Billing

serverless.au is prepaid and billed by the second. Current rates are on the pricing page.

How the meter works

• A pod is charged for its vCPU and memory while its container is running, at the rate in effect when it started.
• The meter runs every minute and charges to the second. When a pod stops, the last partial minute is charged.
• Pulling images is free. Stopped pods cost nothing.
• Pod disks and volumes aren't billed during the beta.

Balance rules

• To start a pod, your balance must cover at least ten minutes of it.
• Under ten minutes of runway, every serverless.au command shows a warning.
• At $0, running pods get five minutes of grace, then stop with reason insufficient_funds.

See your usage

svl balance
svl ledger      # credits and per-pod charges
svl ls          # each pod's rate

Adding credit

During the beta, email gc@theitdept.au and we'll top you up. Card top-ups are coming soon.

Vouchers

A voucher adds a fixed amount of credit to your account. Redeem one at signup (serverless.au asks once your details are complete, or use svl login --voucher <code>), or any time after:

svl voucher redeem WELCOME

• Credit goes to your current account (--account <slug> picks another one you belong to).
• Each voucher works once per account and once per person, even if you belong to several accounts.
• Your account needs its details completed first (svl account complete).
• Vouchers can have a limited number of uses or an expiry date. If one has run out, serverless.au tells you.