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Only pay when Guaranteed Commitments save you money.

Planning, buying, and managing commitments on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud is free. Guaranteed Commitments cost a fixed share of what they save.
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PubNub
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Cerby
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Real rates, today

Same infrastructure. Lower price.

ServiceCloud on-demandArchera 1 yearArchera 30-dayYou saveCloud’s own 1 year
AWSAWSEC2 m7i.xlargeCompute · 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
$0.202$0.127$0.15237%25%$0.148 (27%)
AzureAzureVM D4s v5Compute · 4 vCPU · 16 GiB
$0.192$0.114$0.14040%27%$0.132 (31%)
Google CloudGCPCompute Engine N2Compute · per vCPU
$0.0316$0.0186$0.022941%28%$0.0199 (37%)
AWSAWSElastiCache Redis cache.r6g.largeCache · 2 vCPU · 13 GiB
$0.206$0.132$0.17336%16%$0.141 (32%)
AWSAWSOpenSearch r6g.large.searchSearch · 2 vCPU · 16 GiB
$0.167$0.107$0.14136%16%$0.115 (31%)
AzureAzureSQL Database General PurposeDatabase · Gen5 · 4 vCore
$0.609$0.358$0.44141%28%$0.396 (35%)
Google CloudGCPCloud SQL for PostgreSQLDatabase · zonal · per vCPU
$0.0413$0.0252$0.030639%26%$0.0310 (25%)
50+ services coveredEC2, RDS, Lambda, SageMaker, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, BigQuery and more
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$/hour, Linux, no upfront. AWS and Azure us-east, GCP us-central1. Catalog prices as of Oct 15 and 16, 2026.
Pricing

Free to manage. Pay only for the guarantee.

Other tools take a cut of every commitment, even the ones you already bought. Archera doesn’t.

Free forever
$0for the whole platform
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Buy and renewCommitments for compute, GPUs and AI on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
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Manage what you haveEvery commitment you already own, in one place
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RecommendationsWhat to buy, how much and for how long
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Forecasting and visibilityCoverage, utilization and what’s expiring
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Archera AIAsk in the app, or from Claude, Cursor and Codex over MCP
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REST APIPull savings, coverage and plans into your own scripts
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Guaranteed Commitments

Everything in Free, plus:
  • ✓Better rates than your cloud’s own 1-year
  • ✓Terms from 30 days, not 1 or 3 years
  • ✓Use less? Cash back on the unused part
  • ✓Insurance-backed
1-year savings on EC2 m7i.xlarge
AWS’s own 1-year27%
Archera 1-year37%
⇄We only earn when you save. A fixed % of the savings, set by term. Explore pricing →
Free · Open source

Ladder your commitments for free with CUDly

CUDly is our free, open-source CLI for buying AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans. Use it to ladder: buy a slice of what you need on a regular schedule, not everything in one big purchase.

Buy in slices
Choose what share of each recommendation to buy per run.
Rolling renewals
Terms end in small batches, so you can resize as usage changes.
Safe by default
Dry run first, a CSV to review, and checks against buying twice.

Each slice is still a 1- or 3-year commitment. For 30-day terms and cash back when usage drops, add Guaranteed Commitments.

# Preview this month’s slice (dry run, buys nothing)
$ cudly --services rds --coverage 25
# Buy it after you review the CSV
$ cudly --services rds --coverage 25 --purchase
Repeat every month. Each run adds a new slice to the ladder.
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Servers
Your monthly bill, by month
Native commitment Paid for, not used Guaranteed Commitment Cash back
Illustrative: 10 servers or GPUs on a commitment, 4 spun down in month 7. Guarantee premium not shown.
What you’re paying for

A downside hedge on your AI & cloud commitments

Out-of-the-box commitments give you a discount but lock you in for one to three years. A Guaranteed Commitment allows you to save on terms as short as 30 days, with protection built in. The guarantee premium is what you pay for that protection.

Where the premium comes from
The premium comes out of your savings, not on top of your bill.
Your monthly bill, by month
On-demand Guaranteed Commitment Guarantee premium Savings you keep
Each month’s savingsIllustrative split
You keepPremium
Illustrative. Premiums are a share of the savings each commitment generates and vary by service and term. If a commitment stops saving you money, it stops costing you money. Native commitments are free on Archera.
Pricing

The guarantee premium is a share of your savings

Native commitments are free on Archera. Premiums apply only to Guaranteed Commitments, and they’re always a share of the savings the commitment generates. A commitment that stops saving you money stops costing you money. Shorter, more flexible terms carry a higher guarantee premium; longer terms carry a lower one.

Guarantee premiums vary by service as well as by term. The price catalog has the ranges, and you can browse it without an account. Log in for exact per-service pricing. No installation required.

⇄Before you buy, you’ll see an estimated premium and your projected net savings on the specific commitment you’re considering.
Risk-free commitments

If a commitment stops saving you money, you stop paying for it.

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+$Rebate Guarantee

Cash back for underutilization

If you use less than you committed to, you get paid back for the unused part.

☰Billing

On your existing cloud invoice

Premiums are billed monthly through your cloud provider’s marketplace and can burn down your enterprise commitment.

✓Insurance-backed

Backed by an A+ rated carrier

Archera’s Guaranteed Commitment program is backed by an AM Best A+ rated insurance carrier.

A+ AM Best rated carrier
FAQ

Questions answered.

Still deciding? We’ll walk through the premium and your net savings on your actual spend.

Do native commitments cost anything?

No. Planning, buying, and managing native commitments on Archera is free, whether you choose a one-year or a three-year term. No premium, no software fee, no percentage of your cloud spend. Premiums apply only to Guaranteed Commitments, which are fully optional.

How is the premium calculated?

It’s a share of the savings a Guaranteed Commitment generates, and it scales with the term you choose: shorter, more flexible terms carry a higher premium, longer terms carry less. Premiums also vary by service, so the price catalog is the place to look. Ranges are public, and exact per-service pricing is available once you log in. You’ll see an estimated premium and your projected net savings before you buy.

What happens if my usage drops?

The Rebate Guarantee reimburses you for the underutilized portion of a Guaranteed Commitment. You’re protected from paying for capacity you no longer use.

Is the software really free?

Yes. Planning, purchasing, and managing your out-of-the-box commitments is free. The only costs are from Guaranteed Commitments if you choose to include them in your purchasing strategy.

How am I billed?

Guarantee premiums are billed monthly through your cloud provider’s marketplace, so Archera charges appear as a line item on your existing cloud invoice and draw down your committed spend. You can also choose to be billed directly to a credit card or bank account.

How do you compare to other commitment tools?

Most tools charge a percentage of your savings across every commitment you hold, including the native ones you purchased sometime before you signed. They also take black box control of your purchasing. Archera keeps the software free, leaves you in control of every commitment, and charges a premium only on the guaranteed coverage you opt into.

See what you'd save

Book a demo and we'll show you the estimated premium and the net savings on your actual spend, before you commit to anything.