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Prices & Cost Visibility in the UI

The Pilvio.pro portal surfaces cost information throughout the UI, making it easy to understand the price impact of your choices before you commit to creating a resource.

Where Prices Appear

In Creation Wizards

As you configure a new resource (VM, cloudspace, disk, etc.), the portal shows an estimated price based on your current selections:

  • The price is displayed near the bottom of the configuration step, or in a sidebar panel.
  • The estimate updates as you change values (e.g. increasing vCPUs or disk size).
  • Prices are calculated using the rate card for the selected location.

This lets you make informed decisions before provisioning.

In Resource Lists and Details

For some resources, the current billing impact is shown on the details page: - VMs — The estimated monthly cost (based on current configuration and running time). - Disks — Storage cost based on disk size and type. - vGPUs — VGU cost per month for each reserved vGPU.

In the Billing / Spending Section

The Spending Analysis page (accessible from the Billing section) provides: - A breakdown of spending by resource type. - Trends over time (daily, monthly). - Cost per location. - Export to PNG for analysis.

See Spending Analysis for full details.

Price Visibility

When prices are visible, all resource creation wizards and the Billing section show per-unit pricing. If prices are not shown in a wizard: - Customers do not see unit prices in creation wizards. - Customers do not see cost estimates in resource details. - Invoices and billing remain unaffected.

Understanding Billing Units

The platform bills using a set of capacity units covering compute, memory, storage, network, public IPs, vGPUs and Windows licensing (CU, VCU, MU, SU, OU, TU, PIU, WU, NU, VGU, FSU). For what each unit means and how it's calculated, see the canonical reference: Billing & Resource Consumption.

Billing Frequency

  • All resources are metered hourly.
  • Billed monthly, on a 30-day month basis.
  • Shut off (Halted) VMs still incur SU charges for their disks, but not CU/MU charges.
  • Switching off unused VMs is an effective way to reduce costs.

Cost Optimisation Tips

  • Right-size VMs: Start with lower vCPU/memory and scale up as needed.
  • Use Halted state: Stop unused VMs to stop CU/MU charges (disks still billed).
  • Use appropriate disk types: Standard SDS disks are cheaper than NVMe/flash storage.
  • Clean up: Delete unused resources rather than leaving them in the recycle bin (the recycle bin still reserves the resources and they continue to appear on invoices).