Edge Compute Cost Calculator

Cost an edge function platform on per-million requests plus CPU milliseconds, after the allowances your plan includes.

About Edge Compute Cost Calculator

Edge platforms meter two independent things: how often your code is invoked and how much processor time each invocation burns. Both meters start only after the plan's included allowance is used up, so a low-volume function can be free while a CPU-heavy one is dominated by the millisecond charge rather than the request charge. Knowing which meter dominates tells you what to optimise — batching or caching cuts request count, while trimming JSON parsing and crypto work cuts CPU milliseconds. Rates and included allowances change with plan tiers, so confirm the current figures with the provider before you budget.

Formula

Edge Compute Cost

cost = plan fee + max(0, requests − included) × request price + max(0, requests × CPU ms per request − included CPU ms) × CPU price.

included allowance: Requests and CPU milliseconds the plan fee already covers
CPU ms per request: Billed processor time, excluding time spent awaiting subrequests
billable requests: Requests above the included allowance

Worked example

With the default values below, Edge Compute Cost Calculator returns Monthly Cost of $116.40. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Requests per monthaccepts 0–1,000,000 million: 250 million
CPU time per requestaccepts 0–30,000 ms: 8 ms
Price per million requestsaccepts 0–100 USD: 0.3 USD
Price per million CPU-millisecondsaccepts 0–100 USD: 0.02 USD
Requests included in the planaccepts 0–100,000 million: 10 million
CPU-milliseconds includedaccepts 0–1,000,000 million: 30 million
Plan feeaccepts 0–100,000 USD/month: 5 USD/month

Results

Monthly Cost: $116.40
Request Charge: $72.00
CPU Time Charge: $39.40
CPU Share of the Bill: 33.8%
Billable Requests: 240.00 million
CPU Time Consumed: 2,000.00 million ms
Effective Cost per Million Requests: $0.4656
Annual Cost: $1,396.80

Step by step

1Values used
2Edge Compute Cost
3Monthly Cost= 116.40
4Request Charge= 72.00
5CPU Time Charge= 39.40
6CPU Share of the Bill= 33.8
7Billable Requests= 240.00 million
8CPU Time Consumed= 2,000.00 million ms

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 7 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is Edge Compute Cost calculated?

cost = plan fee + max(0, requests − included) × request price + max(0, requests × CPU ms per request − included CPU ms) × CPU price. Edge platforms meter two independent things: how often your code is invoked and how much processor time each invocation burns. Both meters start only after the plan's included allowance is used up, so a low-volume function can be free while a CPU-heavy one is dominated by the millisecond charge rather than the request charge.

Why does Edge Compute Cost matter?

Knowing which meter dominates tells you what to optimise — batching or caching cuts request count, while trimming JSON parsing and crypto work cuts CPU milliseconds. Rates and included allowances change with plan tiers, so confirm the current figures with the provider before you budget.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 7 inputs: Requests per month, CPU time per request, Price per million requests, Price per million CPU-milliseconds, Requests included in the plan, CPU-milliseconds included, Plan fee. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.