Pricing Model for Educloud Server Service

Service Notice

An adjustment to the pricing of Educloud Server Service will take effect on April 1, 2025. This change is required due to significant increases in costs for key components of EduCloud, including hardware and software licenses, and we anticipate annual price adjustments in the coming years to adapt to current market conditions. If you have any questions, please check the New Cost FAQs, or contact us at UBC IT Systems.

 

Cost Model

  • Organizations are billed based on the capacity allocated to their Virtual Data Centre.
  • You can adjust your resources at any time by submitting a service request.
  • Lowering the guaranteed resources allows for more virtual machines within the pre-allocated capacity, but it may impact the virtual machines' ability to access the resources you need.
  • Charges are calculated and billed monthly.

 

Educloud Server Service Fees

Description Current Cost New Cost Effective April 1, 2025 Cost Model
Basic Fee (licensing, support) $55 per VM / year
$93 per VM / year Includes powered on and powered off virtual machines
CPU
$9 per GHz / year $12 per GHz / year Total allocated to virtual data centre. In the case of UBC-shared use, the total allocated to the virtual machine
Memory
$10 per GB / year $11 per GB / year
Disk Storage
$0.15 per GB / year $0.24 per GB / year Total allocated to virtual machines

 

Disk Storage

EduCloud storage utilizes SSD-based enterprise storage hardware. For more details, please contact UBC IT Systems.