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Key Advantages
  • Guaranteed 2.0GHz (or faster) cores
  • Deployment in Minutes
  • Hourly or Monthly Pricing
  • No Contract
  • 5000GB Outbound Bandwidth Included
  • Seamless Integration with Dedicated
  • Local- or SAN-based Storage
  • Portable Storage Volumes
  • Automated Recovery Options
  • 24/7 Support

Scale your computing resources on-demand. CloudLayer Computing lets you deploy virtual cloud servers (CloudLayer Computing Instances) in as few as five minutes.

Built on SoftLayer's automated infrastructure expertise and Citrix® XenServer™, CloudLayer cloud servers stand alone or seamlessly integrate with the rest of your SoftLayer dedicated servers, virtual servers, automated services and additional CloudLayer services. You can create a unified computing environment with unequaled efficiency and interoperability.

Each cloud server is guaranteed to be based on 2.0GHz (or faster) processor, comes with your choice of operating system, access to multiple image templates for fast deployment and leverages our proprietary Flex Images™ technology. With Flex Images, you can capture an image of a dedicated or cloud server and then deploy it on either type of system, and also store, share or publish images from one image library.

With Public, Private, and Bare Metal Cloud options and local- or SAN-based primary storage options, you can choose a cloud server best suited to your application. Our one of a kind Build Your Own Cloud server tool provides an even higher level of granularity, letting you custom configure your cloud server's number of cores, RAM and storage capacity. And with Portable Storage Volumes as a secondary storage solution, you can move your storage from one cloud instance to another.

CloudLayer Computing Options

  Configuration Options Storage Options  
Public Cloud Instances
Multi-tenant environment with SoftLayer managed hypervisor, ideal for rapid scalability and higher-cost effectiveness 		Build Your Own Cloud Local/SAN
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Private Cloud Instances
Single-tenant environment with SoftLayer managed hypervisor, ideal for applications with stringent resource requirements 		Standard Local/SAN
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Bare Metal Cloud
Single-tenant physical server with no hypervisor, immediately provisioned, ideal for high I/O applications 		Standard Local
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Local Disk Storage: Primary storage implemented at RAID 10 with faster input/output speeds, our Local Disk Storage solution is ideal for storage-intensive applications and a lower total cost of operations.

SAN Storage: A primary storage solution, featuring automatic recovery for higher hardware resiliency and compute-intensive applications.

Portable Storage Volumes: Our secondary storage volumes are portable and persist separately from the life of a CloudLayer Computing Instance, so you can easily move volumes from one instance to another. Useful for database applications that require access to raw, unformatted block-level storage.

Optional Configuration Pricing

Monthly and Hourly plans include unlimited inbound and private network bandwidth. Monthly plans include 5000GB of outbound bandwidth per month ($0.10/GB charge for additional bandwidth). Hourly plans do not include any outbound bandwidth ($0.10/GB for all outbound bandwidth).

Public Cloud Instances

Local Storage BasedHourlyMonthly
1 Core + 1GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage$0.048 Order$33.00 Order
2 Core + 2GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage$0.089 Order$62.00 Order
4 Core + 4GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage$0.173 Order$120.00 Order
8 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage$0.329 Order$228.00 Order
SAN Storage BasedHourlyMonthly
1 Core + 1GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage$0.057 Order$39.29 Order
2 Core + 2GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage$0.098 Order$68.29 Order
4 Core + 4GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage$0.182 Order$126.29 Order
8 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage$0.337 Order$234.29 Order

Not custom enough for you? Try our Build Your Own Cloud tool.

Private Cloud Instances

Local Storage Based Hourly Monthly
1 Core + 1GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.22 Order $159.00 Order
2 Core + 2GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.25 Order $179.00 Order
4 Core + 4GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.39 Order $279.00 Order
4 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.44 Order $319.00 Order
4 Core + 16GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.52 Order $379.00 Order
4 Core + 32GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.66 Order $479.00 Order
8 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.53 Order $379.00 Order
8 Core + 16GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.66 Order $479.00 Order
8 Core + 32GB RAM + 100GB Local Storage $0.80 Order $579.00 Order
SAN Storage Based Hourly Monthly
1 Core + 1GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.27 Order $159.00 Order
2 Core + 2GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.30 Order $199.00 Order
4 Core + 4GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.44 Order $299.00 Order
4 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.47 Order $339.00 Order
4 Core + 16GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.55 Order $399.00 Order
8 Core + 8GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.58 Order $399.00 Order
8 Core + 16GB RAM + 100GB SAN Storage $0.69 Order $499.00 Order

Bare Metal Cloud

Base Unit OptionsHourlyMonthly
2 Core - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.24 Order$159.00 Order
4 Core - 4GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.30 Order$199.00 Order
8 Core - 8GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.57 Order$379.00 Order
16 Core - 16GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.69 Order$459.00 Order

Max RAM Unit OptionsHourlyMonthly
2 Core - 8GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.30 Order$199.00 Order
4 Core - 16GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.50 Order$329.00 Order
8 Core - 32GB Ram - 250GB HDD$0.86 Order$569.00 Order
16 Core - 64GB Ram - 250GB HDD$1.18 Order$779.00 Order

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Optional OS Pricing

Many OSs, including CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu are available for no additional cost. The OSs listed below are available for additional cost.

  Hourly Monthly
CloudLinux 5 (32 bit) - $12.00
CloudLinux 5 (64 bit) - $12.00
CloudLinux 6 (32 bit) - $12.00
CloudLinux 6 (64 bit) - $12.00
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (64bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (64bit) $0.10 $50.00
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition (64bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (32bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition SP2 (64bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (32bit) $0.10 $50.00
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 (64bit) $0.10 $50.00
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition SP2 (32bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition SP2 (64bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 with R2 (32 bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 with R2 (64 bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 with R2 (32 bit) $0.05 $50.00
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 with R2 (64 bit) $0.05 $50.00
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter SP2 with R2 (32 bit) $0.05 $20.00
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter SP2 with R2 (64 bit) $0.05 $20.00

Optional Configuration Pricing
Additional Storage Pricing

Additional Storage Pricing

Need more storage for your cloud server? Add SAN or Local Disk secondary storage to any CloudLayer Computing Instance.

As Portable Storage Volumes, your secondary storage persists separately from the life of your cloud server, so you have the flexibility to easily move the volume from one cloud server to another—even between SoftLayer data centers. They’re useful for database applications that require access to raw, unformatted block-level storage and for moving large data sets between cloud servers.

Note: SAN storage can accommodate up to four Portable Storage Volumes. Local Disk storage can accommodate one Portable Storage Volume.

Local Disk Pricing Hourly Monthly
100GB Local $0.006 $4.00
150GB Local $0.009 $6.00
200GB Local $0.012 $8.00
300GB Local $0.017 $12.00
SAN PricingHourlyMonthly
250GB SAN$0.021$14.00
500GB SAN$0.041$29.00
750GB SAN$0.062$43.00
1000GB SAN$0.082$57.00
1500GB SAN$0.124$86.00
2000GB SAN$0.164$114.00
Optional OS Pricing