ServerAvatar Billing
ServerAvatar has a pay-as-you-grow billing model, so you will only pay for the services you use. This means that your month-to-month billing might vary based on your usage.
To simplify things, we have a Wallet where you can purchase, store, and use credits. When renewing any of your services, ServerAvatar will deduct the credits from your ServerAvatar wallet, not your credit card.
There are two different types of services where you can use the credits you purchase. These are:
- Server Management
- Backup Storage
Let's understand both of them in detail.
Server Management
This service is the reason why you use ServerAvatar. We have two Server management plans:
- Newbie ($2.36/Month/Server)
- Pro ($6/Month/Server)
You can have multiple servers in your account, and you can use different plans on each server.
Let's see some examples to help you understand the total monthly pricing.
Case 1: 5 servers -> 3 Pro + 2 Newbie = ($6 * 3) + ($2.36 * 2) = $22.72/month
Case 2: 3 servers -> 3 Pro + 0 Newbie = ($6 * 3) + ($2.36 * 0) = $18/month
Case 3: 1 server -> 0 Pro + 1 Newbie = ($6 * 0) + ($2.36 * 1) = $2.36/month
We do not charge for each application, so you can create as many applications on your server as you want without affecting your monthly billing.
We also do not charge based on your server size. For ServerAvatar, a server with 1GB RAM costs the same as a server with 64GB RAM.
Backup Storage
Using ServerAvatar as a cloud storage provider to store your backups will cost you $0.07/GB/Month.
The credits will be deducted from your account once a backup is successfully created. Once the backup is completed, ServerAvatar will calculate the price for that specific backup using the following formula:
price = size_in_GB * 0.07 * retention_period_in_months
The retention period is the time during which we will keep your backup safe, even if you delete your application. You can select it while creating an instant backup or a backup plan for your application, database, or files. Let's take a look at an example.
Backup Size: 1.47GB
Retention Period: 2 Months
Price = 1.47 * 0.07 * 2 = $0.2058
In conclusion, a backup of size 1.47GB kept safe for two months will cost you $0.2058 one-time.
You can use the formula above to estimate the cost of your backup plan.
Like the Server Management service, the credits for backup storage will be deducted from your ServerAvatar wallet once the backup is successfully created.