By alex123
i.e. Are there facilities to stop the memory and disk usage going to high and to prevent exceeding the transfer limit?
Thanks
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You are only charged for what you use… if you use a $5 dollar droplet all month you will be charged $5… it’s awesome actually. I routinely spin up 40+ servers with api calls for load and platform testing and then spin them down again and my bill has yet to go past $17.00 or so.
Heya,
This is one of the most frequently asked questions in our community.
You will never be billed more than the monthly cost of your Droplet. All Droplets are billed hourly up to a monthly cap of 672 hours (the number of hours in 4 weeks). If you use your server for fewer than 672 hours during the month, you will be billed for each hour that you used it. If you use your server for more than 672 hours that month, you will be billed at the monthly cost. For example, if you spin up a $10/mo Droplet and use it for 336 hours, then you would be charged $5 (going by the hourly rate). If you use that Droplet for 700 hours, then you would be charged $10 (capped at the monthly rate).
Regards
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