"Credits System"

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

The platform provides a simple process for purchasing credits:

Access Credits Section

Navigate to your account page and access the credits section

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

Review Payment Summary

Review the payment summary, which includes:

Base amount

Applicable taxes (GST at 18% is applied for Indian customers)

Total amount

Complete Payment

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

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

Credit Usage

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

Compute Resources

Per-Minute Billing

GPU Cost Calculation

VM State Impact

Storage Resources

Credits are consumed for storage resources based on provisioned capacity:

Volume Storage

Snapshot Storage

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

USD Pricing

EUR Pricing

INR Pricing

GPU Model	USD per Hour	USD 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

Development Workload

Training Workload

Production Service

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 =

27.60

Hibernated: 128 ×

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 \times 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 \times 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

Real-time Balance Tracking

Usage Analytics

Budget Alerts

Credit Purchase Packages

Starter Package

Professional Package

Enterprise Package

Small Projects & Learning

USD:

25 -

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

Credit System FAQ

How does per-minute billing work?

What happens if I run out of credits?

Can I get a refund for unused credits?

Can I transfer credits between accounts?

How are taxes calculated?

Can I set spending limits?

Cost Optimization Strategies

Hibernation Benefits

Identify Hibernation Opportunities

Development VMs during non-working hours

Training VMs between experiment runs

Staging environments when not in use

Seasonal or periodic workloads

Implement Hibernation Schedule

Hibernate VMs during predictable downtime

Use hibernation for weekend cost savings

Coordinate team hibernation schedules

Automate hibernation for unused resources

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

GPU Selection Optimization

Storage Optimization

Usage Pattern Analysis

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