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Spin up a Linux box in seconds. Pick a plan, pick an image, ssh in. Every verified user gets a free 3-day ephemeral VM to kick the tires, then persistent plans starting at $1.55/mo.

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live in lagos-1
starts at
free trial
persistent from
$1.55/mo
images
5 distros
display currency
what you get

The good parts of virtual machines,
without the gotchas.

Sensible defaults so you can ship today, with the knobs you need when you grow up.

  • Free 3-day Ephemeral Trial VMper verified user — perfect for kicking tires
  • Persistent plans from Launch (1vCPU · 512 MiB) up to Ultra (4 vCPU · 8 GiB) with included egress
  • UbuntuDebian, Fedora, Rocky — pick a distro, get cloud-init out of the box
  • KVM under the hoodssh keys + cloud-init out of the box
  • Free snapshots and image cloning between zones
  • Hourly billingpower off and we stop counting
$ rumpty start --plan micro --image ubuntu-24-04 --region lagos-1 → vm "warm-jollof" ready in 9.8s
$ rumpty ssh warm-jollof root@warm-jollof:~#
the cli

One command
from idea to deployed.

Install the Rumpty CLI with one command. It's pipe-friendly, scriptable, and uses the same verbs on Linux and macOS.

curl -fsSL https://get.rumptycloud.com | sh
View on GitHub ↗Read the docs →
ubuntu
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSGeneral-purpose Noble image for development & services.ubuntu-24-04
ubuntu
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSLong-term support Jammy image for stable server workloads.ubuntu-22-04
debian
Debian 12Stable Bookworm image for Linux servers.debian-12
fedora
Fedora 40Modern image for newer packages & development workflows.fedora-40
rocky
Rocky Linux 9Enterprise-style image for RHEL-compatible workloads.rocky-9
images

Pick your distro.
We'll cloud-init the rest.

Curated, signed base images. Ubuntu LTS for the safe choice, Fedora for the latest packages, Rocky for the RHEL crowd. Bring your own ISO if your distro isn't here yet.

amd64 only for now · arm64 on the roadmap
pricing

Pay for the size,
not the brochure.

Monthly prices below. Usage accrues hourly and is billed to the second. Power off and we stop charging.

Current catalog snapshot
sizecpuramdisk / included egressmonthly · USD
Free Trial1 vCPU512 MiB5 GiB NVMe · 25 GiB egressFree
Launch1 vCPU512 MiB10 GiB NVMe · 50 GiB egress$1.55$0.0021/hr
Micro1 vCPU1 GiB20 GiB NVMe · 100 GiB egress$2.70$0.0037/hr
Core1 vCPU2 GiB30 GiB NVMe · 250 GiB egress$4.60$0.0063/hr
Scale2 vCPU2 GiB50 GiB NVMe · 500 GiB egress$6.15$0.0084/hr
Power2 vCPU4 GiB80 GiB NVMe · 750 GiB egress$9.23$0.01264/hr
Ultra4 vCPU8 GiB160 GiB NVMe · 1024 GiB egress$16.92$0.02318/hr

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