diff --git a/menu/navigation.json b/menu/navigation.json index 966f828ffd..e1d4f35553 100644 --- a/menu/navigation.json +++ b/menu/navigation.json @@ -3993,6 +3993,10 @@ { "label": "IPV6 and the Scaleway ecosystem", "slug": "ipv6" + }, + { + "label": "Understanding billing for IP addresses", + "slug": "understanding-ip-billing" } ], "label": "Additional Content", diff --git a/pages/ipam/reference-content/understanding-ip-billing.mdx b/pages/ipam/reference-content/understanding-ip-billing.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2a91b44f92 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/ipam/reference-content/understanding-ip-billing.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +meta: + title: Understanding billing for Scaleway IP addresses + description: Learn how Scaleway bills flexible (public), and private IP addresses. Get help to understand your bill, with common questions answered. +content: + h1: Understanding billing for Scaleway IP addresses + paragraph: Learn how Scaleway bills flexible (public), and private IP addresses. Get help to understand your bill, with common questions answered. +tags: flexible-ip billing private-ip reserved-ip +dates: + validation: 2025-06-26 + posted: 2025-06-26 +categories: + - network +--- + +This document aims to help you understand how Scaleway bills **public** and **private** IP addresses. + +## Public IP addresses - flexible IPs + +Public connectivity for **Instances**, **Elastic Metal**, **Load Balancers** and **Public Gateways** is facilitated by a [flexible IP address](/ipam/reference-content/public-connectivity-best-practices/#flexible-ip-addresses-definition). A flexible IP address is a public IP address that you can attach and detach from the resource at will. + +- Flexible IP addresses are billed separately to the resources they are attached to. +- Hourly rates for different types of flexible IP addresses can be found on the [Scaleway pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/network/#additional-ip). Note that while flexible IPv4 addresses are generally billable, flexible IPv6 addresses are often free. +- Hourly billing for a flexible IP begins when you reserve it and ends when you delete it from your account. It is billed even if it is not attached to a resource. +- Prices are rounded to a minimum amount of €0.01 on a per-IP basis. This means that if you keep a given flexible IP for only a short duration (less than a day), its billing may be higher than you expect. See example below. + + + +**Rounding of hourly billing for flexible IP addresses** +
+The following scenario exemplifies the rounding used. +Note that you should always check the [Scaleway pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/network/#additional-ip) for the most up-to-date hourly rates. +
+- A flexible IPv4 address is billed, for example, at €0.004 per hour +- You create **three** flexible IP addresses at 3pm and delete them all **1 hour** later at 4pm +- Cost incurred per IP address is therefore `0.0004 x 1 = €0.0004` +- As this does not meet the minimum billable amount of €0.01, the cost for each IP is rounded to `€0.01` +- You will therefore be charged `3 x 0.01 = €0.03` +
+ +## Other types of public IP + +Depending on the resource type, it may have possibilities for other types of public IP other than a flexible IP. Billing will therefore be different: many of these types of IP are free (e.g. public endpoints for Managed Databases). + +For the most up-to-date information on hourly rates, always check the [pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/) or the **Estimated cost calculator** that displays in the Scaleway console whenever you create a resource. + +## Private IP addresses + +Whenever you attach a resource to a [Private Network](/vpc/how-to/attach-resources-to-pn/), it gets a private IPv4 and/or IPv6 address on that network. + +Private IP addresses at Scaleway are always free of charge. This applies to both auto-allocated and [IPAM-reserved](/ipam/how-to/reserve-ip/) private IPs. +