Starting today, every ZCP virtual machine plan covers CPU and memory only. The root disk is a block storage volume that you size when you create the server. It is billed on its own line at the per-GB rate of the plan’s storage tier.
Why we changed it
Customers asked for more flexibility. A bundled disk meant a small app paid for space it never used. A database that outgrew its disk had to change plan to get more.
AWS and Azure price servers this way. More CPU should not force you to buy more storage.
What changed
- Plan names now carry a
cbefore the size, for exampleca2c.m. That is 2 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM in Montreal (YUL) onb2.g1(shared replicated NVMe) at $24.80 per month. - Review and Deploy shows separate lines for compute, network, public IP, and the block storage root disk.
- The minimum root disk is the template size, about 10 GB for Linux templates. You can grow it at any time. It never shrinks.
- Custom CPU and RAM plans are retired. You pick from fixed sizes.
Root disk rates per GB per month, in CAD:
| Tier | Region | Media | Price per GB per month |
|---|---|---|---|
b1.g1 | YOW | Shared replicated NVMe | $0.14 |
b1.g3 | YOW | Shared HDD | $0.03 |
b2.g1 | YUL | Shared replicated NVMe | $0.14 |
b2.g2 | YUL | Shared replicated SSD | $0.09 |
b2.l1 | YUL | Local NVMe | $0.10 |
b2.l2 | YUL | Local SSD | $0.07 |
A worked example
The old bundled ca2.m plan was $36 per month with an 80 GB disk. Today:
ca2c.mcompute: $24.80- 80 GB root disk on
b2.g1at $0.14 per GB: $11.20 - Total: $36.00
Pick the same root size on the default tier and you pay the same total as before. Pick a smaller disk and you pay less. A network plan costs $3 per month. The public IP is billed on its own line.
What it means for your bill
We compared each retired bundled general-purpose plan in Montreal (ca2.*, AMD) with its compute-only replacement plus the same disk on the default b2.g1 tier. Every size comes to the same total, to the cent.
| Plan | Old disk | Old bundled price | New compute | Disk at $0.14/GB | New total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
xs | 40 GB | $9.00 | $3.40 | $5.60 | $9.00 |
s | 60 GB | $18.00 | $9.60 | $8.40 | $18.00 |
m | 80 GB | $36.00 | $24.80 | $11.20 | $36.00 |
l | 120 GB | $72.00 | $55.20 | $16.80 | $72.00 |
xl | 160 GB | $144.00 | $121.60 | $22.40 | $144.00 |
2xl | 200 GB | $288.00 | $260.00 | $28.00 | $288.00 |
4xl | 320 GB | $576.00 | $531.20 | $44.80 | $576.00 |
6xl | 400 GB | $864.00 | $808.00 | $56.00 | $864.00 |
The change matters most on small plans. The disk made up 62% of the old xs price and 6.5% of the old 6xl price. Choosing your own disk size changes a small server’s bill the most.
General-purpose Montreal AMD plans, disk priced at the b2.g1 rate of $0.14 per GB per month.
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| Plan | Disk share of old price |
|---|---|
| ca2.xs | 62.20% |
| ca2.s | 46.70% |
| ca2.m | 31.10% |
| ca2.l | 23.30% |
| ca2.xl | 15.60% |
| ca2.2xl | 9.70% |
| ca2.4xl | 7.80% |
| ca2.6xl | 6.50% |
The bigger change helps when you need more disk than CPU. Before, the only way to get more disk
was a bigger plan. A 2 vCPU, 4 GB server with a 120 GB disk had to move to ca2.l at $72. You paid for CPU and memory you did not use. Today the same server costs $41.60.
Pricing V2 ca2c.m plus a b2.g1 root disk, against the cheapest old bundled plan with that much disk. CAD per month.
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| Root disk | Pricing V2: ca2c.m plus root disk | Before: cheapest bundled plan with that disk |
|---|---|---|
| 20 GB | $27.60 | $36.00 |
| 40 GB | $30.40 | $36.00 |
| 60 GB | $33.20 | $36.00 |
| 80 GB | $36.00 | $36.00 |
| 100 GB | $38.80 | $72.00 |
| 120 GB | $41.60 | $72.00 |
| 160 GB | $47.20 | $144.00 |
| 200 GB | $52.80 | $288.00 |
At 80 GB the two lines meet. Below 80 GB you pay less than before. Above it you stop upgrading your plan to get space.
Existing customers
Servers you already run keep their plan and their price. Nothing moves unless you ask it to.
CLI and Terraform
ZCP CLI v1.0.1 sets the root disk at create time with --blockstorage-plan and
--root-disk-size. The Terraform and OpenTofu provider v1.0.0 supports fixed compute plans,
root-storage plans, and root-disk sizing. Read our CLI and provider v1 announcement
for the upgrade steps and Kubernetes migration notes.
See the pricing page for the full plan list and the calculator, which now takes a root disk size.