Research-Grade Performance. Nonprofit Pricing.
Academic CPU Services
Deterministic Sovereign Compute for Researchers
myresearchcloud provides dedicated, predictable infrastructure designed specifically for Canadian researchers, faculty, graduate students, and academic labs.
This is not retail cloud.
This is research-grade infrastructure with simple billing and no surprises.
Designed for Academic Workloads
Built for:
AI model development
Data preprocessing
Simulation and modelling
Research software development
Graduate research environments
SME and university collaborations
We provide deterministic compute capacity with cross-rack replicated storage and predictable monthly pricing.
Simple, Grant-Friendly Pricing
Academic budgets require predictability. Our pricing model is fixed and transparent.
myresearchcloud.ca is designed for research funding structures.
We provide fixed monthly allocations with no variable metering, no storage line items, and no data transfer charges. This allows researchers to budget infrastructure costs clearly within grant proposals and multi-year funding envelopes.
Commitment options align with typical research timelines:
Monthly
1-Year
3-Year
Invoices remain consistent throughout the term. There are no egress fees, IOPS tiers, or usage-based overages.
This reduces administrative overhead and eliminates post-award billing volatility.
Standard Compute Instances (4 GB RAM per vCPU)
| vCPU | RAM | SSD | HDD | Monthly | 1-Year Monthly | 3-Year Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 16 GB | 32 GB | 24 GB | $92 | $81 | $72 |
| 8 | 32 GB | 64 GB | 48 GB | $184 | $162 | $144 |
| 16 | 64 GB | 128 GB | 96 GB | $368 | $324 | $288 |
| 32 | 128 GB | 256 GB | 192 GB | $736 | $648 | $576 |
| 64 | 256 GB | 512 GB | 384 GB | $1,472 | $1,296 | $1,152 |
All pricing includes 1:1 dedicated physical cores, bundled SSD and HDD capacity, Ceph replication, and zero egress fees. No IOPS tiers. No variable line items.
Standard Compute Instances
High-Memory Compute Instances (8 GB RAM per vCPU)
| vCPU | RAM | SSD | HDD | Monthly | 1-Year Monthly | 3-Year Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 32 GB | 32 GB | 24 GB | $129 | $114 | $101 |
| 8 | 64 GB | 64 GB | 48 GB | $258 | $227 | $202 |
| 16 | 128 GB | 128 GB | 96 GB | $516 | $454 | $404 |
| 32 | 256 GB | 256 GB | 192 GB | $1,032 | $908 | $808 |
| 64 | 512 GB | 512 GB | 384 GB | $2,064 | $1,816 | $1,616 |
All pricing includes 1:1 dedicated physical cores, bundled SSD and HDD capacity, Ceph replication, and zero egress fees. No IOPS tiers. No variable line items.
High-Memory Instances
Who This Is For
This platform is ideal for:
Researchers who need stable VM environments
Labs that require deterministic performance
Grants that require fixed, predictable budgeting
Faculty collaborating with SMEs
Projects that cannot risk variable cloud billing
Sovereign and Transparent
All infrastructure is hosted in Canada.
We do not monetize usage volatility.
We do not bill for data transfer.
We do not apply hidden performance tiers.
What You Receive
Each vCPU includes:
1 dedicated physical Intel Cascade Lake core (1:1 allocation)
4 GB RAM
8 GB replicated enterprise SSD
6 GB replicated HDD storage
Cross-rack Ceph redundancy
25Gb internal network fabric
There is:
No CPU oversubscription
No burst-credit throttling
No IOPS tiers
No variable storage billing
No egress charges
Your allocation is reserved and predictable.
How We Compare
Public hyperscalers often include:
Core oversubscription
Separate storage billing
IOPS tiers
Egress fees
Variable monthly invoices
National HPC programs provide:
Shared batch queues
Grant-based allocation
No guaranteed VM environments
myresearchcloud sits between these models.
We provide:
Dedicated compute
Replicated storage
Predictable billing
Sovereign Canadian hosting
Rapid provisioning
Ready to Get Started?
If you have grant funding or are preparing a proposal, we can:
Provide a budget justification template
Generate a custom allocation plan
Offer term-aligned commitments
Contact us to discuss your project requirements.
Volume & Commitment Discounts
- Reserved Instances (RIs) Paid Up-Front — Additional discount available for 1-year and 3-year terms paid in advance.
- Multiple RIs — Volume-based discounts available for research groups or institutions provisioning multiple reserved instances.
Additional S3 Storage (per month)
| Storage Tier | Monthly Cost (CAD / TB) |
|---|---|
| Tape-Backed S3 — Archival class; ideal for long-term cold storage. | $3 / TB |
| Standard Spindle S3 — Balanced cost-to-performance tier. | $6 / TB |
| NVMe-Backed S3 — High-throughput tier for active datasets or AI training workloads. | $11 / TB |
Add-on storage may be provisioned in addition to instance allocations upon request.
All storage tiers are Canadian-hosted and compliant with full data-residency requirements.
Please contact us
for storage requirements exceeding one petabyte (PB) to discuss additional discounting.
Notes
The following terms apply to all academic and nonprofit instance types, ensuring transparency, predictability, and full data sovereignty.
- All pricing is listed in CAD per hour (approximately 730 hours per month).
- Pricing includes full compute, storage, and bandwidth usage — no egress, IOPS, or hidden fees.
- CPU instances feature dedicated 25Gb/s networking for sustained throughput and low-latency inference.
- Each instance runs on isolated hardware — no shared cores, no noisy neighbors, and no throttling.
- All services are hosted in Canadian sovereign datacentres operated in partnership with ThinkOn.
- Infrastructure is optimized for energy efficiency, predictable performance, and full data residency within Canada.