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Cloud Server Pricing

Local SSD Cloud Servers use directly-attached high performance SSD storage for their root disk.

Standard

Balanced amounts of RAM, CPU and Local SSD storage for general purpose workloads.

Label / Handle RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
512mb.ssd 512 MB 1 vCPU 15 GB £0.00685 / hr £5 / mo
1gb.ssd 1 GB 1 vCPU 30 GB £0.01233 / hr £9 / mo
2gb.ssd 2 GB 2 vCPU 60 GB £0.02466 / hr £18 / mo
4gb.ssd 4 GB 2 vCPU 80 GB £0.04110 / hr £30 / mo
8gb.ssd 8 GB 4 vCPU 160 GB £0.07534 / hr £55 / mo
16gb.ssd 16 GB 6 vCPU 280 GB £0.15068 / hr £110 / mo
32gb.ssd 32 GB 8 vCPU 640 GB £0.28767 / hr £210 / mo
48gb.ssd 48 GB 12 vCPU 960 GB £0.49315 / hr £360 / mo
64gb.ssd 64 GB 16 vCPU 1280 GB £0.65068 / hr £475 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

RAM Optimised

RAM optimised cloud servers have reduced allocations of storage and CPU and provide a lower cost alternative to our Standard types.

Label / Handle RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
8gb.ssd-ram-opt 8 GB 2 vCPU 60 GB £0.04110 / hr £30 / mo
16gb.ssd-ram-opt 16 GB 3 vCPU 80 GB £0.08219 / hr £60 / mo
32gb.ssd-ram-opt 32 GB 4 vCPU 100 GB £0.15753 / hr £115 / mo
48gb.ssd-ram-opt 48 GB 6 vCPU 100 GB £0.27397 / hr £200 / mo
64gb.ssd-ram-opt 64 GB 8 vCPU 100 GB £0.36301 / hr £265 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

Storage Optimised

Storage optimised cloud servers have increased Local SSD storage to RAM ratios and are perfect for storage intensive workloads.

Label / Handle RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
4gb.ssd-stg-opt 4 GB 2 vCPU 280 GB £0.08219 / hr £60 / mo
8gb.ssd-stg-opt 8 GB 4 vCPU 640 GB £0.17123 / hr £125 / mo
16gb.ssd-stg-opt 16 GB 6 vCPU 1280 GB £0.35616 / hr £260 / mo
32gb.ssd-stg-opt 32 GB 8 vCPU 2560 GB £0.67808 / hr £495 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

Volume-based Cloud Servers use a network-attached block storage Volume for their root disk (billed separately) and don't have any local SSD storage.

Label / Handle RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
2gb.nbs 2 GB 2 vCPU £0.01918 / hr £14 / mo
4gb.nbs 4 GB 2 vCPU £0.03562 / hr £25 / mo
8gb.nbs 8 GB 4 vCPU £0.06986 / hr £50 / mo
16gb.nbs 16 GB 6 vCPU £0.14521 / hr £105 / mo
32gb.nbs 32 GB 8 vCPU £0.28219 / hr £205 / mo
48gb.nbs 48 GB 12 vCPU £0.48767 / hr £355 / mo
64gb.nbs 64 GB 16 vCPU £0.64521 / hr £470 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

Compare all Server Types

Below is a side-by-side comparison of all Brightbox Cloud Server types

Label / Handle Root Storage Type RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
512mb.ssd Local 512 MB 1 vCPU 15 GB £0.00685 / hr £5 / mo
1gb.ssd Local 1 GB 1 vCPU 30 GB £0.01233 / hr £9 / mo
2gb.ssd Local 2 GB 2 vCPU 60 GB £0.02466 / hr £18 / mo
2gb.nbs Network 2 GB 2 vCPU £0.01918 / hr £14 / mo
4gb.ssd Local 4 GB 2 vCPU 80 GB £0.04110 / hr £30 / mo
4gb.ssd-stg-opt Local 4 GB 2 vCPU 280 GB £0.08219 / hr £60 / mo
4gb.nbs Network 4 GB 2 vCPU £0.03562 / hr £25 / mo
8gb.ssd Local 8 GB 4 vCPU 160 GB £0.07534 / hr £55 / mo
8gb.ssd-stg-opt Local 8 GB 4 vCPU 640 GB £0.17123 / hr £125 / mo
8gb.ssd-ram-opt Local 8 GB 2 vCPU 60 GB £0.04110 / hr £30 / mo
8gb.nbs Network 8 GB 4 vCPU £0.06986 / hr £50 / mo
16gb.ssd Local 16 GB 6 vCPU 280 GB £0.15068 / hr £110 / mo
16gb.ssd-stg-opt Local 16 GB 6 vCPU 1280 GB £0.35616 / hr £260 / mo
16gb.ssd-ram-opt Local 16 GB 3 vCPU 80 GB £0.08219 / hr £60 / mo
16gb.nbs Network 16 GB 6 vCPU £0.14521 / hr £105 / mo
32gb.ssd Local 32 GB 8 vCPU 640 GB £0.28767 / hr £210 / mo
32gb.ssd-stg-opt Local 32 GB 8 vCPU 2560 GB £0.67808 / hr £495 / mo
32gb.ssd-ram-opt Local 32 GB 4 vCPU 100 GB £0.15753 / hr £115 / mo
32gb.nbs Network 32 GB 8 vCPU £0.28219 / hr £205 / mo
48gb.ssd Local 48 GB 12 vCPU 960 GB £0.49315 / hr £360 / mo
48gb.ssd-ram-opt Local 48 GB 6 vCPU 100 GB £0.27397 / hr £200 / mo
48gb.nbs Network 48 GB 12 vCPU £0.48767 / hr £355 / mo
64gb.ssd Local 64 GB 16 vCPU 1280 GB £0.65068 / hr £475 / mo
64gb.ssd-ram-opt Local 64 GB 8 vCPU 100 GB £0.36301 / hr £265 / mo
64gb.nbs Network 64 GB 16 vCPU £0.64521 / hr £470 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

