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Cloud Credits Included

Each month, your Managed Cloud account is loaded with Cloud Credits. These Credits are included in your Kaleidoscope Pro Subscription at no additional charge if the credit card for your Managed Cloud Account matches and is selected as the credit card for your Kaleidoscope Pro Subscription. For many users, the included Credits cover all monthly usage. When you exhaust monthly Credits, we charge incremental usage to the credit card.

To help you understand what's included, and what you might expect for additional charges, we've prepared a couple of real-world cost scenarios, detailed cost examples and an FAQ below. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact our Sales Team.

Real-World Monthly Cost Scenarios

Cluster 50GB of recordings to look for a rare bird species

You currently have no files stored in your Managed Cloud Account. Today you need to analyse 50GBs of recording files. You upload your recordings to the Kaleidoscope Pro Cloud, use Cloud-based Computing for faster cluster analysis time, and keep the files in your Cloud Account.

Total Month’s Cost: No charge (All activity is within your monthly credit)

Details:

  • Upload 50GB of files to Kaleidoscope Cloud: No charge (within your 100GB monthly credit)
  • Cloud Storage: No charge (within your 100GB monthly credit)
  • Database Storage: No charge (within your 1GB monthly credit)
  • Cloud-Based Computing: No charge (within your 100GB/100,000 input files monthly credit)

Determine bat species presence from a wind farm pre-construction survey with 1,200 files and 9GB of Data

You need to analyse 1,200 full-spectrum recordings, totaling 9GB in size. You’re already storing 100GB of files, uploaded previously, in your Cloud Account. Today’s upload will increase your total cloud storage to 109GBs. Also, today, you’ll be running 2 analysis batches using Kaleidoscope Pro Cloud-Based Computing.

Total Month’s Cost: $0.27 (File Storage will now be 117GB. Exceeds 100GB monthly credit by 17GBs)

Details:

  • Upload 9GBs of files to Kaleidoscope Cloud: No charge (within your 100GB monthly credit)
  • Cloud Storage: $0.27 (File Storage will now be 109GB. Exceeds 100GB monthly credit by 9GB)
  • Database Storage: No charge (within your 1GB/monthly credit)
  • Cloud-Based Computing: No charge (within your 100GB/100,000 input files monthly credit)

Detailed Monthly Cost Examples:

File Upload Charges

Each month, 100 gigabytes of file uploads are included, free of charge. After 100 gigabytes, the charge is $0.03 per gigabyte.

File upload cost examples:

  • 100 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $3.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $0 charge
  • 200 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $6.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $3.00 charge
  • 300 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $9.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $6.00 charge
  • 400 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $12.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $9.00 charge

File Storage Charges

Each month, 100 gigabytes of file storage is included, free of charge. After 100 gigabytes, the storage charge is $0.03 per gigabyte.

File storage cost examples:

  • 100 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $3.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $0 charge
  • 200 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $6.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $3.00 charge
  • 300 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $9.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $6.00 charge
  • 400 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $12.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $9.00 charge

Database Storage Charges

Each month, 1 gigabyte of database (metadata) storage is included, free of charge. After 1 gigabyte, you are charged $1 per gigabyte each month. Note that metadata file size is typically very small. Typical database storage does not exceed the 1 gigabyte free monthly allotment.

Database Metadata File storage cost examples:

  • .25 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $0.25 - monthly credit ($1) = $0 charge
  • .50 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $0.50 - monthly credit ($1) = $0 charge
  • 1 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $1 - monthly credit ($1) = $0 Charge
  • 1.25 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $1.25 - monthly credit ($1) = $0.25 charge
  • 1.50 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $1.50 - monthly credit ($1) = $0.50 charge
  • 2 gigabytes x $1 per gigabyte = $2.00 - monthly credit ($1) = $2 charge

Cloud Computing Charges

After your files are uploaded, you can analyse them in batches using Kaleidoscope’s Cloud Computing feature. Each month you can analyse 100 gigabytes of files or 100,000 input files, free of charge. After 100 gigabytes or 100,000 input files, the Cloud Processing charge is $0.03 per gigabyte or $.03 per additional 1,000 input files. Each month you can analyse 100 gigabytes of files or 100,000 input files, free of charge, whichever limit is reached first.

Cloud cost examples:

  • 100 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $3.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $0 charge
  • 200 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $6.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $3.00 charge
  • 300 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $9.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $6.00 charge
  • 400 gigabytes x $0.03 per gigabyte = $12.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $9.00 charge

Or:

  • 100,000 input files x $0.03 per 1,000 = $3.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $0 charge
  • 200,000 input files x $0.03 per 1,000 = $6.00 - monthly credit ($3) = $3 charge

See our FAQ for more information or log in to your account and see detailed pricing information.

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