use published baseline rates for early planning, then finalize a custom commercial model based on workload profile, support objectives, and dedicated DevOps scope.

ServiceCategoryStarting PricePlansActions
Virtual MachinesComputefrom $6/mo3Open plan matrix
GPUComputefrom $0.99/hr2Open plan matrix
KubernetesContainerscontrol plane included3Open plan matrix
VolumesStoragefrom $0.10/GB-mo2Open plan matrix
Object StorageStoragefrom $5/mo2Open plan matrix
Load BalancerNetworkingfrom $12/mo2Open plan matrix
DatabaseDatabasesfrom $24/mo2Open plan matrix
RedisDatabasesfrom $18/mo2Open plan matrix
Web DomainNetworkingfrom $2/mo2Open plan matrix
DNSNetworkingfrom $3/mo2Open plan matrix
Email ServerOperationsfrom $8/mo2Open plan matrix
VPC NetworkingNetworkingincluded2Open plan matrix
Cloud FirewallSecurityfrom $0.75/resource-mo2Open plan matrix
Key ManagerSecurityfrom $6/mo2Open plan matrix
Backups and SnapshotsOperationsfrom 20% of resource cost2Open plan matrix
ObservabilityOperationsfrom $9/mo2Open plan matrix

Line-item rate card

Price snapshot as of 2026-04-22 · 2026-05-internal-v1

ServiceLine itemUnitPriceStatusNotes
Virtual Machinesnova.vcpu_hourvCPU-hour$0.0100 USDLiveBilled by active Nova instance runtime.
Virtual Machinesnova.ram_gb_hourGB-hour$0.0040 USDLiveBilled by active Nova instance runtime.
Volumescinder.volume_gb_monthGB-month$0.0800 USDLiveMonthly prorated by active allocation.
Backups and Snapshotscinder.snapshot_gb_monthGB-month$0.0500 USDLiveMonthly prorated by retained snapshot size.
VPC Networkingneutron.floating_ip_monthIP-month$5.0000 USDLiveProrated monthly by assignment duration.
VPC Networkingneutron.egress_gbGB$0.0500 USDPending telemetryEnabled when network telemetry is available.
Load Balanceroctavia.lb_hour.defaultLB-hour$0.0250 USDLiveFallback tier when flavor mapping is not configured.
Load Balanceroctavia.lb_hour.smallLB-hour$0.0200 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Octavia billing.
Load Balanceroctavia.lb_hour.mediumLB-hour$0.0350 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Octavia billing.
Load Balanceroctavia.lb_hour.largeLB-hour$0.0600 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Octavia billing.
DNSdesignate.zone_monthzone-month$0.5000 USDLiveProrated monthly by active zone lifetime.
Databasetrove.instance_hour.defaultinstance-hour$0.0350 USDLiveFallback tier when flavor mapping is not configured.
Databasetrove.instance_hour.smallinstance-hour$0.0250 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Trove billing.
Databasetrove.instance_hour.mediuminstance-hour$0.0500 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Trove billing.
Databasetrove.instance_hour.largeinstance-hour$0.0900 USDLiveFlavor-tiered Trove billing.
Databasetrove.storage_gb_monthGB-month$0.1000 USDLiveProrated monthly by allocated DB volume.
Databasetrove.backup_gb_monthGB-month$0.0600 USDLiveProrated monthly by retained backup size.
Object Storageswift.storage_gb_monthGB-month$0.0200 USDLiveProrated by Swift account bytes used.
Object Storageswift.request_class_a_10k10k-requests$0.0500 USDPending telemetryEnabled when request telemetry is available.
Object Storageswift.request_class_b_10k10k-requests$0.0100 USDPending telemetryEnabled when request telemetry is available.
Object Storageswift.egress_gbGB$0.0300 USDPending telemetryEnabled when egress telemetry is available.
Backups and Snapshotsglance.image_storage_gb_monthGB-month$0.0300 USDLiveProrated monthly for retained images.
Kubernetesmagnum.cluster_hourcluster-hour$0.0200 USDLiveCluster-level managed service charge.
Key Managerbarbican.secret_monthsecret-month$0.0100 USDLiveProrated monthly by secret lifetime.
Web Domaindomain.registrationtransactionPassthroughLiveRegistrar passthrough with billing multiplier policy.

Dedicated Ops

From $2,500 / month

P1 in 60 minutes

  • Email
  • Ticket portal
  • Slack Connect

Business Critical

From $8,000 / month

P1 in 30 minutes

  • Email
  • Ticket portal
  • Slack Connect
  • Phone bridge

Private Cloud Partner

Custom enterprise agreement

P1 in 15 minutes

  • Dedicated war room
  • Phone
  • Ticket portal
  • Executive channel

Cost governance recommendations

  • • Align spend to business units and signed service scopes.
  • • Set quarterly optimization reviews with your DevOps pod.
  • • Reserve capacity for mission-critical workloads.
  • • Tie backup and DR policy to contractual RPO and RTO.