# Hourly rate pricing **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231 "2021-03-24T15:06:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![accateo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/accateo/32/85332_2.png) [@accateo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/accateo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/1 "2021-03-24T15:06:56Z")
Hi, I've created a new account in Elastic Cloud, with a trial period. ![Cattura2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/5/5569d877e40b0e86affeb2abc69179015deefadc.png) Out of curiosity I wanted to check the "Billing" section and I noticed a strange cost. $ 0.2714 of "hourly rate" for "Cloud Standard Data High I / O GCP". Why such a high cost? From all the price configurators I did not see such high costs.... Thank you ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/2 "2021-03-24T17:05:35Z")
Hi @accat > [@accateo](#): > > $ 0.2714 of "hourly rate" for "Cloud Standard Data High I / O GCP". So that is $0.274 = 4GB High I/O GCP Europe West x 2 zones = 8GB High I/0 GCP Europe West per hour If you look at the pricing table [here](https://cloud.elastic.co/deployment-pricing-table) So that is 8 GB GCP High I/O GCP Europe West x $0.034 GiB / hour = $0.272 / hour total for the Data Nodes. That is for the 2 x 4GB Data Node GCP High I/O GCP Europe West including the SSD storage. Hope that helps. ![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 10.02.41 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/5/9585e4902c9cb7fa67ab291d28e11ea3b2e88234.png) ---
**Author:** ![accateo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/accateo/32/85332_2.png) [@accateo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/accateo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/3 "2021-03-25T08:03:07Z")
Hi @stephenb , thank you for the response. I understand but...how these prices can respect the one written here: > **[Official Elasticsearch Pricing: Elastic Cloud, Managed Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/pricing/)** > > Get started with our managed Elasticsearch Service on your choice of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platforms. Download the Elastic Stack for private and hybrid cloud. Start with a free 14-day trial and grow as you go. For example 16$ at month? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/4 "2021-03-25T08:34:35Z")
I believe that if you start a 1gb single node cluster on AWS us-east, the cost is: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/0/2011c83aac14865359f3e41c545f57682e0b9245.png) Which gives: 24 \* 31 \* $0.0189 = $14,0616 ---
**Author:** ![probson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@probson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/probson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/5 "2021-03-25T08:37:12Z")
general purpose, memory optimised is the cheapest i can find at just over $15 a month, didnt try different zones ---
**Author:** ![accateo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/accateo/32/85332_2.png) [@accateo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/accateo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/6 "2021-03-25T09:15:39Z")
Thank you all! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hourly-rate-pricing/268231/7 "2021-04-22T09:15:52Z")
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