Sabalcore HPC Cloud for Academics

Sabalcore offers discount pricing for qualified students and educational institutions.

How to sign-up for a user Account

All individual academic accounts include 1,000 free evaluation hours. A credit card or deposit payment (purchase of one of the packages below) is required. If you are not satisfied with the service for any reason during the 1,000 evaluation hours, your deposit will be refunded. Simply contact us for the refund.

After the free hours are used, hours will be deducted from the deposit. After the deposit is used, you have the option to purchase another package. If you do not purchase another package your account will automatically become pay-per-use billing (default). You have the option to purchase another package or remain pay-per-use billing. The pay-per-use rate is $0.06/core-hour.

If you place a credit card on file, you have the option to automatically be charged each month or pay your invoice yourself (default) using the payment options available through the invoice.

Minimum requirements
  1. A valid university email address and active enrollment
  2. A deposit of one of the packages below or a credit card on file

After the purchase of one of the packages below, you will be directed to complete an account application form. Please complete the form using your email assigned by the college or university. Upon completion of the form, we will review your information and email your account user ID and login instructions usually within 24 hours. If you are not satisfied with the service for any reason during the 1,000 evaluation hours, your deposit will be refunded. Simply contact us for the refund.

Additional Information

Certain high-demand clusters or nodes have a low priority or are not accessible to academic users during times of heavy usage.

Included Features

  • 1000 Free core-hours for new accounts
  • 100GB of free storage per month ($0.09/GB-month for overage)
  • Free Login Nodes (no charge for time on login nodes)
  • Technical Support by phone and email
  • Standard Data transfers included (file transfers in/out)
  • Remote Desktop (for application GUIs) and CLI (command-line interface)

  • Academic Package 1
  • $360
    $0.06/core-hour
  • 6,000 core-hours
  • Good for 12 months
  • 100GB of free data storage each month
  • 1,000 free evaluation core-hours
  • Fully refundable before the first 1,000 core-hours are used
  • Academic Package 2
  • $650
    $0.059/core-hour
  • 11,000 core-hours
  • Good for 12 months
  • 100GB of free data storage each month
  • 1,000 free evaluation core-hours
  • Fully refundable before the first 1,000 core-hours are used
  • Academic Package 3 (Best value)
  • $1100
    $0.055/core-hour
  • 20,000 core-hours
  • Good for 12 months
  • 100GB of free data storage each month
  • 1,000 free evaluation core-hours
  • Fully refundable before the first 1,000 core-hours are used

Department and Group Accounts

A group account has 4 or more individual user accounts under one umbrella. Students have the option to share files through a common directory, collaborate, and share software and licenses.

  • Shared resource pool – all accounting and billing under one group
  • Link software licenses to your group account
  • Eligible for high-volume discounts

We also offer value options and flexible terms. Contact us today for a complete Pricing Schedule or quotation.