What is a vCPU?
A vCPU is a portion of a physical CPU made available to your instance. In Compute with Hivenet, vCPUs come in preconfigured sizes that include matching RAM, disk, and bandwidth so you can get started quickly.Available vCPU setups
From the console, you can choose between GPU-powered instances or CPU-only instances. The CPU-only option gives you these configurations:| vCPU | RAM | Disk space | Bandwidth | Price (/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | 250 Mb/s | €0.035 |
| 4 | 8 GB | 100 GB | 250 Mb/s | €0.07 |
| 8 | 16 GB | 200 GB | 500 Mb/s | €0.14 |
| 16 | 32 GB | 400 GB | 1000 Mb/s | €0.28 |
| 32 | 64 GB | 800 GB | 1000 Mb/s | €0.56 |
When to use vCPUs
vCPUs are a good fit when your workload doesn’t need GPU acceleration. Common use cases include:- Running lightweight web servers or APIs
- Hosting databases for development or testing
- Running CI/CD pipelines and automated builds
- Data processing scripts that don’t rely on GPU parallelism
- Background services or always-on workloads
Things to keep in mind
- Scaling: Start with 2 vCPUs and scale up as your project grows.
- Billing: Instances are billed per second via credits, with the hourly rate shown in the console.
- Flexibility: You can stop and start vCPU instances without losing data on attached disks.