Each cloud instance includes a generous monthly bandwidth allocation. Bandwidth is pooled across all your instances in each region, and overage charges are minimal.
How Bandwidth is Counted
✓ Counted
- • Outbound traffic to internet
- • Both IPv4 and IPv6
✓ Free / Not Counted
- • Inbound traffic
- • Private network traffic
Bandwidth Overages
If you exceed your monthly allocation:
- Overage Rate - $0.004 per GB per hour over your allocation
- No Throttling - Your service continues at full speed
- Billed Hourly - Overages are calculated and billed hourly
Example Calculation:
Instance includes:2 TB (2,000 GB)
Used this hour:2,500 GB
Overage:500 GB
Overage charge (this hour):500 GB × $0.004 = $2.00
Network Speed
- Standard instances - 1 Gbps port
- High-performance instances - 10 Gbps port
- No artificial throttling - Use full port speed anytime
- Burst capability - Handle traffic spikes easily
Reducing Bandwidth Usage
If you're concerned about bandwidth usage:
Enable Compression
Use gzip for web content
Optimize Images
Compress and resize images appropriately
Use CDN
Offload static content to a CDN
Cache Content
Implement proper caching headers
Tip: Inbound traffic is always free, so you're only paying for data leaving your servers. This makes cloud instances ideal for applications with high download ratios.
Private Network Traffic
To avoid bandwidth charges for inter-instance communication:
- Create a private network in your region
- Attach all instances to the private network
- Configure services to use private IPs for internal communication
- Traffic between instances on private network is free and unlimited
See our Private Networks guide for setup instructions.