ABCI Usage Fees
ABCI Point Unit Price
In FY2024, 1 ABCI Point costs 220 yen (tax included). There is no change from the previous fiscal year.
The point acquisition unit is 1,000 points (220,000 yen (tax included)).
ABCI Service Fees for ABCI Points (From ABCI 3.0 GA until the end of March 2025)
From the general availability of ABCI 3.0 until the end of March 2025, all users will be charged the Development Acceleration Usage fee. From the 2025 fiscal year, we plan to apply different billing systems for standard usage and development acceleration usage. In addition, during the same period, we will not charge for storage. From April 2025, only the home area will be free of charge, and the other areas will be charged.
Compute Node (H)
| Resource Type | Resource Overview | Spot and On-demand | Reserved |
|---|---|---|---|
| rt_HF | 8 GPUs, 96 cores, 1728GB Memory | 7.5 points/hour | 270 Points/day （equivalent to 11.25 points/hour） |
| rt_HG | 1 GPU, 8 cores, 144GB Memory | 1.5 points/hour | NA |
| rt_HC | 16 cores, 288GB Memory | 0.5 points/hour | NA |
Storage
| Storage Type | Spent Points |
|---|---|
| Home (shared disk) | free of charge（2TB） |
| Group area (shared disk) | free of charge |
| ABCI Cloud Storage | free of charge |
ABCI Service Fees for ABCI Points (Until the end of October 2024)
In fiscal year 2024, we have revised the point charges for Compute nodes (A) and (V) as follows:
- Computing node (A) billing coefficient: 6.0 (taking into account the performance difference between Compute nodes (A) and (V), the billing coefficient ratio was corrected to “5:1”)
- Computing node (V) billing coefficient: 1.2 (20% increase)
The point charge table for each ABCI service is as follows.
Compute Node (A)
| Resource Type | Resource Overview | Spot and On-demand | Reserved |
|---|---|---|---|
| rt_AF | 8 GPUs, 72 cores, 480GB Memory | 6.0 points/hour | 216 points/day (equivalent to 9.0 points/hour) |
| rt_AG.small | 1 GPU, 9 cores, 60GB Memory | 1.0 points/hour | NA |
Compute Node (V)
| Resource Type | Resource Overview | Spot and On-demand | Reserved |
|---|---|---|---|
| rt_F | 4 GPUs, 40 cores, 360GB Memory | 1.2 points/hour | 43.2 points/day (equivalent to 1.8 points/hour) |
| rt_G.large | 4 GPUs, 20 cores, 240GB Memory | 1.08 points/hour | NA |
| rt_G.small | 1 GPU, 5 cores, 60GB Memory | 0.36 points/hour | NA |
| rt_C.large | 20 cores, 120GB Memory | 0.72 points/hour | NA |
| rt_C.small | 5 cores, 30GB Memory | 0.24 points/hour | NA |
Storage
| Storage Type | Spent Points |
|---|---|
| Home (shared disk) | free of charge (200GB) |
| Groups area (shared disk) | 5 points/TB⋅month |
| ABCI Cloud Storage | 0.0001 points/GB⋅day (charge-per-use) |
Important Notes
- Before using ABCI services, you are required to obtain ABCI points by paying the usage fee equivalent to ABCI points.
- The unit for acquiring ABCI Points is 1,000 points. The rate for one ABCI point is subject to revision each fiscal year.
- Additional ABCI Points can be obtained at any time. However, **the number of additional ABCI Points that can be obtained after Oct 1 may be capped based on the number of ABCI Points used by each usage group as of Sep 30 of the relevant fiscal year. **
- The total number of points that one ABCI Group may hold (the total number of ABCI Points obtained minus the number of ABCI Points used, the “ABCI Point Balance”) will not exceed 600,000 points.
- ABCI Points will be reduced according to the amount of computing resources used, and will no longer be available when the balance is depleted.
- Points that are not fully used by Mar 30 5:00pm (Japan Standard Time) of the fiscal year in which the application is submitted will expire and cannot be carried over to the following fiscal year. However, if the ABCI is unavailable for use by Mar 30 5:00pm (Japan Standard Time) due to unavoidable circumstances, such as a failure of the ABCI or a natural disaster not attributable to the user, and the period of unavailability exceeds 20 days, the ABCI point balance obtained for the fiscal year will be carried over to the following fiscal year.
- The usage fee will not be refunded.
- The fee shall be free of charge in the following cases
- In cases where free use of ABCI is approved, such as the implementation of a proposal planned by the Institute and AIST Solutions.
- In other cases where the Institute and AIST Solutions approve the use of the ABCI free of charge.
Reference
Past ABCI point unit prices and ABCI service price list can be checked below: