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title: Private cloud pricing | Infrastructure
description: Use this private cloud pricing page and calculator to estimate the cost
  of running your workloads in a private cloud.
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# Private cloud pricing calculator

**Understand the real cost of running your own cloud infrastructure.**

Private clouds are a cost-efficient extension to your public cloud infrastructure. Get the following report for free to learn how cloud pricing differs across AWS, Azure, Google and Canonical.

[Get the report](https://ubuntu.com/engage/cloud-pricing-report)

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## Estimate your savings

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### Cost estimates are for informational purposes only

Exact costs may vary depending on project requirements, cloud architecture, and local cost conditions. The hourly cost per VM shown above contains all total cost of ownership (TCO) ingredients over an amortization period of five years, including reference hardware, network fabric, typical hosting charges, and the cost of commercial subscriptions. If you have any questions or would like to get a more detailed breakdown of cost projections, please get in touch with our cloud experts.

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## Optimize your cloud costs

### [Cloud cost optimization playbook](https://ubuntu.com/engage/cloud-cost-optimisation-best-practices)

Since cloud infrastructure usually accounts for a significant portion of organizations' budgets, optimizing cloud costs is essential to reduce your IT spending. Read our cost optimization playbook to discover proven techniques to lower your TCO.

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### [Architecting private clouds for price-performance](https://ubuntu.com/engage/gsi-private-cloud)

The TCO is critical in determining the viability of a private cloud. Along with cost savings, a well-designed data center may supplement public cloud computing capabilities. In this whitepaper, we look at Canonical's internal cloud, replete with performance data and deployment best practices.

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## Price-performance guaranteed

*“We recently reassessed our cloud strategy, and one of the parameters was cost-efficiency. We observed that Canonical OpenStack is helping us to achieve two to three times more cost-efficiency than using public clouds.”*

**Cléber Alexandre Agazzi**

Head of Infrastructure & IT Operations,
Sicredi

[Read the case study ›](https://ubuntu.com/engage/sicredi-openstack-case-study)

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*“The level of engagement from the Canonical team was remarkable. Even before we entered into a commercial agreement, Canonical offered valuable advice around OEMs and hardware choices.”*

**Tim Rosenfield**

CEO and Co-Founder,
Firmus

[Read the case study ›](https://ubuntu.com/engage/kubernetes-openstack-case-study-firmus)

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*“Canonical's solution was a third of the price of the other proposals we'd received. It is also proving to be highly cost-effective, both from CAPEX and OPEX perspectives.”*

**Georgi Georgiev**

CIO,
SBI BITS

[Read the case study ›](https://ubuntu.com/engage/sbi-casestudy)

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## Related blogs

### [Understanding AWS pricing](https://canonical.com/blog/aws-pricing)

AWS pricing differs depending on the service mode. Amazon offers various options: from free tier to dedicated hosts. Learn how AWS pricing works in detail.

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### [Azure pricing explained](https://canonical.com/blog/azure-pricing)

Azure pricing differs depending on the service mode. Azure offers various options: from free tier to reservations. Learn how Azure pricing works in detail.

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### [How GCP pricing works](https://canonical.com/blog/gcp-pricing)

GCP pricing differs depending on the service mode. Google offers various options: from free trial to sole-tenant nodes. Learn how GCP pricing works.

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