# Open Telekom Cloud / T Cloud Public

Official pricing: https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices  
Category: hyperscaler · Isolation: vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **ECS s9 Linux on demand** (sizes): s9.xlarge.2 4 vCPU/8 GiB $0.2148405338/h
- **Flexible purpose x1e.xlarge.2 EU-DE** (sizes): x1e.xlarge.2 4 vCPU/8 GiB $0.1309243704/h
- **s9.xlarge.2 reserved 12 months** (sizes) [commit]
- **s9.xlarge.2 reserved 24 months** (sizes) [commit]
- **s9.xlarge.2 reserved 36 months** (sizes) [commit]
- **p5e.40xlarge.12 8x H100 NVL** (sizes): p5e.40xlarge.12 160 vCPU/1920 GiB $52.748408/h

## 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, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, static egress IP, private networking, SOC 2, SSO, GPU, Windows, Python, Node.js, HTTP method/path egress rules, live fork (no pause), EU data residency, snapshots on demand, 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, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, HIPAA, arm64, macOS, wake on request, live resize, memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, agent harness API, 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/open-telekom-cloud.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Stopped ECS, disk/snapshot and egress details not normalized.
- Credits expire two months after contract and redemption deadline is 2026-12-31.
- Annual upfront versus monthly commitment cannot be modeled with zero-runtime months by simple hourly rates.
- Unknowns remain null, not free. Ordinary self-serve pay-per-use ECS VM (not flagged alt, 2026-09-28 audit fix).
- Worked example assumes resources are released between active windows unless a retained-instance scenario is explicitly discussed.
- VAT basis: Prices exclude applicable taxes and duties (service-description section 6).
- Residency: EU-DE Germany and EU-NL Netherlands explicitly in service description.

## How this provider charges


As of 2026-09-28. Price basis: public list/reference unless labeled historical, illustrative, promo or unpriced.

Now branded T Cloud Public. Official service description revised 2026-08-17 has ECS s9.xlarge.2 4/8 open Linux EUR .188821/hour in both DE/NL. Reserved prices are contract payments, not always-on hourly caps.

## Currency, VAT and residency
- Native catalog: EUR. FX: 1 EUR = 1.1378 USD, ECB 2026-09-28 ([source](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.cs.html)). USD-listed catalogs remain independent quotes.
- Tax: Prices exclude applicable taxes and duties (service-description section 6).
- Residency/restrictions: EU-DE Germany and EU-NL Netherlands explicitly in service description.

## Regimes
| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Native / USD numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on-demand | ECS s9 Linux on demand | allocated wall time; None second increment | s9.xlarge.2 4/8: EUR 0.188821/h → USD 0.2148405338; month cap None | https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices |
| reserved-1y | s9.xlarge.2 12 months | See rule | EUR 90.97/month recurring OR EUR 1059 upfront/year. | https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices |
| reserved-2y | s9.xlarge.2 24 months | See rule | EUR 77.19/month OR EUR 1786 total upfront. | https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices |
| reserved-3y | s9.xlarge.2 36 months | See rule | EUR 62.03/month OR EUR 2084 total upfront. | https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices |

## Gotchas
- Stopped ECS, disk/snapshot and egress details not normalized.
- Credits expire two months after contract and redemption deadline is 2026-12-31.
- Annual upfront versus monthly commitment cannot be modeled with zero-runtime months by simple hourly rates.
- Unknowns remain null, not free; generic infrastructure modes are opt-in alt.
- Worked example assumes resources are released between active windows unless a retained-instance scenario is explicitly discussed.
- VAT basis: Prices exclude applicable taxes and duties (service-description section 6).
- Residency: EU-DE Germany and EU-NL Netherlands explicitly in service description.

## Required worked example
4 vCPU / 8 GiB requested; 50 simultaneous workers × 8 hours/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 1,100 daily sessions. CPU utilization 30% does not reduce allocated-resource charges. Snapshot retention is **50 GiB total for 730 hours**, not 50 GiB per worker; egress is **100 GiB total**. Root disk size was not specified, so root/volume costs are not silently assigned zero.
- on-demand: USD 0.214840534/allocated hour × 8,800 = **USD 1890.60 compute** (before quotas, fees, free buckets, storage and tax).
- 50 GiB retained snapshots: **unknown/unverified feature or price**, not USD 0.
- 100 GiB egress: **unknown**, not USD 0.
- Full all-in bill: **null** where any required storage/network/fee or eligibility fact is unresolved. Quota raises may be necessary for 200 aggregate vCPU / 400 GiB RAM.

## Sources
- https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en/prices
- https://www.t-cloud-public.com/_Resources/Persistent/6/3/8/d/638d781300085c7feadded0654e709a49c6e9e2a/t-cloud-public-servicedescription.pdf