Hourly Server Rental¶

In this article

• Ordering and Payment
• Order and Active Service Cancellation
• Service Suspension and Server Decommissioning
• Billing Period Details
• Calculation Example
• Hourly Billing FAQs

You can rent ready-made dedicated servers and virtual servers with GPUs on an hourly billing basis. Payment is charged only based on actual usage.

Ordering and Payment¶

1. Select the server configuration and its hourly rate.
2. The system will check if your order is permitted and verify your billing status.
3. Next, the available balance is verified using the following formula: Available Balance = Client Balance − Unbilled Charges − 24-hour reserve for active hourly services.
4. A new order requires an amount that covers one day of consumption, including VAT and applicable minimum thresholds.
5. If funds are sufficient or a payment subscription is active (card linked), the order is sent for deployment.
6. If funds are insufficient, an order is created in "pending payment" status along with a top-up invoice. Payment must be made within 24 hours. Once paid, the system re-verifies the conditions and resumes execution.
7. Important: A specific stock machine is not reserved during the payment waiting period. If it is taken by another user, the order is canceled, and any funds paid remain on your balance.
8. Upon successful deployment and service activation, the billing start time is recorded. The waiting time for payment or deployment is not a billable period. There is no immediate 24-hour charge upon activation: funds are charged the next day based on actual usage, at which time a draft invoice for the current month is generated (if one does not already exist).

Order and Active Service Cancellation¶

Canceling an Order Before Server Delivery¶

The process for canceling an order before the server is actually delivered depends on its current status in the system:

• Awaiting Payment: The order is canceled; no server is assigned or delivered.
• Waiting Period Expired (24h): The order and its associated unpaid top-up invoice are automatically canceled, after which the client receives a corresponding notification.
• Order "Stuck" (Service and server not yet linked): The client can cancel it manually, and any funds paid will remain on the balance. Please note: there is a risk that if you cancel and immediately restart deployment, the server might be delivered after the cancellation. Such cases require manual review by deployment engineers and managers.

Canceling an Active Server¶

For hourly services, immediate cancellation is available. The "cancel at the end of the paid period" option is disabled because billing is calculated hourly.

System Sequence of Actions:

1. The final settlement amount is determined: previously unpaid charges, the remaining balance with 6 decimal places, any uncalculated full days, and the current incomplete day.
2. The system checks for sufficient funds on the balance.
3. The end-of-use moment is recorded, and the remaining charges are generated.
4. The debt for the canceled service is deducted (the minimum amount accumulation threshold does not apply during cancellation).
5. After successful calculation, the server is decommissioned and the service is terminated.

Topping up your balance is not a purchase of a fixed number of hours. When canceling, only the time used is paid for, and the remaining funds are kept on your balance. Automatic refunds to a card are not provided in this scenario—all refunds are credited to your personal account balance.

Service Suspension and Server Decommissioning¶

• If you stop topping up your balance and the system cannot cover the charges at least once (for the previous day), the server is suspended.
• For hourly services, the decommissioning date is set to 00:00 the day after suspension.
• If the debt is settled before decommissioning, the service can be resumed.
• If the server is decommissioned, the debt for time already used remains. If the debt is not settled, you will not be able to place new orders.

Billing Period Details¶

If services are first provided on the thirty-first (31^st) day of a month, the first billing period ends on the twenty-ninth (29^th) day of the following month. If the following month does not have a 29^th day, the period ends on the second-to-last day of that month.

Calculation Example¶

1. Order and Start of Use Suppose you rent a virtual server with a GPU at a rate of 0.0048 EUR per hour. After successful deployment and service activation, the actual usage countdown begins.

2. How Time is Calculated (Rounding Rules) The billing unit is each started hour. Duration is rounded up separately within each 24-hour interval.

3. Example 1: Usage from 12:02 to 16:14 on a single day is billed as 5 hours.

4. Example 2 (Edge Case): Usage from 23:30 to 00:30 is billed as 2 hours, because each of the two daily intervals is rounded up separately (1 hour on the first day and 1 hour on the second day). The total cost is not always a simple rounding of the total duration.

