As an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider CloudSigma has four main products, CPU, RAM, data storage and bandwidth. Unlike many other IaaS providers, CloudSigma does not bundle these products together but allows its customers to finely tune exactly the combination of resources they require. By billing in simple and transparent units for each resource separately, users can see the real computing costs and purchase only what they need.
Key Features
Pricing in transparent resource units
Resources are unbundled and purchased independently
Resources can be allocated between servers in a fluid manner
Subscription or burst pricing available
Location:
Below are our current subscription prices based on a 1 month subscription period:
Computing resources
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
CPU
0.0209
0.0165
0.0143
0.0220
Core-GHz/hour
RAM
0.02375
0.01875
0.01625
0.025
GB/hour
Distributed SSD
0.133
0.105
0.091
0.14
GB/per month
Networking resources
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Static IP Admin
2.375
1.875
1.625
2.5
per month
VLAN
9.5
7.5
6.5
10
per month
Software Licences
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition (64-bit)
21.375
16.875
14.625
22.5
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (32-bit)
38.475
30.375
26.325
40.5
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (64-bit)
38.475
30.375
26.325
40.5
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit)
38.475
30.375
26.325
40.5
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit)
38.475
30.375
26.325
40.5
per month
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition
32.0625
25.3125
21.9375
33.75
per month
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard
427.5
337.5
292.5
450.0
per month
Subscriptions are available for the periods of 1, 3 and 6 months and 1, 2 and 3 years. Discounts apply as per the table below:
Subscription discounts
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
2 years
3 years
% discount
0%
3%
10%
25%
35%
45%
Data Transfer
Data transfer is not time dependent and billed purely in relation to outgoing data transferred. Customers can purchase pre-paid data transfer at the rates set out in the table below. Each customer account has a pre-paid data transfer balance against which data transfer is deducted as it occurs.
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Incoming Bandwidth
-
-
-
-
per GB
Outgoing Bandwidth
0.0475
0.0375
0.0325
0.05
per GB
All prices on this page are exclusive of VAT. VAT is added based on your location according to Swiss and your local taxation laws.
Below are our current subscription prices based on a 1 month subscription period:
Computing resources
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
CPU
0.0250
0.0175
0.0150
0.0225
Core-GHz/hour
RAM
0.0325
0.0228
0.0195
0.0293
GB/hour
Distributed SSD
0.2000
0.1400
0.1200
0.1800
GB/per month
Networking resources
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Static IP Admin
5.0000
3.5000
3.0000
4.5000
per month
VLAN
10.0000
7.0000
6.0000
9.0000
per month
Software Licences
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition (64-bit)
25.0000
17.5000
15.0000
22.5000
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (32-bit)
45.0000
31.5000
27.0000
40.5000
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard (64-bit)
45.0000
31.5000
27.0000
40.5000
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit)
45.0000
31.5000
27.0000
40.5000
per month
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit)
45.0000
31.5000
27.0000
40.5000
per month
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition
37.5000
26.2500
22.5000
33.7500
per month
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard
500.0000
350.0000
300.0000
450.0000
per month
Subscriptions are available for the periods of 1, 3 and 6 months and 1, 2 and 3 years. Discounts apply as per the table below:
Subscription discounts
1 month
3 months
6 months
1 year
2 years
3 years
% discount
0%
3%
10%
25%
35%
45%
Data Transfer
Data transfer is not time dependent and billed purely in relation to outgoing data transferred. Customers can purchase pre-paid data transfer at the rates set out in the table below. Each customer account has a pre-paid data transfer balance against which data transfer is deducted as it occurs.
CHF
EUR
GBP
USD
Unit
Incoming Bandwidth
-
-
-
-
per GB
Outgoing Bandwidth
0.0650
0.0455
0.0390
0.0585
per GB
All prices on this page are exclusive of VAT. VAT is added based on your location according to Swiss and your local taxation laws.
Burst Pricing
CloudSigma uses an advanced pricing algorithm that allows our pay-as-you-go burst pricing to change over time depending on how busy our cloud is. We still have a maximum price which is never more than 2.5 times our regular one month subscription pricing but at many times our burst pricing is a lot cheaper than this maximum.
