# Green Mini host

Official pricing: https://portal.greenmini.host/checkout/order  
Category: macos · Isolation: dedicated-host

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Dedicated Mac (portal list price per month)** (sizes): Mac mini M2 8-core, 8 GB, 256 GB (EUR 59/mo) 8 vCPU/8 GiB $0.094562/h; Mac mini M4 10-core, 16 GB, 256 GB ("from" price) (EUR 74/mo) 10 vCPU/16 GiB $0.118603/h; Mac mini M4 10-core, 16 GB, 512 GB (EUR 87/mo) 10 vCPU/16 GiB $0.139438/h; Mac mini M4 10-core, 16 GB, 1 TB (EUR 93/mo) 10 vCPU/16 GiB $0.149055/h; Mac mini M6 12-core, 16 GB, 256 GB (EUR 85/mo) 12 vCPU/16 GiB $0.136233/h; Mac mini M6 12-core, 16 GB, 512 GB (EUR 96/mo) 12 vCPU/16 GiB $0.153863/h [commit]
- **No-commitment monthly M4** (sizes): Mac mini M4 10-core, 16 GB, 256 GB (€84 monthly) 10 vCPU/16 GiB $undefined/h

## Features

Yes: persistent disk, volumes, ≥24 h sessions, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, root, browser, desktop GUI, SSH, public IPv4, open internet, static egress IP, private networking, arm64, macOS, EU data residency, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), extra volumes

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, idle auto-stop, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, systemd, computer-use API, code interpreter, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, GPU, Windows, Python, Node.js, GPU desktop, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, shared volumes

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

## Caveats

- Billing cycle ambiguity (see commit_note): portal prices may be the annual rate.
- Portal lists 18 in-stock configurations (96 total); only the shown in-stock ones are encoded. The M4 16 GB/256 GB row is the "from EUR 74" price inferred from the products page ("16-32GB RAM, 256GB SSD, From EUR 74 p/m").
- Currency: EUR excl. VAT ("VAT is not payable for companies and persons outside EU or companies with a valid VAT ID"), 1.17 USD/EUR.
- No provisioning or agent API found.
- Apple macOS SLA: leasing a Mac requires a minimum lease of 24 consecutive hours with sole use by the lessee, and allows at most 2 additional macOS VMs per Mac.

## How this provider charges


Green Mini host (Amsterdam, founded 2009) rents whole dedicated Macs (Mac mini M2/M2 Pro/M4/M4 Pro/M5 Pro/M6, Mac Studio M3 Ultra/M4 Max/M5 Max) in two Dutch data centers. Every plan includes:
- full root access
- unlimited traffic (fair use)
- public IPv4 + IPv6
- remote reboot

Prices are EUR per month excl. VAT; USD at 1.17 USD/EUR.

## Regime table

| # | Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers (EUR/mo → USD) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dedicated Mac mini | Portal order | Monthly figure shown. Cycle unclear (see gotcha 1) | M2 8c/8 GB/256 GB €59 ($69.03) · M4 16/256 from €74 ($86.58) · M4 16/512 €87 · M4 16/1 TB €93 · M6 12c 16/256 €85 · M6 16/512 €96 · M6 24/512 €107 · M2 Pro 10c 16/512 €119 · M2 Pro 12c 16/512 €139 · 12c 16/1 TB €155.67 · M5 Pro 15c 24/512 €148 · M4 Pro 12c 24/1 TB €161.50 | https://portal.greenmini.host/checkout/order, https://www.greenmini.nl/products/ |
| 2 | Dedicated Mac Studio | Portal | Same | M4 Max 14c 36 GB/512 €230 · 16c 48/1 TB €273.33 · 16c 64/2 TB €313.33 · M5 Max 18c 36/512 €295 · M3 Ultra 28c 96/1 TB €360 | portal |
| 3 | Yearly billing | Compare page | Annual | "EUR 74/mo is the Apple M4 plan billed annually (EUR 84 monthly)"; "From EUR 69/mo billed yearly" | https://www.greenmini.nl/compare/macincloud-alternative/ |
| 4 | Colocation | Bring your own Mac | Monthly | Mac mini €34, Mac Studio €69 | portal |
| 5 | Dedicated firewall | Add-on | Monthly | €45 | portal |
| 6 | Volume | Contact | Quote | null | products |

## Gotchas

1. **Billing cycle is ambiguous.** The portal shows "/mo" without a cycle, while the compare page says €74 is the *annual* rate for M4 (€84 monthly). Monthly billing may add about €10.
2. Delivery ranges from "<24 hr" to "~7 business days" depending on the config.
3. There is no provisioning or agent API.
4. VAT is not charged outside the EU or with a valid VAT ID.

## Worked example

Workload: 4 vCPU / 8 GiB, 50 concurrent × 8 h × 22 days, 50 GiB snapshots (no product), 100 GiB egress (free).

| Regime | Maths | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Card/engine: 50 × M2 8 GB | 50 × $69.03 | **$3,451.50** |
| 2 VMs per Mac: 25 × M4 16 GB (tight) | 25 × $86.58 | $2,164.50 |
| 2 VMs per Mac: 25 × M6 24 GB | 25 × $125.19 | $3,129.75 |
| If monthly billing is ~€10 more on M4 (€84) | 25 × $98.28 | $2,457 |

Sources: https://portal.greenmini.host/checkout/order · https://www.greenmini.nl/products/ · https://www.greenmini.nl/compare/macincloud-alternative/