Cloud SQL Pricing

Cloud SQL is our zero-config relational database cloud service which enables you to create high performance MySQL and PostgreSQL database instances in minutes.

Name RAM CPU Local SSD Hourly Monthly
SSD 2GB 2 GB 2 vCPU 40 GB £0.04110 / hr £30 / mo
SSD 4GB 4 GB 2 vCPU 60 GB £0.06164 / hr £45 / mo
SSD 8GB 8 GB 4 vCPU 140 GB £0.10274 / hr £75 / mo
SSD 16GB 16 GB 6 vCPU 260 GB £0.19178 / hr £140 / mo
SSD 32GB 32 GB 8 vCPU 620 GB £0.35616 / hr £260 / mo

Monthly prices are approximate and displayed for convenience.

USD and EUR amounts are estimates based on currency exchange rates.

Windows® Server licencing, if required, is available for £48.50 per month

Storage Pricing

Object Storage

Orbit is our highly durable and highly available UK-based cloud object storage service, where your files are automatically distributed over multiple storage devices for resilience.

Orbit storage pricing
£0.05 per GB / mo

Block Storage

Block Storage Volumes are network-based block storage devices that provide high performance, high availability and flexible storage for Cloud Servers

Block storage pricing
£0.10 per GB / mo

Load Balancer Pricing

Load Balancers enable you to distribute traffic across a pool of cloud servers for high performance and high availability.

Load Balancer pricing
£0.0274 / hr £20 / mo

Network Pricing

Cloud IP pricing

Cloud IPs are dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 public IP addresses that can be instantly moved between Cloud Servers, Load Balancers and Cloud SQL instances.

Price per allocated Cloud IP
£0.00274 / hr £2 / mo

Data transfer pricing

Internet data is billed by the gigabyte, aggregated for your account. Data transferred between cloud servers is free-of-charge.

Data transfer type Price
Local/Private (e.g between Cloud Servers) FREE
Inbound internet data FREE
Outbound internet data £0.06 per GB

Pricing FAQs

When will I get billed for my usage?

You'll get an invoice each month on, or around, the monthly anniversary of when you first created your account.

For example, if you signed up on 3rd April you'll get your first bill on or around 3rd May, and each month thereafter on 3rd.

Which currencies do you support?

All usage is billed in Pounds Sterling (GBP).

EUR and USD amounts displayed are just intended for convenience based on recent currency exchange rates.

How does billing work?

All of the products available within Brightbox are provided on a metered billing basis. Our cloud billing system collects usage data from across our infrastructure every minute and generates invoices monthly in arrears.

When does billing for a Cloud Server or Load Balancer start and stop?

Billing starts only when the requested resource (e.g a Cloud Server or Load Balancer) first becomes "Active" and is ready to use. Billing stops as soon as a "destroy" request is received by the API. In other words, we start billing as late as possible and we stop billing as early as possibly - so that you only pay whilst a particular resource is usable by you.

Which credit cards do you accept?

We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

Will VAT be added to my invoices?

As a VAT-registered UK company, we're required to add VAT to purchases from: (a) EU-based customers without a valid VAT registration number and, (b) all UK-based customers (regardless of VAT status).

EU-based customers with a valid VAT registration number registered to their Brightbox account will not be charged VAT. Also, customers based outside of the EU and, therefore, outside the scope of VAT will not be charged VAT.

Are there volume discounts available?

Yes, please contact our sales team to discuss volume discounts.

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