CloudSigma offers dynamic burst pricing for three computing resources, CPU, RAM and outgoing bandwidth (all incoming bandwidth is free). Below please find the pricing tables for each:
Every five minutes our system calculates our overall cloud utilisation rate
The system then schedules a price level change for burst pricing to occur in five minutes in the future (T+5)
The system posts the new pricing level and time change to a public RSS feed that our users can subscribe for
At the pre-allotted time the price level is adjusted for the next 5 minute billing segment
The price level for T+5 is again calculated and the process repeats
In this way all our users have easy access to both current burst pricing and the next pricing level in five minutes. By posting this information transparently via RSS, you can use CloudSigma to automate the timing of your usage which isn’t time critical and take advantage of quieter, cheaper periods during the day or night. In other words, our burst pricing isn’t more expensive than other providers compared with subscription but at less busy times it becomes significantly cheaper.
Other resources
All other resources including storage are charged at a fixed burst rate of x2.0 of the equivalent one month subscription price for the relevant time period.
Note: All burst resources are billed on a minimum billing period of just 5 minutes.
All prices on this page are exclusive of VAT. VAT is added based on your location according to Swiss and your local taxation laws.
Every five minutes our system calculates our overall cloud utilisation rate
The system then schedules a price level change for burst pricing to occur in five minutes in the future (T+5)
The system posts the new pricing level and time change to a public RSS feed that our users can subscribe for
At the pre-allotted time the price level is adjusted for the next 5 minute billing segment
The price level for T+5 is again calculated and the process repeats
In this way all our users have easy access to both current burst pricing and the next pricing level in five minutes. By posting this information transparently via RSS, you can use CloudSigma to automate the timing of your usage which isn’t time critical and take advantage of quieter, cheaper periods during the day or night. In other words, our burst pricing isn’t more expensive than other providers compared with subscription but at less busy times it becomes significantly cheaper.
Other resources
All other resources including storage are charged at a fixed burst rate of x2.0 of the equivalent one month subscription price for the relevant time period.
Note: All burst resources are billed on a minimum billing period of just 5 minutes.
All prices on this page are exclusive of Taxes. Taxes are added based on your location according to US and your local taxation laws.
Example Server Costs
Servers are created in a flexible fashion without pre-determined sizes. CPU, RAM and storage can be combined to form a server in any combination within the minimum and maximum overall resource sizes. There is no real concept of specific server sizes on the CloudSigma platform. Below are some example server sizes and costs provided to assist in understanding price lists and for comparison with other cloud computing vendors.
Some example cloud server sizes:
Currency:
Server Type: Standard
Small
Large
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
1.1
4.4
8.8
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7.5
15
GB
Disk space
80
250
500
GB
Cost
€0.074
€0.296
€0.593
per hour
Cost
€52.91
€213.29
€426.58
per month
Cost
€476.15
€1919.61
€3839.22
per year
Server Type: Micro
Micro- regular
Micro- high CPU
Unit
CPU
1.1
2.2
core-GHz
RAM
0.6
0.6
GB
Disk space
80
80
GB
Cost
€0.0485
€0.0677
per hour
Cost
€34.89
€48.75
per month
Cost
€313.99
€438.73
per year
Server Type: High Memory
Extra Large
Double Extra Large
Unit
CPU
7.15
14.3
core-GHz
RAM
17.1
32.0
GB
Disk space
250
500
GB
Cost
€0.499
€1.076
per hour
Cost
€359.32
€774.34
per month
Cost
€3646.69
€6969.06
