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title: Billing
slug: billing
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createdAt: 2025-04-30T11:03:24.425Z
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## Overview

Prior to accessing services, users must fund their account.

We support cryptocurrency deposits in OCTA via OctaSpace network, wOCTA/USDT/USDC via the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) networks and USDT/USDC via Base network.

Minimal deposit amount is 5 OCTA/wOCTA/USDT/USDC.

Deposits made in USDT or USDC will be automatically converted to OCTA based on the prevailing exchange rate at the time of conversion with a 5% fee.

## Refund Policy

OctaSpace **does not support withdrawal** of unused account balances.

All funds deposited into a user account are considered **non-refundable credits**.

These credits are exclusively applicable toward the consumption of OctaSpace services and **cannot be exchanged, refunded, or transferred**.

## Fee Structure

The platform charges a 7% fee, while the remaining 93% is allocated to the node provider.

Additionally, users are responsible for a transaction fee of 0.00021 OCTA, applied during the transfer of both the platform fee and the node provider payment.

## Charging scheme

Balances are updated approximately once every minute.
The charging model varies depending on the selected service.

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Charges commence only after the session has been fully configured. The image pull and configuration phases are not billable.
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Payouts are processed by the system once a session has been completed.
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If your balance becomes negative, all active sessions will be terminated automatically.
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### Rental Service

Charges are calculated based on three parameters:

-     Base Rate – Hourly rate for the rented machine
-     Storage – Hourly rate per GB of allocated disk space
-     Traffic – Rate per GB of network traffic used

Example Calculation:

If the base rate is 0.10 OCTA/hour, storage is 0.005 OCTA/GB/hour, and traffic is 0.01 OCTA/GB, then for a session with the following usage:

- Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes (1.5 hours)
- Disk Size: 100 GB
- Traffic Used: 100 GB

The cost would be calculated as:

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0.10 × 1.5 + 0.005 × 100 × 1.5 + 0.01 × 100 = 1.9 OCTA
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### Render Service

A flat-rate model is used.
Only the base hourly rate is charged.
Disk space and traffic usage are **not included** in the pricing.

### VPN Service

Charges are based **solely on traffic usage**, calculated per GB.