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How hourly billing works
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Every resource has a monthly price and an hourly price. Each hour a resource exists, its hourly price comes off your wallet, and it never costs more than its monthly price in a calendar month. VAT at 7.5% is added to each charge.
1. Hourly price = monthly price ÷ 730
A month is counted as 730 hours. The hourly price is the monthly price divided by 730, and it is shown before you click create.
| Resource | Plan | Hourly | Monthly cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Server | Micro · 1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB | ₦10 | ₦7,300 |
| Server | Small · 2 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB | ₦30 | ₦21,900 |
| Server | Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB | ₦40 | ₦29,200 |
| Server | Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB | ₦80 | ₦58,400 |
| App | Basic / Professional / Pro Plus | ₦10 / ₦30 / ₦40 | ₦7,300 / ₦21,900 / ₦29,200 |
| Database | Starter / Standard / Business | ₦25 / ₦50 / ₦100 | ₦18,250 / ₦36,500 / ₦73,000 |
| Spaces | 250 GB included | ≈ ₦9.25 | ₦6,750, then ₦27 per GB |
2. A worked example
A shop runs a Basic app and a Standard PostgreSQL database all month, and starts a Small server for a 3-day data import (72 hours) before deleting it.
| Resource | Hours | Calculation | Charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| storefront · Basic app | 730 | 730 × ₦10 | ₦7,300 |
| orders-db · Standard | 730 | 730 × ₦50 | ₦36,500 |
| import-box · Small server | 72 | 72 × ₦30 | ₦2,160 |
| Subtotal | ₦45,960 | ||
| VAT 7.5% | ₦45,960 × 0.075 | ₦3,447 | |
| Total for the month | ₦49,407 |
3. What keeps billing when it is off
Billing follows what exists, not what is busy. A powered-off server still keeps its disk, so it keeps billing until you delete it.
- Powered-off servers: still billed; take a snapshot and delete the server to stop it.
- Backups: 20% of the server price while on; included with every database.
- Snapshots and volumes: per GB a month until you delete them.
- Free: Domains & DNS, monitoring and alerts, the API, CLI and Terraform provider, and team seats.
4. See what you are spending
Billing shows this month so far, a forecast for the full month and a split by product. Usage is grouped into one line per day in Wallet history, with VAT included.
simplicloud billing usage --month 2026-11# PRODUCT SO FAR FORECAST# Apps ₦10,680 ₦17,950# Databases ₦9,430 ₦15,850# Servers ₦8,790 ₦14,770# Spaces ₦2,520 ₦4,230# Total ₦31,420 ₦52,800 (VAT included in daily charges)