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Use the bead workload estimation guide to estimate a bounded workload before you create machines. The estimator uses the current pricing schedule. GET /v1/pricing is the live source for rates.

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From the CLI

--disk-mib is the retained storage amount per machine for the duration. Include all retained bytes you expect to keep. It is not the machine’s advertised disk capacity.

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From the API

The public estimator accepts a size and a duration in seconds:
The response includes CPU, memory, storage, and total amounts for the selected schedule. Running size estimates assume all vCPUs are busy and the configured memory is present for the duration. Actual busy CPU can cost less.

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Estimate retained state

For paused: true, the size estimator automatically includes the size’s configured memory as retained storage. Set storage_bytes to additional retained disk and snapshot bytes per machine, excluding that automatically added memory. A quote does not reserve capacity, fund a machine, or apply trial credit. Admission may reserve more than the eventual measured charge to cover the authorized runtime. See Prepaid credit and balance.