Credits
Credits are the primary way to pay for resources on the Aleph Cloud network. You buy credits up front, and they are consumed as your workloads run, billed for the resources you actually use (CPU, memory, storage).
How It Works
- You acquire credits for your account.
- When you deploy a workload, you select credits as the payment type.
- Credits are drawn down continuously while the workload runs, based on its allocated resources.
- When your credit balance runs out, the affected workloads are stopped.
Buying and Managing Credits
You can buy, transfer, and review credits from the Aleph Cloud Console or with the CLI. See the Credits Management command reference for the full set of commands (aleph credit buy, transfer, history, and aleph account balance).
Where Credits Apply
| Resource | Payment with credits |
|---|---|
| Instances | Credits only |
| Storage | Supported (recommended); the legacy hold-based model is still available but will be deprecated soon |
| Programs (PROGRAM messages) | Not yet available; programs currently use the hold-based model |