Quartz · shared vCPU · 1 Gbps port

Quartz Q1 VPS – 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe

One shared vCPU and 1 GB of memory, for jobs that spend most of their time waiting on the network.

  • Istanbul
  • KVM
  • 1 IPv4 + IPv6
  • No contract

Quartz Q1, one metered price

Per hour

$0.01/hour

Per day (24 hours)

$0.24/day

Monthly cap

$5.00/month max

Deploy Q1

Initial credit to order: $5. It is prepaid credit, not a fee: it pays for 500 hours of usage at $0.01/hour, and when it runs out you top up.

Prices are in US dollars only and exclude taxes; any VAT or sales tax is added on the invoice according to your country.

What Quartz Q1 costs for common durations

Each duration priced on the meter: every started hour at the hourly price, never more than the monthly price in a billing period.

What Quartz Q1 costs for one hour, one day, a weekend, a week and a month
DurationCost
1 hour$0.011 × $0.01/hour
24 hours$0.2424 × $0.01/hour
A weekend48 hours$0.4848 × $0.01/hour
1 week168 hours$1.68168 × $0.01/hour
1 month720 hours$5.00 capped1 × $5.00 monthly cap

Quartz Q1 stops charging at $5.00 per billing period, after 500 hours; the rest of that billing period is free. Any other duration: price it on the tape.

Good default for…

  • Personal VPN endpoint

    WireGuard needs very little CPU or memory; one server covers a person or a small team.

  • Chat bot

    A Discord or Telegram bot in Python or Node.js, with a SQLite file beside it.

  • Outside-in monitoring

    Uptime checks or a Prometheus blackbox exporter that watch your service from Istanbul.

  • Linux practice box

    Learn SSH, firewall rules and systemd on a machine you can wipe and redeploy without a second thought.

Not the right fit for

More than one or two containers, a database server or anything that drives a headless browser: 1 GB runs out fast. Start at Quartz Q2 or Quartz Q4 instead.

Specifications

Quartz Q1 specifications
vCPU1 shared vCPUHost CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum
Memory1 GB DDR4 ECC registered
Storage25 GB enterprise NVMe SSD
Network port1 Gbps
Traffic, Istanbul2 TB/month
VirtualizationKVM (full virtual machine, own kernel)
DDoS mitigationAlways on, inline, 1.2 Tbps capacity
IP addresses1 dedicated IPv4 + IPv6
AccessFull root over SSH · VNC console
Snapshots and APISnapshots · REST API
ImagesUbuntu · Debian · AlmaLinux · Rocky LinuxCustom ISO on request

Locations

  • Istanbul

    Türkiye

    Facility
    Tier III+ class data center
    Traffic
    2 TB/month

    More about Istanbul

  • New York coming soon

    United States

    Not open for orders yet. Plans, prices and traffic terms for this city will be published when servers there can be deployed.

    About New York

Istanbul plans include the monthly traffic allowance listed for each plan, prorated for a server that exists for part of a billing period.

From the blog

Jobs that suit Q1, set up step by step with sizing and cost.

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Deploy Quartz Q1 by the hour

Billed by the hour, powered on or off, and never more than $5.00 in a billing period. Delete it and billing stops.

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