Pricing
IBM Cloud Satellite provides a convenient way for you to consume IBM Cloud services in any location that you want, with visibility across your locations.
- Flexible consumption
- No charges are incurred for hosts that are attached to a location, but not assigned to a resource. You can have as many hosts waiting in your location without being charged for future growth. As soon as you unassign a host from a resource, you are no longer charged for that host. Keep in mind that hosts might be automatically assigned to services, depending on your setup.
- Application and networking capabilities at no additional charge
- You do not have separate charges for Satellite management capabilities for the locations, hosts, such as endpoints, configuration versions and subscriptions, or other Satellite resources.
Satellite locations
Review the following table for pricing details. For more information, see the detailed Pricing model
| Type of charge | Locations created after 15 November 2022 | Locations created before 15 November 2022 | What the charge covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location management fee | A flat fee for the location, charged hourly. | Per vCPU hour of the hosts that are attached to the location. | The benefits of IBM Cloud Satellite, such as to create the cluster on any compatible infrastructure that you want; tooling to consistently deploy apps, storage drivers, and endpoints across the location; integration with IBM Cloud platform tooling such as IAM; continuous monitoring by IBM Site Reliability Engineers; access to IBM Cloud support; and more. |
| Infrastructure fee | Varies by provider | Varies by provider | The underlying infrastructure that you bring to Satellite is your own, and might have its own charges. Consult your infrastructure provider for more details, such as about the storage, compute, and networking of the hosts in a cloud or on-prem environment. |
Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services
Each IBM Cloud service instance that you create in your Satellite location incurs charges. For more information, see Supported Satellite-enabled IBM Cloud services.
Can I estimate my costs?
When you create a resource such as a location or cluster, you can review a cost estimate in the Summary pane of the console. For other types of estimates, see Estimating your costs.
Keep in mind that some charges are not reflected in the estimate, such as the costs for your underlying infrastructure.
Can I view and control my current usage?
See View your usage and Set spending notifications for general IBM Cloud account guidance.