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Expand Up @@ -50,14 +50,27 @@ Instances are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, and their prices are made up of t

You can change the storage type and flexible IP after the Instance creation, which may affect the monthly billing.

## How are Instances billed?

Instances are billed based on their runtime while powered on:
- **CPU Instances**: Billed per hour of uptime (including startup and standby time).
- **GPU Instances**: Billed per minute of uptime (including startup and standby time), except for RENDER-S GPU Instances, which are billed per hour.

<Message type="note">
For Kapsule and Kubernetes users: the underlying Instance in a GPU node pool is billed as soon as it is created—even during the setup phase, before the NVIDIA GPU Operator is fully initialized.
</Message>

Keep in mind that while compute resources follow this usage-based billing model, other resources—such as public IP addresses and storage volumes—are billed for their entire allocation period, regardless of whether the instance is powered off.

For more details, visit the [Instances pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/virtual-instances/).

### What are the prices for Instances?

Refer to the [Pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/virtual-instances/) to learn about the cost of each Instance type.
Refer to the [pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/virtual-instances/) to learn about the cost of each Instance type.

### What are the storage prices for Instances?

Refer to the [Pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/storage/) to learn about the storage fees for Instances.
Refer to the [pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/storage/) to learn about the storage fees for Instances.

### How much does a flexible IP cost?

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