Question about snapshot pricing

June 6, 2013 8.7k views
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Backup pricing seems very clear to me, but snapshot pricing is a bit confusing. You state that: "The price for snapshots will be $0.02 per GB of snapshot storage." I wish to know that will I be charged $0.02 per GB every time I create a snapshot, what if I delete my existing snapshot and create another. I mean to say, will that price be charged every time I create a snapshot, or I can "buy" a specific snapshot storage so if I create snapshot again after deleting the first one, I won't be charged. Please clarify this. Thanks.
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asb MOD August 16, 2016

It's been awhile, but I just wanted to provide an update on how snapshot storage pricing works. Beginning October 1, 2016, snapshot storage will be $0.05 per gigabyte per month. Like our other features, this is broken down hourly, and the bill is based on the size of the compressed snapshot, not the total disk space allocated to the Droplet. So you only pay for what you use.

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kamaln7 MOD June 11, 2013
Currently we're billing $0.02 per GB every time a snapshot is created.
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grizlr.com July 3, 2013
I do not see this anywhere. Where do you say you charge for snapshots? I only see info about backups being 20%, etc.
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kamaln7 MOD July 3, 2013
We're not actually charging for snapshots yet so it's not mentioned on the site.
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lee212041 August 7, 2013
I'm confused, do you charge for snapshots or not? If not, are you planning to start charging for them?
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kamaln7 MOD August 7, 2013
We are not charging for snapshots yet.
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djzikario2011 October 3, 2013
Are you charging as of October?
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kamaln7 MOD October 6, 2013
No.
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amjad November 25, 2013
As of november (ie, now)?
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servers April 17, 2014
And as of April? ;)
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kamaln7 MOD April 18, 2014
@Bartek: We'll make sure all customers are aware when we start charging for snapshots :] We're currently not charging for snapshots.
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