per year
Server Type: High CPU
Medium
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
5.5
20
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7
GB
Disk space
150
500
GB
Cost
€0.164
€0.607
per hour
Cost
€118.15
€436.66
per month
Cost
€1063.31
€3929.94
per year
Server Type: Standard
Small
Large
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
1.1
4.4
8.8
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7.5
15
GB
Disk space
80
250
500
GB
Cost
$0.095
$0.381
$0.762
per hour
Cost
$68.02
$274.23
$548.46
per month
Cost
$612.20
$2468.07
$4936.14
per year
Server Type: Micro
Micro- regular
Micro- high CPU
Unit
CPU
1.1
2.2
core-GHz
RAM
0.6
0.6
GB
Disk space
80
80
GB
Cost
$0.0548
$0.0796
per hour
Cost
$39.46
57.28
per month
Cost
$355.10
$515.48
per year
Server Type: High Memory
Extra Large
Double Extra Large
Unit
CPU
7.15
14.3
core-GHz
RAM
17.1
32.0
GB
Disk space
250
500
GB
Cost
$0.642
$1.383
per hour
Cost
$461.99
$995.58
per month
Cost
$4688.60
$8960.22
per year
Server Type: High CPU
Medium
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
5.5
20
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7
GB
Disk space
150
500
GB
Cost
$0.211
$0.780
per hour
Cost
$151.90
$561.42
per month
Cost
$1367.12
$5052.78
per year
Server Type: Standard
Small
Large
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
1.1
4.4
8.8
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7.5
15
GB
Disk space
80
250
500
GB
Cost
CHF 0.105
CHF 0.423
CHF 0.846
per hour
Cost
CHF 75.58
CHF 304.70
CHF 609.40
per month
Cost
CHF 680.22
CHF 2742.30
CHF 5484.60
per year
Server Type: Micro
Micro- regular
Micro- high CPU
Unit
CPU
1.1
2.2
core-GHz
RAM
0.6
0.6
GB
Disk space
80
80
GB
Cost
CHF 0.0609
CHF 0.0884
per hour
Cost
CHF 43.84
CHF 63.64
per month
Cost
CHF 394.56
CHF 572.76
per year
Server Type: High Memory
Extra Large
Double Extra Large
Unit
CPU
7.15
14.3
core-GHz
RAM
17.1
32.0
GB
Disk space
250
500
GB
Cost
CHF 0.713
CHF 1.536
per hour
Cost
CHF 513.32
CHF 1106.20
per month
Cost
CHF 5209.56
CHF 9955.80
per year
Server Type: High CPU
Medium
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
5.5
20
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7
GB
Disk space
150
500
GB
Cost
CHF 0.234
CHF 0.866
per hour
Cost
CHF 168.78
CHF 623.80
per month
Cost
CHF 1519.02
CHF 5614.20
per year
Server Type: Standard
Small
Large
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
1.1
4.4
8.8
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7.5
15
GB
Disk space
80
250
500
GB
Cost
£0.063
£0.254
£0.508
per hour
Cost
£45.35
£182.82
£365.64
per month
Cost
£408.13
£1645.38
£3290.76
per year
Server Type: Micro
Micro- regular
Micro- high CPU
Unit
CPU
1.1
2.2
core-GHz
RAM
0.6
0.6
GB
Disk space
80
80
GB
Cost
£0.0365
£0.0530
per hour
Cost
£26.30
£38.18
per month
Cost
£236.74
£343.66
per year
Server Type: High Memory
Extra Large
Double Extra Large
Unit
CPU
7.15
14.3
core-GHz
RAM
17.1
32.0
GB
Disk space
250
500
GB
Cost
£0.428
£0.922
per hour
Cost
£307.99
£663.72
per month
Cost
£3125.74
£5973.48
per year
Server Type: High CPU
Medium
Extra Large
Unit
CPU
5.5
20
core-GHz
RAM
1.7
7
GB
Disk space
150
500
GB
Cost
£0.141
£0.520
per hour
Cost
£101.27
£374.28
per month
Cost
£911.41
£3368.52
per year
Computing Resource Ranges
Minimum
Maximum
Unit
CPU
0.5
20
core-GHz
RAM
0.5
32
GB
Disk space
1
1024
GB
Resources can be combined in any combination subject to the above minimums and maximums
Notes:
All servers run both 32bit and 64bit architectures
All storage and servers are persistent
All servers offer high I/O disk performance
Any x86 and x64 compatible operating systems can be installed on servers
All prices on this page are exclusive of VAT. VAT is added based on your location according to Swiss and your local taxation laws.
RSS Price feeds
All prices on the CloudSigma platform are available via public RSS. Whether you are a user of CloudSigma or not you can subscribe and keep informed of our latest pricing levels automatically. Below are links to all of our price feeds:
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