Bandwidth refers to the data transferred between your server and the internet — including website visits, file downloads, API calls, and media streaming.
Most cloud infrastructure providers include a fixed amount of bandwidth with their plans. However, if your usage goes beyond the allotted limit, additional (overage) charges may apply based on the provider’s pricing policy.
At Cloudways, bandwidth fees follow the rules and pricing of each underlying infrastructure provider, such as DigitalOcean, AWS, and Google Cloud.
This article explains how bandwidth charges work, when overage fees occur, and what you can do to monitor and control your usage to avoid unexpected costs.
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DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean provides enough bandwidth in each server plan. However, if your server’s bandwidth limit has been exceeded, you will be charged $0.02 per additional GB of bandwidth.
Linode
If you exceed your bandwidth(network transfer quota) limit in Linode, you will be invoiced $0.02 for each GB over your pooled network transfer quota/bandwidth.
Vultr
In Vultr, bandwidth utilization above instance allocation is charged at $0.01 per GB in North American and Western European locations. Due to higher regional costs, Singapore and Tokyo (Japan) overage are priced at $0.025 per GB, and Sydney (Australia) overage is priced at $0.05 per GB.
Amazon Web Server (AWS)
Bandwidth is charged on a Pay As You Go basis, and it is calculated on the actual bandwidth usage (GB) in your last month multiplied by AWS bandwidth charges ($0.12/GB) for all regions. For example, if your server consumed 100GB bandwidth in the month, you will be charged $12 (100GB x $0.12).
Google Compute Engine (GCE)
Bandwidth for Google Cloud Hosting Services is charged on a Pay As You Go basis, and it is calculated on the actual bandwidth usage (GB) in your last month multiplied by GCE bandwidth charges ($0.11 to $0.17/GB, varies by region). For example, if your GCE server is in US North Virginia and consumed 100GB bandwidth in the month, you will be charged $14 (100GB x $0.14).
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