# Veertu Anka Build Cloud

Official pricing: https://docs.veertu.com/anka/licensing/  
Category: macos · Isolation: apple-vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Anka Build licence on your own Macs (contact sales)** (sizes): Anka Build host licence (price on request) ? vCPU/? GiB $null/h [alt, sales]
- **Anka Build AMI on AWS EC2 Mac (Marketplace hourly software fee)** (sizes): Basic mac2.metal (M1) ? vCPU/? GiB $0.28/h; Basic mac2-m2.metal ? vCPU/? GiB $0.28/h; Basic mac-m4.metal ? vCPU/? GiB $0.35/h; Basic mac2-m2pro.metal ? vCPU/? GiB $0.6/h; Basic mac-m4pro.metal ? vCPU/? GiB $0.65/h; Basic mac2-m1ultra.metal ? vCPU/? GiB $0.72/h [alt]

## Features

Yes: snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, desktop GUI, preinstalled agents, SSH, egress allowlist, open internet, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, SSO, arm64, macOS, MCP server, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes, shared volumes

No: memory snapshots, idle auto-stop, your own Docker/OCI image, browser, computer-use API, code interpreter, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, custom domains, raw TCP inbound, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, GPU, Windows, Python, Node.js, GPU desktop, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, EU data residency, automatic snapshots, hosted agent API (their own agent), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/anka-build-cloud.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- No public price (contact sales); licence only — the Mac hardware is yours (own, EC2 Mac, MacStadium ...).
- Apple SLA: max 2 extra macOS VMs per Mac.
- Anka Develop is free (one VM on a laptop, not for CI).
- AWS Marketplace listings (seller Veertu Inc, linked from veertu.com/aws-marketplace and docs 'Use our AWS Marketplace AMI with hourly billing for Anka') give the only public Anka prices: software $0.28-$1.15 per EC2 Mac host-hour depending on tier and Mac model; AWS host cost (24 h minimum) is extra. A BYOL Community AMI also exists.
- Anka Flow licence (developer Macs/iMacs, run multiple VMs, push/pull registry) is priced per machine; Anka Crypt (disposable macOS VMs for coding agents) and Anka MCP are free MIT open-source add-ons that need an Anka install.
- Suspend/state snapshot of a VM is Intel-only; on Apple Silicon there is no memory suspend (pause_resume false stands).

## How this provider charges


Added by the missing-providers audit.

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anka Build licence | CI on your Macs | yearly subscription, host-based (Apple Silicon) | contact sales | https://docs.veertu.com/anka/licensing/ |
| Anka Develop | single laptop | free | 1 VM | https://docs.veertu.com/anka/licensing/ |

## Gotchas
- No hosted Macs: you provide the hardware.

## Worked example
Not computable from public numbers.

Sources: https://docs.veertu.com/anka/licensing/, https://veertu.com/anka-build/