Pricing questions answered

Question 1

How is pricing calculated?

Accepted Answer

Pricing is based on a pay-as-you-go model where you only pay for the computing resources you use. The cost is calculated per core-hour, starting from EUR 0.02 per core-hour depending on the machine type.

Question 2

What is a core-hour?

Accepted Answer

A core-hour represents one CPU core running for one hour. For example, if you use a machine with 8 cores for 2 hours, that equals 16 core-hours of usage.

Question 3

Are there any additional costs?

Accepted Answer

Besides compute costs, you may incur charges for storage at EUR 0.20/GB-month above included limits and network traffic at EUR 0.20/GB. Each machine type includes a certain amount of free storage as shown in the machines table.

Question 4

What are EFA and Lustre?

Accepted Answer

EFA (Elastic Fabric Adapter) is a high-performance networking interface that enables faster communication between multiple machines for large-scale parallel simulations. Lustre is a high-performance parallel file system that provides faster data access for intensive workloads requiring high I/O throughput.

Question 5

Can I estimate my costs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Estimate your costs by considering: machine type × core-hours needed × price per core-hour. For example, running a simulation on a dh1_8x machine (8 cores) for 4 hours would cost: 8 × 4 × EUR 0.14 = EUR 4.48.

Question 6

What about local deployment pricing?

Accepted Answer

Local deployment options are available with custom pricing based on your specific requirements, infrastructure needs, and usage patterns. Contact us for a personalized quote.

Question 7

How do I monitor my usage and costs?

Accepted Answer

You can monitor your resource usage, active simulations, and accumulated costs in real time through your dicehub dashboard. Detailed billing information is available in your account settings.

Question 8

Is there a minimum commitment or contract?

Accepted Answer

No, there is no minimum commitment or long-term contract required. You can start and stop using resources as needed, and you will only pay for what you actually use.

Machine	CPUs	RAM	Storage	EFA	Lustre	€/core-hr	€/hour
`dh1_1x`	1	4 GB	8 GB	—	—	€0.02	€0.02
`dh1_2x`	2	4 GB	40 GB	—	—	€0.01	€0.03
`dh1_4x`	4	21 GB	80 GB	—	—	€0.14	€0.58
`dh1_8x`	8	42 GB	160 GB	—	—	€0.14	€1.15
`dh1_18x`	18	96 GB	360 GB		—	€0.14	€2.60
`dh1_36x`	36	192 GB	720 GB		—	€0.14	€5.19
`dh1_i64x`	64	256 GB	720 GB		—	€0.15	€9.70
`dh1_64x`	64	1024 GB	1440 GB		—	€0.19	€12.30
`dh1_96x`Popular	96	384 GB	1440 GB		—	€0.06	€6.17
`dh1_192x`Popular	192	384 GB	4800 GB		—	€0.07	€13.56

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