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How to track your Compute costs in real time

Avoid surprises and understand how billing works

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Written by Thanasis Karavasilis
Updated this week

Where to see your usage

Go to your Hivenet dashboard and navigate to:

Dashboard > Billing

There, you’ll find:

  • Current session duration

  • Estimated cost in USD

  • Breakdown by instance

Tip: Costs are updated in near real time while your instance is running.

How Compute pricing works

Hivenet bills Compute by the minute, based on:

  • GPU type (e.g., 1x RTX 4090 vs. 2x)

  • Uptime (start time until instance is stopped or terminated)

  • Optional extras (storage, bandwidth)

You’re only charged while the instance is active.

Stop vs. terminate: what’s the difference?

  • Stop: Pauses your session. You won’t be charged for compute time, but storage costs may still apply.

  • Terminate: Deletes the instance completely. No further charges.

Stopping is ideal if you plan to restart soon. Terminate if you're done.

Edge cases: when costs might spike

If something looks off (like being billed for multiple sessions), check:

  • Did you accidentally create multiple instances?

  • Was your instance left running overnight?

  • Did your browser tab not update the stop status?

Reach out to support if your usage doesn’t match what’s billed.

How to request a refund

Think you were overcharged? Hivenet Support is here to help:

  • Open the chat widget on our website

  • Mention your instance ID and timeframe

  • We’ll investigate and refund any verified overcharges


Still have questions? Join us on Discord or chat with the team on the site.

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