---
title: "Pricing  "
description: "Understand PFS pricing and cost considerations"
---

# Pricing

## Pricing Model

Parallel File-System (PFS) uses a simple, predictable pricing structure:

**₹20,000 per TB per month**

- Billed based on provisioned storage capacity
- Expected bandwidth: up to 1 GB/s
- Size range: 1 TB to 150 TB

### Pricing Examples

The pricing structure for PFS is similar to SFS — the only difference is the cost per TB. For detailed examples on how billing works (provisioned capacity, prorated billing, etc.), refer to the [SFS Pricing](../../sfs/Pricing).

| Storage Size | Monthly Cost |
| :--- | :--- |
| 1 TB | ₹20,000 |
| 5 TB | ₹1,00,000 |
| 10 TB | ₹2,00,000 |
| 50 TB | ₹10,00,000 |
| 100 TB | ₹20,00,000 |



## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: How is PFS priced compared to SFS?**  
A: PFS is ₹20,000/TB/month while SFS is ₹5/GB/month (approximately ₹5,120/TB/month). PFS offers significantly higher performance with up to 1 GB/s bandwidth, making it ideal for HPC (High-Performance Computing) workloads.

**Q: Is there a minimum size requirement?**  
A: Yes, the minimum PFS size is 1 TB.

**Q: What is the maximum size I can provision?**  
A: You can provision up to 150 TB of PFS storage.





---