Virtual server pricing and billing features
Pick a pricing plan to fit your need
You can choose predefined sizes and costs from our IBM Cloud® Virtual Servers for Classic Infrastructure offerings in hourly or monthly billing cycles.
Suspend billing
Spot pricing
Virtual server instance options
Dedicated servers
Dedicated servers
Dedicated, single-tenant servers offer added control and isolation for sensitive workload requirements. You choose dedicated hosts or dedicated instances. Dedicated hosts help with control over workload placement and dedicated instances offer single-tenant isolation.
Transient servers
Transient servers
Transient servers — also known as “spot pricing” servers — are deprovisioned on a first-on, first-off basis, come at a significantly lower price and are ideal for dev/test applications and other nonproduction workloads that don’t require constant uptime.
Reserved servers
Reserved servers
Reserve up to 20 virtual servers in advance, in the data center of your choice. Choose 1-year or 3-year contract terms. Reserved virtual servers are ideal for sustained workloads that require enterprise-level budgeting outlooks.
Dedicated hosts
Dedicated hosts
Single-tenant dedicated hosts help control workload placement and support network throughputs of up to 20 Gbps. View core, RAM and local storage consumption for maximum control of workload management.
Virtual server profiles
Compute
Compute
Ideal for CPU-intensive workloads, such as front-end processing and batch processing.
Variable compute
Variable compute
Ideal for low-usage and intermittent workloads that don’t require consistent CPU-capacity performance.
Memory
Memory
Ideal for memory-intensive workloads, like in-memory analytics and medium-to-large caching.
GPU
GPU
Ideal for high-performance workloads requiring more compute density, such as AI, intense graphics and data applications, and deep learning.
Balanced
Balanced
Ideal for common cloud workloads requiring a balance of performance and scale, such as moderate web traffic.
Balanced local storage
Balanced local storage
Ideal for large database workloads requiring low latency and high I/O performance. Select from SSD and HDD storage options.
Virtual server networking and bandwidth
In-network bandwidth
In-network bandwidth
All inbound and outbound bandwidth inside the IBM Cloud global, private network is unlimited and cost-free for your virtual server use.
Outbound data transfer
Outbound data transfer
Public, outbound bandwidth is charged on a tiered basis, with a set allotment for each month of your virtual server use.
IBM Cloud VPC
IBM Cloud VPC
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers on the IBM Cloud VPC network deliver fast provisioning compute capacity with the highest network speeds and most secure, software-defined networking resources available on the IBM Cloud.
Additional features
Explore virtual server resources
Autoscaling
Scale your cloud. Deploy or cancel servers with ease.
Network and bandwidth
Get unlimited bandwidth between IBM Cloud data centers.
System administration
Get reporting, OS reloads, remote reboot, monitoring.
Getting started
Start customizing your virtual server in minutes. Create an account and get USD 200 in credits today to use toward your cloud environment.