Pricing
Ember is $5 a month. Hourly is that monthly price divided by 730 hours, and a server never bills above its monthly price, however long the month runs. Houston and Singapore cost the same, and the regions we add will too.
the box, billed by the hour, capped monthly
Pick a plan, then add extras. The total is what your wallet is billed. Deploy it →
Every plan, side by side.
Prices are in USD and are the same in every region. Hourly is the monthly price divided by 730, capped at the monthly.
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Transfer | $/mo | $/hr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ember A small always-on box for side projects. | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB | 1 TB | $5 | $0.0068 | Deploy |
| Flare★ popular The popular default for small apps. | 2 | 2 GB | 20 GB | 2 TB | $10 | $0.0137 | Deploy |
| Blaze Room for heavier workloads. | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | 3 TB | $20 | $0.0274 | Deploy |
Some things keep billing after you think you're done: a stopped server still draws its hourly rate until it is destroyed, block storage and reserved IPs bill for as long as they exist even while detached, and each snapshot past the third bills every month you keep it. Destroy or release one and its charge ends that hour.
Servers bill by the hour from your wallet.
You top up a balance. Servers draw from it by the hour, and the hourly rate is the monthly price divided by 730. Whatever the month, a server's total never passes its monthly price.
One thing to watch: stopping a server is not the same as destroying it. A stopped server still bills until you destroy it.
The same server, priced two ways
Cloud pricing usually splits across several lines: the server, then egress, then addresses, then a support tier. This table puts our rates beside the pattern you'll meet elsewhere.
| What you're checking | Ekire | A typical cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reading the price The number on the page. | Is the number you pay | Before egress, IPs and support tiers |
| Region surcharge Houston vs Singapore. | $0, same everywhere | 20–40% more in some regions |
| Egress / bandwidth Traffic leaving the server. | Included, then $0.01/GB | $0.08–$0.12/GB from byte one |
| DDoS scrubbing | On by default, free | A paid tier you switch on |
| Hourly cap | Never above the monthly | Hourly can outrun the monthly |
| Setup fee | None | Sometimes, plus spend minimums |
| Leaving The cost of the exit. | Destroy it, billing stops | Egress out can cost more than a month of the server |
“A typical cloud” describes common industry practice rather than any one competitor. The Ekire column is what we bill, and every rate in it appears on this page.
Picking a size
All three run on the same platform, the same network and the same SLA, at the same price in every region. The difference is how much room the workload needs.
| Plan | Reach for it when | Move up if |
|---|---|---|
| Ember$5/mo 1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB |
A side project, a bot, a bastion, a staging box or a personal VPN. | The build won't fit in a gig, or it's leaning on swap to stay up. |
| Flare$10/mo 2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB |
A small app with its database, a couple of containers, or a low-traffic site. | Memory is the ceiling: a heavier runtime or a cache wants more headroom. |
| Blaze$20/mo 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB |
Heavier apps: a busy CMS, a game server, CI runners. | One server is no longer enough. Run more than one. |
Plans resize as the workload changes. The wallet starts drawing at the new hourly rate from that hour, and there's no contract holding you to a size.
Billing questions
Questions we get about the bill.
Hourly or monthly — which one am I on?
Both. Every plan has a monthly price, and the hourly rate is that price divided by 730 hours. You're billed by the hour for what you run, and the total for any server is capped at its monthly price. Run it all month, pay the month. Run it half, pay half.
So the hourly rate can't add up to more than the monthly?
Correct. A 31-day month has 744 hours in it and still bills at the monthly cap.
What counts as bandwidth?
Outbound transfer — traffic leaving your server. Each plan includes a monthly allowance: 1 TB on Ember, 2 TB on Flare, 3 TB on Blaze. Past that, overage is $0.01/GB. Inbound traffic, every byte coming in, is free.
How much do snapshots cost?
Your first three snapshots are free. After that it's $1 each per month, for as long as you keep them. Delete one and that dollar stops.
And automated backups?
Backups add 20% of the box's monthly rate. On a $10 Flare that's $2/mo for scheduled, hands-off restore points. Turn them off and the 20% comes off with them.
How is block storage billed?
$0.10 per GB per month, for whatever you provision. A 50 GB volume is $5/mo. It's metered by the hour and draws from the same wallet. Worth knowing: a volume bills from the moment you create it until you delete it, whether or not it's attached to a server. Detaching it does not stop the charge.
What about reserved IPs?
$3/mo per address, and you can hold up to three at once. A reserved IP stays yours across rebuilds, so you can tear a server down and bring the same address back. It bills for as long as you hold it, including while it sits unattached. Release it and the charge ends.
Is the price the same in every region?
Yes. Houston and Singapore cost the same, and Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Mumbai will price the same way when they open. We haven't set dates for those. There's no region surcharge and no premium-location line. Pick a region close to your users: latency follows distance, so measure it from where they sit.
What currency is this in?
US dollars, everywhere. Every price on this page is USD: plans, add-ons, overage. Your wallet holds a USD balance and servers spend from it.
Do you add tax or VAT?
Prices are shown before any tax that applies where you are. If we're required to collect VAT or sales tax for your location, it's added at top-up and itemized on your receipt.
Can I cancel anytime?
Anytime. There's no contract and no setup fee. Destroy a server and its billing stops that hour. Stopping a server is not the same as destroying it: a stopped server keeps billing until it's destroyed.
How do refunds and proration work?
Proration is automatic. You pay for the hours a server ran, so there's nothing to claw back when you shut one down mid-month. Credit already in your wallet stays on your account for the next server.
How do I fund the wallet?
Top it up whenever you like, in whatever amount suits you. The balance doesn't expire, and nothing spends it until a server, volume or add-on draws on it.
What happens if the wallet runs low?
When the balance can't cover the next hour the server is suspended: it still exists, compute stops billing, and you get a grace period to top up and bring it back. Let the grace period lapse without funding and the server is reclaimed. We warn you before any of that.
Can I upgrade or downgrade later?
Yes. Resize between plans as the workload shifts, and the wallet starts drawing at the new hourly rate from that point.
Do I get invoices and receipts?
Every top-up and every charge is itemized: which server, which add-on, how many hours. Statements and receipts download from the dashboard.