Pricing examples

View examples of how pricing calculations work for different server configurations.

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The following examples serve to illustrate some Multiplay Hosting pricing scenarios.

Prototyping

Assume you are prototyping your multiplayer game. You test various builds and build configurations per week according to the following schedule:

Five tests per week
Three hours per test

You have two online machines, with two CPU cores and 8 GiB of RAM, running in two locations, for each test. You would incur the following usage:

Description	Location	Calculation	Cost
CPU Core	us-east1	1 machine x 2 CPU x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.031611	$4.17
CPU Core	europe-west1	1 machine x 2 CPU x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.034773	$4.59
RAM	us-east1	1 machine x 8 GiB x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.004237	$2.24
RAM	europe-west1	1 machine x 8 GiB x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.004661	$2.46
License (Linux)	Global	2 machines x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.000000	$0.00

Approximately 100 GiB of storage is reserved in a month. You would incur the following usage:

Type	Location	Calculation	Cost
Storage	us-east1	50 GiB x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.19550/730	$0.88
Storage	europe-west1	50 GiB x 3 hours x 22 days x $0.19550/730	$0.88

Additionally, approximately 30 GiB of egress traffic is incurred. You would incur the following usage:

Type	Location	Calculation	Cost
Network	us-east1	15 GiB x $0.142143	$2.13
Network	europe-west1	15 GiB x $0.140000	$2.10

Your $800 credit automatically applies to your bill for the month, with $780.54 remaining toward your following months' invoices.

Description	Quantity	Amount
CPU Core	264	$8.76
Ram	1056	$4.70
License	264	$0.00
Storage	6,600	$1.77
Network	30	$4.23
Total credit		($19.46)
Total		$0.00

Scale testing

The $800 sign-up credit is designed to enable moderate-scale testing for at least a month. Assume you are testing an alpha release of your multiplayer game. Based on your scaling settings and build configurations, you have the equivalent of six online machines, with two CPU and 8 GiB of RAM, running in the month, in three locations. You would incur the following usage:

Description	Location	Calculation	Cost
CPU Core	us-east1	2 machines x 2 CPU x 730 hours x $0.031611	$92.30
CPU Core	europe-west1	2 machines x 2 CPU x 730 hours x $0.034773	$101.54
CPU Core	asia-southeast1	2 machines x 2 CPU x 730 hours x $0.038999	$113.88
RAM	us-east1	2 machines x 8 GiB x 730 hours x $0.004237	$49.49
RAM	europe-west1	2 machines x 8 GiB x 730 hours x $0.004661	$54.44
RAM	asia-southeast1	2 machines x 8 GiB x 730 hours x $0.005226	$61.04
License (Linux)	Global	6 machines x 730 hours x $0.000000	$0.00

Approximately 300 GiB of storage is reserved in the month. You would incur the following usage:

Type	Location	Calculation	Cost
Storage	us-east1	100 GiB x 730 hours x $0.195500/730	$19.55
Storage	europe-west1	100 GiB x 730 hours x $0.195500/730	$19.55
Storage	asia-southeast1	100 GiB x 730 hours x $0.187000/730	$18.70

Additionally, approximately 1500 GiB of egress traffic is incurred. You would incur the following usage:

Type	Location	Calculation	Cost
Network	us-east1	500 GiB x $0.142143	$71.07
Network	europe-west1	500 GiB x $0.140000	$70.00
Network	asia-southeast1	500 GiB x $0.150000	$75.00

Your $800 credit automatically applies to your bill for the month, with $53.44 remaining toward your following months' invoices.

Description	Quantity	Amount
CPU Core	8760	$307.72
Ram	35,040	$164.97
License	8760	$0.00
Storage	219,000	$57.80
Network	1500	$216.07
Total credit		($746.56)
Total		$0.00

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