Instance Types

Four types optimized for different workloads

Burst

Shared CPU

Burstable performance. 20-50% baseline, burst to 100% when available.

  • 1-32 vCPU
  • 512 MB - 256 GB RAM

Dev, staging, CI/CD, low-traffic sites

From €0.66/mo

Dedicated

Pinned Cores

Dedicated physical cores. No overcommit, no steal, 100% guaranteed.

  • 1-8 vCPU
  • 768 MB - 16 GB RAM

Production apps, databases, APIs

From €7.30/mo

CPU Optimized

High CPU:RAM Ratio

More cores, less memory per core. For compute-heavy workloads that don't need much RAM.

  • 2-16 vCPU
  • 2 - 16 GB RAM

Batch processing, encoding, CI/CD builds

From €12.00/mo

Memory Optimized

High RAM Ratio

Up to 8 GB RAM per vCPU. For memory-intensive workloads.

  • 2-16 vCPU
  • 16 - 128 GB RAM

In-memory DBs, caching, analytics

From €24.00/mo

Which Instance For You?

Quick guide based on your workload type

Pet Project

Side projects, learning, experiments where cost matters most.

Recommended: burst-xxs / burst-xs
  • Personal blog or portfolio
  • Learning new tech stack
  • Discord/Telegram bots
  • Small hobby projects
from €0.66 /mo

Staging / Dev

Development environments, CI/CD, pre-prod testing.

Recommended: burst-s / burst-m
  • Team staging servers
  • CI/CD build runners
  • QA test environments
  • Demo instances
from €1.90 /mo

High Performance

Compute-heavy tasks, batch processing, or latency-sensitive.

Recommended: cpu-optimized or dedicated-xl+
  • Video/audio encoding
  • Data processing pipelines
  • Machine learning inference
  • Game servers
from €35.04 /mo

Not sure? Start with burst for flexibility. Upgrade to dedicated when you need consistent performance. See full recommendations →

Hardware Classes

Choose the underlying hardware for your instance

Legacy

Budget

Previous generation hardware at lower prices. Good for non-critical workloads.

  • CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
  • Clock: 2.4 GHz base

20% cheaper than Standard

Performance

Fastest

Latest generation with highest clock speeds. For latency-sensitive workloads.

  • CPU: AMD EPYC 9004 / Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids
  • Clock: 3.5-4.0+ GHz

+30% over Standard

VM Lifecycle

Clear stages, predictable timing

1

API Call

Request accepted. VM scheduled for creation.

~267ms
2

Provisioning

Disk allocated. Image copied. QEMU process started. VM running.

~2.9s
3

Network Ready

DHCP lease acquired. SSH port responding. Ready to connect.

~8.6s

Total time from API call to SSH-ready: under 12 seconds.

CPU Allocation

Know exactly what you're getting

Burst Instances

Burstable CPU with predictable throttling. You always start at 100%, then throttle down under sustained load.

How it works:
  1. VM starts with 100% CPU available
  2. Under sustained load: after ~15 min, throttles by 20%
  3. Still under load: after another ~15 min, throttles by another 20%
  4. Continues until reaching your baseline floor (20-50% depending on size)
  5. When load drops, CPU returns to 100% immediately
Example: burst-m (baseline 30%)
0-15 min: 100% ████████████████████ full speed 15-30 min: 80% ████████████████░░░░ -20% 30-45 min: 60% ████████████░░░░░░░░ -20% 45-60 min: 40% ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░ -20% 60+ min: 30% ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ baseline floor

Load stops → immediately back to 100%

Perfect for: Bursty workloads, CI/CD jobs, dev environments, cron tasks, websites with traffic spikes.

Dedicated / CPU Optimized / Memory Optimized

Pinned physical cores. No sharing, no throttling, no surprises.

How it works:
  • Your vCPUs are pinned to physical CPU cores
  • Those cores are never shared with other VMs
  • No overcommit. We don't sell the same core twice
  • No CPU steal. What you see in top is what you get
  • 100% performance, 100% of the time
Example: dedicated-m (2 vCPU)
Always: 100% ████████████████████ 2 real cores 24/7: 100% ████████████████████ no throttling Forever: 100% ████████████████████ guaranteed

Perfect for: Production databases, API servers, anything latency-sensitive, sustained workloads.

What This Is NOT

Oversold VPS

No fighting for CPU with 50 other tenants on the same core

Noisy neighbors

Your performance doesn't depend on what others are running

Best-effort resources

Every spec is a guarantee, not "up to" or "burst"

Hidden throttling

Burst rules are documented. Dedicated means dedicated.

Capabilities

Hot Class Upgrade

Switch instance type and hardware class without reboot using hot-plug.

Online Disk Resize

Expand disk size and change storage class on the fly, no downtime.

Live Migration

Zero-downtime maintenance with automatic live migration between hosts.

Automated Backups

Configurable backup policies with different replication and retention options.

SSH & VNC Console

Access your instance via SSH or browser-based VNC console.

IPv4 & IPv6

Public IPv4 address included. Native IPv6 support available.

VPC & Network Policies

Attach to multiple networks, flexible firewall rules, private subnets.

Attachable Disks

Hot-plug additional volumes on the fly. Move disks between instances.

Failover

Automatic instance restart on another host if hardware fails.

Security Groups

Stateful firewall rules. Define allowed traffic per port and protocol.

Up to 10 Gbit Uplink

Choose network class from 100 Mbit to 10 Gbit with included traffic.

Supported Operating Systems

Choose from popular Linux distributions or upload your own ISO

Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, 25.04
Debian 11, 12
CentOS Stream 8, Stream 9
Rocky Linux 8, 9
AlmaLinux 8, 9
Fedora 39, 40

CLI-First

Everything you can do in the UI, you can do from the terminal

$ scli vm create --type burst-s --image ubuntu-24.04 --name web-1
Creating VM web-1...
ID:      vm-a1b2c3d4
Status:  running
IP:      185.32.100.42

$ scli vm list
ID            NAME    TYPE      STATUS   IP
vm-a1b2c3d4   web-1   burst-s   running  185.32.100.42

$ ssh [email protected]
Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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