The Credits System allows you to purchase and manage credits to pay for your virtual machine and storage usage on the platform.

Purchasing Credits

The platform provides a simple process for purchasing credits:

1

Access Credits Section

Navigate to your account page and access the credits section

2

Choose Credit Package

Choose from predefined credit packages or specify a custom amount:

  • Starter Package: Perfect for small projects
  • Professional Package: Ideal for medium-sized workloads
  • Enterprise Package: For large compute needs
3

Review Payment Summary

Review the payment summary, which includes:

  • Base amount
  • Applicable taxes (GST at 18% is applied for Indian customers)
  • Total amount
4

Complete Payment

Click “Proceed to Payment” and complete the payment via Razorpay, our secure payment processor

5

Credits Added

After successful payment, credits are instantly added to your account

Credit Purchase Requirements

Minimum Purchase Amounts

USD Currency

United States Dollar

  • Minimum Purchase: $5
  • Most Countries: Default currency
  • Payment Methods: Credit card, debit card

EUR Currency

European Euro

  • Minimum Purchase: €5
  • European Countries: EU member states
  • Payment Methods: Credit card, SEPA

INR Currency

Indian Rupee

  • Minimum Purchase: ₹100
  • India Only: Indian accounts
  • Payment Methods: UPI, cards, net banking

Prerequisites for Credit Purchase

Required Before Purchase:

  • Your profile must be complete with billing information before making a purchase
  • Payment is processed in your local currency based on your profile settings
  • All credit purchases are final and non-refundable
  • Credits have no expiry date and remain in your account until used

Credit Usage

Credits are automatically deducted from your account based on your resource consumption:

Compute Resources

Storage Resources

Credits are consumed for storage resources based on provisioned capacity:

Persistent Storage Billing

  • Rate: $0.1 per TB per hour (€0.1 per TB per hour | ₹10 per TB per hour)
  • Billing Method: Hourly based on provisioned capacity
  • All Volume Types: Standard and bootable volumes
  • Regional Consistency: Same rates across all regions

GPU Instance Pricing

Per-Hour Rates

GPU ModelUSD per HourUSD per Minute
H100-SXM5-80GB$2.69$0.0448
H100-PCIe-NVLink-80GB$2.29$0.0382
H100-PCIe-80GB$2.25$0.0375
A100-SXM4-80GB-NVLink$1.59$0.0265
A100-PCIe-80GB$1.55$0.0258
L40$1.19$0.0198
RTX-A6000$0.69$0.0115
A40$0.69$0.0115

Cost Calculation Examples

Single GPU Usage Examples

RTX A6000 for Development

Scenario: 8 hours/day, 5 days/week development work

  • Active Time: 40 hours/week
  • Hibernated Time: 128 hours/week
  • Weekly Cost (USD):
    • Active: 40 × 0.69=0.69 = 27.60
    • Hibernated: 128 × 0.01=0.01 = 1.28
    • Total: $28.88/week
  • Monthly Cost: ~$115.52

Multi-GPU Configurations

Dual GPU Setup

2x A100-PCIe-80GB

  • Hourly Rate: 1.55×2=1.55 × 2 = 3.10
  • Daily Cost (8 hrs active): $24.80
  • Weekly Cost (40 hrs): $124.00
  • Use Case: Distributed training, large models

Quad GPU Setup

4x H100-SXM5-80GB

  • Hourly Rate: 2.69×4=2.69 × 4 = 10.76
  • Daily Cost (8 hrs active): $86.08
  • Weekly Cost (40 hrs): $430.40
  • Use Case: Large-scale model training

Credit Management Features

Balance Monitoring

Credit Purchase Packages

Small Projects & Learning

  • USD: 2525 - 100
  • EUR: €25 - €100
  • INR: ₹2,000 - ₹8,000
  • Best For: Individual developers, learning, prototyping

Payment Processing

Secure Payment Handling

Razorpay Integration

Secure Payment Processor

  • Industry-standard security
  • Multiple payment methods supported
  • Instant credit processing
  • Secure transaction handling

Payment Methods

Flexible Payment Options

  • Credit and debit cards
  • UPI (India)
  • Net banking (India)
  • SEPA transfers (Europe)

Payment Security

Payment Security:

  • All payments are processed through secure, encrypted connections
  • Card information is not stored on our servers
  • PCI DSS compliant payment processing
  • Two-factor authentication for payment verification
  • Instant transaction confirmation and receipt

Credit System FAQ

Cost Optimization Strategies

Hibernation Benefits

1

Identify Hibernation Opportunities

  • Development VMs during non-working hours
  • Training VMs between experiment runs
  • Staging environments when not in use
  • Seasonal or periodic workloads
2

Implement Hibernation Schedule

  • Hibernate VMs during predictable downtime
  • Use hibernation for weekend cost savings
  • Coordinate team hibernation schedules
  • Automate hibernation for unused resources
3

Monitor Savings

  • Track hibernation cost savings
  • Compare costs before and after hibernation strategy
  • Optimize hibernation timing based on usage patterns
  • Calculate ROI of hibernation practices

Right-sizing Resources

Enterprise Pricing: For enterprise customers with large workloads, custom pricing plans are available. Contact our sales team for volume discounts and custom billing arrangements.

Monitor your credit usage regularly and take advantage of hibernation to reduce costs by up to 95% for VMs that don’t need to run continuously.