5. Daily Accrual and Accumulation Since the hourly rate (0.0048 EUR) is less than the minimum transaction step for payment systems, the system stores amounts with a precision of 6 decimal places and accumulates them until a threshold of 1.5 EUR is reached to avoid errors and dozens of micro-transactions.

6. 1^st hour: 0.0048 EUR accrued.

7. 2^nd hour: 0.0096 EUR accumulated.
8. ...

9. 313^th hour: 1.5024 EUR accumulated. At this point, the system reaches the threshold and deducts exactly 1.50 EUR. The fractional remainder of 0.0024 EUR is remembered and will be added to subsequent accruals.

10. Service Cancellation and Final Settlement You log into your personal account and submit a request for immediate server cancellation.

11. The system records the end time and adds the missing full days and the current incomplete day.

12. If the accumulated amount has not reached the threshold at the time of cancellation (e.g., only 0.0048 EUR has been accrued), the system will deduct the minimum possible amount—0.01 EUR.
13. This will create a small negative balance (e.g., −0.0052 EUR). This is not a debt! It is a credit that will automatically reduce your next invoice.
14. If you had a positive balance, it will be preserved for paying other services. When requesting a refund to a card, the amount is rounded in your favor (e.g., instead of 10.001 EUR, 10.01 EUR will be returned).

Hourly Billing FAQs¶

Can I rent a virtual server on an hourly basis?¶

The following can be rented on an hourly basis:

• Ready-made dedicated servers, including those with GPUs;
• Virtual servers with GPUs;
• Standard VPS.

What if I have insufficient funds when ordering a new service?¶

Without a linked card, a new service will not start if funds are insufficient. For server orders, a waiting period and a top-up invoice are provided. Once paid, the system re-verifies the ability to launch. An order in "pending" status is valid for 24 hours.

The system checks the available balance, not just the total amount in the account: accrued but not yet deducted amounts and the 24-hour reserve for all active hourly services are subtracted from the balance. A new hourly service requires coverage for one full day, including VAT.

What if I have multiple hourly services, but my balance is insufficient to pay for all servers?¶

During automatic deduction, charges are aggregated by client. There is currently no algorithm to "pay for as many servers as the money allows." For example, if 30 € is prepared for deduction but the balance is 20 €, the system does not select services totaling 20 €. Instead, it proceeds to top-up: it creates or uses an existing invoice and, if a payment subscription is active, attempts an automatic payment. If the debt remains, each service with unpaid and unsecured charges is subject to suspension. Therefore, all such servers may be suspended, even if there is a positive balance. Already paid services are not included in this group.

What if I have topped up my balance and have auto-top-up enabled?¶

If there is enough money on the balance for the deduction, the new order is paid from the balance. In this case, the linked card is not used.

Is there a way to see the recommended top-up amount for next month?¶

Yes, the personal account provides a "Monthly Expenses" indicator in the “Balance and Payments” → “Invoice Info” section. This is an aggregate indicator of service costs (quarterly and annual payments are converted to monthly averages). Please note: this calculation does not subtract your current balance and does not create a calendar of actual upcoming charges; it serves only as a recommendation.

How quickly is money returned to my balance when canceling an hourly server?¶

After submitting the cancellation request and completing the final settlement, the funds are credited to your personal account almost instantly.

If I rented and paid for a server for a month or more (not hourly), can I instantly cancel the server and get a refund for the unused time?¶

For servers paid for a term of one month or more, we do not provide the option for early termination, except in cases where the server is technically faulty and we cannot provide a replacement within the specified timeframe.

I rented a physical server with a Windows license or other paid software. Can I cancel it?¶

We do not provide the option for early termination of such servers; the rental can only be canceled at the end of the current billing period.

Can I automatically order and cancel servers?¶

Using our convenient API, you can integrate server ordering and cancellation into your own billing or IT infrastructure. To learn more, see the API documentation.