# Prized

Official pricing: https://prized.dev/docs/billing  
Category: dev-env · Isolation: vm

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **On-demand** (sizes): Nano 2 vCPU/2 GiB $0.0136986301369863/h; Micro 2 vCPU/4 GiB $0.03424657534246575/h; Extra Small 2 vCPU/8 GiB $0.0684931506849315/h; Small 4 vCPU/16 GiB $0.136986301369863/h; Medium 8 vCPU/32 GiB $0.3424657534246575/h; Large 16 vCPU/64 GiB $0.684931506849315/h

## Features

Yes: snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, root, systemd, browser, desktop GUI, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, open internet, Python, wake on request, live fork (no pause), audit logs, spend limits, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API

No: memory snapshots, volumes, your own Docker/OCI image, nested virtualization, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, raw TCP inbound, egress allowlist, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, GPU, arm64, Windows, macOS, Node.js, GPU desktop, HTTP method/path egress rules, live resize, memory fork, EU data residency, MCP server, hosted agent API (their own agent), extra volumes, shared volumes

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

## Caveats

- Plan is prepaid credit ($10–$1000 plus custom fleet-sized rungs), not an extra fee. Credit rollover capped at two months; long cycles receive proportional extra credit.
- Exact awake rate is monthly size price/730; visible hourly numbers are rounded. Monthly size cap is explicitly documented.
- Sleep charges the entire retained allocated disk at $0.0001/GB-hour; included running disk is NOT free while paused. Engine storage model cannot switch full-disk billing on only during sleep; worked example adds it manually.
- Free $30 is once; trial permits 1 box, no auto-pause, max Small, and pauses workspace after >30 minutes full-CPU saturation. Paid workspace max 100 boxes.
- Nano/Micro are burstable EC2 t3a; larger m6a VMs. No GPU/arm64/nested KVM. Only workspace-authenticated shared URLs; not public web hosting.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.
- Re-checked 2026-09-28: prized.dev/docs/billing, /docs/limits, /docs/snapshots, /pricing and llms.txt publish no egress/bandwidth price and no snapshot storage price (snapshots capped at 20 manual/template per workspace, auto-snapshots keep 1-10). egress_gib and snapshot_gib_month stay null (unknown, not free).

## How this provider charges


YC: Summer 2026; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/prized

A cloud devbox that feels local

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Public listed mode | sizes; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Nano: 2 vCPU/2 GiB $0.0136986301369863/h; Micro: 2 vCPU/4 GiB $0.03424657534246575/h; Extra Small: 2 vCPU/8 GiB $0.0684931506849315/h; Small: 4 vCPU/16 GiB $0.136986301369863/h; Medium: 8 vCPU/32 GiB $0.3424657534246575/h; Large: 16 vCPU/64 GiB $0.684931506849315/h; Extra Large: 32 vCPU/128 GiB $1.36986301369863/h | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |
| Paid credit plan | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=10; included usage=$0; concurrent=100; max session h=None | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://prized.dev/docs/billing |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Plan is prepaid credit ($10–$1000 plus custom fleet-sized rungs), not an extra fee. Credit rollover capped at two months; long cycles receive proportional extra credit.
2. Exact awake rate is monthly size price/730; visible hourly numbers are rounded. Monthly size cap is explicitly documented.
3. Sleep charges the entire retained allocated disk at $0.0001/GB-hour; included running disk is NOT free while paused. Engine storage model cannot switch full-disk billing on only during sleep; worked example adds it manually.
4. Free $30 is once; trial permits 1 box, no auto-pause, max Small, and pauses workspace after >30 minutes full-CPU saturation. Paid workspace max 100 boxes.
5. Nano/Micro are burstable EC2 t3a; larger m6a VMs. No GPU/arm64/nested KVM. Only workspace-authenticated shared URLs; not public web hosting.

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

Small is the smallest fitting 4/8 (actually 4 vCPU/16 GB/300 GB). Awake 8,800×100/730=$1,205.48. Retain 50 disks during 730−176=554 asleep hours each: 50×300×554×$0.0001=$831.00. Subtotal $2,036.48 before snapshots/unknown network; monthly credit plan is a spend floor, not added twice. 30% CPU does not discount allocated running price.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/prized
- https://prized.dev/docs/billing
- https://prized.dev/docs/machines.md
- https://prized.dev/docs/snapshots
- https://prized.dev/docs/limits
- https://prized.dev/pricing
- https://prized.dev/
- https://prized.dev/docs
- https://prized.dev/llms.txt

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.