Cloud cost in ₹
Compare AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean and more against ServerCake in rupees, and see the saving.
Missing a provider? and we'll add the most-requested first.
Have feedback or an idea for this tool?
How does the cloud cost comparison work?
Cloud providers priced in US dollars leave Indian teams guessing what a server really costs once the exchange rate, foreign-transaction markup and 18 percent GST are added. This calculator converts the list price of a comparable Linux VM from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Linode or Vultr into rupees at the live USD-INR rate shown above, then sets it beside the ServerCake price so the monthly saving is visible at a glance. The comparison uses on-demand pricing for a similar vCPU, memory and storage shape, and excludes data transfer, which the large clouds bill separately and ServerCake includes. Adjust the rate if it has moved. Treat the figures as an indicative planning estimate rather than a quote, and confirm current list prices with each provider before you commit budget to a migration.
Key facts
- A cloud VM bill is made of several line items: compute (vCPU and RAM), block storage per GB-month, egress bandwidth per GB, a public IPv4 address billed hourly, and snapshots or backups.
- Egress is data leaving the cloud and is metered per GB, while inbound data is usually free, which makes egress a frequently underestimated cost.
- The big global clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle) quote in US dollars, so an Indian buyer pays the current USD-INR exchange rate plus any card forex markup, then 18 percent GST on top.
- Reserved instances or savings plans trade a 1 or 3 year commitment for a large discount, often 30 to 60 percent, but bill whether the VM runs or not.
- A fair provider comparison matches vCPU, RAM, disk size and type, region and egress volume before comparing price, since a cheaper quote is often a smaller disk or slower vCPU.
What a cloud VM actually costs
The sticker price of a cloud VM is only the compute part - the vCPU and RAM you rent by the hour. The bill you actually pay adds several line items on top: block storage (the disk, charged per GB-month), bandwidth or egress (data leaving the cloud, often the single most surprising cost), a public IPv4 address (now billed hourly by most providers), snapshots and backups, and load balancers or extra IPs if you use them.
Egress is the one that catches teams out. Inbound data is usually free, but data going out to the internet is metered per GB, and a busy app or a large media site can run up more on egress than on the server itself. When you compare providers, price the egress at your real monthly outbound volume, not zero.
This calculator adds those components together so you compare a full monthly bill, not just the advertised compute rate.
Why USD-priced clouds cost more for Indian teams
The big global clouds - AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle - quote in US dollars. For an Indian buyer, three things inflate that number before it hits your account. First, foreign exchange: you pay at the card or bank USD-INR rate on the day, plus any forex markup your card adds. Second, 18% GST is applied on cloud and hosting services in India. Third, egress and inter-region transfer are also dollar-priced, so they carry the same FX and GST load.
So a VM advertised at USD 40 a month is not Rs 40 times the spot rate. At roughly Rs 97 to the dollar that is about Rs 3,880 of compute, then 18% GST takes it to about Rs 4,578, before you add storage, egress and IPv4 - each of which is also dollar-priced and taxed. Budgeting off the headline USD figure alone understates the real outflow.
A provider that bills natively in rupees with GST already on the invoice removes the FX guesswork: ServerCake, for instance, prices in INR and issues a GST invoice, so the amount quoted is the amount debited.
On-demand vs reserved, and comparing like for like
On-demand (pay-as-you-go) is the default: you pay by the hour with no commitment, ideal for spiky or short-lived workloads. Reserved instances or savings plans trade a 1 or 3 year commitment for a large discount - often 30 to 60% off - but you pay whether or not the VM is running, so they only save money on steady, always-on servers. Estimate on-demand first, then check whether a reservation beats it for the hours you will actually run.
To compare providers fairly, match the specs before you match the price. Line up the same vCPU count and RAM, the same disk size and type (standard SSD vs high-performance NVMe are priced very differently), the same region (a Mumbai region often costs more than a US one), and the same egress volume. A cheaper-looking quote is often just a smaller disk or a slower vCPU. Only once the specs line up is a rupee-to-rupee comparison meaningful.
Glossary
- Compute (vCPU and RAM)
- Compute is the vCPU and memory rented by the hour and is the sticker price of a cloud VM. It is only one line of the total bill, which also includes storage, egress and other components.
- Block storage
- Block storage is the VM's disk, charged per GB-month and priced differently by tier, so standard SSD costs less than high-performance NVMe. Its size and type must match when comparing providers.
- Egress bandwidth
- Egress is data leaving the cloud to the internet, metered per GB, while inbound data is usually free. It is a frequently underestimated cost that can exceed the price of the server itself.
- Public IPv4 charge
- A public IPv4 address is now billed hourly by most major providers as a separate line item, on top of compute, so a VM's real cost includes the address it is reachable on.
- On-demand vs reserved
- On-demand pricing is pay-by-the-hour with no commitment, best for spiky workloads. Reserved instances or savings plans give a large discount for a 1 or 3 year commitment but bill whether the VM runs or not.
- Like-for-like comparison
- A fair provider comparison matches vCPU, RAM, disk size and type, region and egress volume before comparing price, since a cheaper quote is often just a smaller disk or a slower vCPU.
Questions, answered.
How accurate are the prices?+
Competitor figures are public list prices for a comparable on-demand Linux VM (roughly 730 hours a month, cheapest common region), excluding data transfer and taxes. They are indicative and change over time, so confirm current prices with each provider. ServerCake's 2 GB price is final; larger sizes are indicative pending launch pricing.
Does the comparison include data transfer?+
No. The large clouds bill egress separately, which this calculator does not add, so real-world savings are usually larger. ServerCake includes 1 TB or more of transfer in the price.
Which USD to INR rate is used?+
A daily reference rate, shown next to the table and fully editable if the rate has moved.
Why compare cloud prices in rupees?+
The global clouds price in dollars, so your bill moves with the exchange rate and often carries an FX markup. ServerCake prices in ₹ with GST invoices, so the number you see is the number you pay.
Cloud that speaks India.
These tools run on ServerCake infrastructure in India. When our cloud opens, you get VMs and managed databases priced in ₹, billed with GST, on India-resident infrastructure. Reserve your spot for early access.
Reserve your spotMore tools
Slice price calculator Soon
Configure vCPU, RAM, storage and transfer, and see the monthly ₹ price with GST.
GST calculator Live
Add or remove GST with the CGST / SGST / IGST split. Built for Indian invoicing.
Uptime / SLA calculator Live
Turn a 99.9% SLA into real allowed downtime per day, month and year.