Hourly Billing

Introduction

Onidel Cloud provides hourly billing in select locations, where cloud server charges accrue in hourly increments. Currently, hourly charges are deducted directly from the customer’s account balance, so customers must recharge their account before provisioning hourly VMs.

Eligibility

To be eligible for provisioning VMs on an hourly billing cycle, customers must:

• Verify their mobile phone number: Please visit this page to verify your phone number.

• Recharge account balance: Hourly charges are deducted directly from your account balance, so customers must ensure sufficient credit to cover hourly charges. Onidel Cloud supports recharging through Stripe, PayPal, and Cryptomus.

Onidel Cloud requires a minimum account balance equivalent to at least one day of hourly charges. For example, if a VM costs A$0.0082 per hour, you will need a minimum balance of A$0.0082 x 24 = A$0.1968 to avoid an insufficient balance error.

How am I billed for my VMs?

The hourly rate is calculated by dividing the monthly rate by 672 hours (28 days). If your VM remains online for more than 672 hours within a calendar month, you will only be billed the monthly rate. An invoice with accumulated charges will be generated on the 1st of each month for your reference.

If you upgrade or downgrade your VM, it will incur one full hour's charge at the current rate before the update is applied, which may result in charges exceeding 672 hours in months when resizing occurs.

VMs in a stopped state continue to reserve dedicated system resources and will incur charges until they are destroyed. To stop accruing charges for a VM, please terminate the service.

How is bandwidth usage calculated?

We calculate your bandwidth usage based on both inbound and outbound traffic.

How are bandwidth caps calculated?

Each month consists of 672 hours, and bandwidth allocations are distributed hourly throughout the month. If you exceed your allocated bandwidth at any point, an overage charge will apply.

Bandwidth for each VM is allocated on an hourly basis while the instance is active. The monthly bandwidth cap varies depending on the VM’s specifications, so for each hour the instance operates, you accrue one hour's worth of its monthly cap.

Onidel customers with multiple cloud servers benefit from pooled bandwidth across their instances as described in Data Transfer (Bandwidth) Pooling

What is the bandwidth overage rate?

We charge A$0.01 per GB for bandwidth usage that exceeds your allocated quota.

How can I increase my account resource limits?

Your account may become eligible for higher limit increases as you establish a credible history. To review your current limits, visit: https://cloud.onidel.com/account/resource-limit. If you would like to request a limit increase, please open a support ticket and provide details of your use case for review.