Qubole Billing Guide

Qubole rents resources from AWS, Azure, or Oracle on your behalf as a customer of the Cloud vendor, and runs queries and jobs against data in your Cloud storage account. You are responsible for the raw compute, network, and storage costs incurred in your Cloud account; you pay these costs directly to the Cloud vendor. Qubole charges a premium for its service, based on usage. The sections that follow show how this works for each Cloud platform:

See also Qubole’s Pricing page.

QCUH on AWS

The Qubole Compute Unit Hour (QCUH) is defined to be equal to the use of one m1.xlarge instance for one hour in the AWS us-east region. QDS uses a multiplier for other instance types, as follows:

Amazon Web Services - QCU Mapping

AWS Instance Type Equivalent QCUH
c1.medium 0.3581
c1.xlarge 1.4325
c3.large 0.3011
c3.xlarge 0.6022
c3.2xlarge 1.1932
c3.4xlarge 2.3860
c3.8xlarge 4.6281
c4.large 0.3125
c4.xlarge 0.6250
c4.2xlarge 1.2528
c4.4xlarge 2.5057
c4.8xlarge 4.3829
c5.large 0.2342
c5.xlarge 0.4683
c5.2xlarge 0.9366
c5.4xlarge 1.8733
c5.9xlarge 4.2149
c5.12xlarge 5.6198
c5.24xlarge 11.2397
c5.18xlarge 8.4298
c5d.large 0.2645
c5d.xlarge 0.5289
c5d.2xlarge 1.0579
c5d.4xlarge 2.1157
c5d.9xlarge 4.7603
c5d.12xlarge 5.6198
c5d.18xlarge 9.5207
c5d.24xlarge 11.2397
c5n.xlarge 0.5950
c5n.2xlarge 1.1901
c5n.4xlarge 2.3802
c5n.9xlarge 5.3554
c5n.18xlarge 10.7107
cc2.4xlarge 2.0313
cc2.8xlarge 5.5096
cg1.4xlarge 3.0681
d2.xlarge 1.9659
d2.2xlarge 3.8017
d2.4xlarge 7.6033
d2.8xlarge 15.2066
g2.2xlarge 2.2727
g2.8xlarge 7.1625
g3.4xlarge 3.1405
g3.8xlarge 6.2810
g3.16xlarge 12.5620
g3s.xlarge 2.0661
g4dn.xlarge 1.449
g4dn.2xlarge 2.0716
g4dn.4xlarge 3.3168
g4dn.8xlarge 5.9945
g4dn.16xlarge 11.989
g4dn.12xlarge 10.7769
hi1.4xlarge 3.0681
h1.2xlarge 1.6832
h1.4xlarge 3.3664
h1.8xlarge 6.7328
h1.16xlarge 13.4656
i2.xlarge 2.4204
i2.2xlarge 4.6970
i2.4xlarge 9.3939
i2.8xlarge 18.7879
i3.xlarge 0.8595
i3.2xlarge 1.719
i3.4xlarge 3.4380
i3.8xlarge 6.8760
i3.16xlarge 13.7521
i3en.large 0.6226
i3en.xlarge 1.2452
i3en.2xlarge 2.4904
i3en.3xlarge 3.7355
i3en.6xlarge 7.4711
i3en.12xlarge 14.9421
i3en.24xlarge 29.8843
m1.small 0.1250
m1.medium 0.2500
m1.large 0.5000
m1.xlarge 1.0000
m2.xlarge 0.7045
m2.2xlarge 1.3977
m2.4xlarge 2.7954
m3.medium 0.1989
m3.large 0.3978
m3.xlarge 0.7955
m3.2xlarge 1.5909
m4.large 0.3580
m4.xlarge 0.7159
m4.2xlarge 1.4318
m4.4xlarge 2.8636
m4.10xlarge 5.5096
m4.16xlarge 8.8154
m5.large 0.2948
m5.xlarge 0.5895
m5.2xlarge 1.1791
m5.4xlarge 2.3581
m5.8xlarge 4.2314
m5.12xlarge 7.0744
m5.16xlarge 8.4628
m5.24xlarge 14.1488
m5a.xlarge 0.4738
m5a.2xlarge 0.9477
m5a.4xlarge 1.8953
m5a.8xlarge 3.7906
m5a.12xlarge 5.6860
m5a.16xlarge 7.5813
m5a.24xlarge 11.3719
m5ad.xlarge 0.5675
m5ad.2xlarge 1.1350
m5ad.4xlarge 2.2700
m5ad.12xlarge 6.8099
m5ad.24xlarge 13.6198
m5d.large 0.3113
m5d.xlarge 0.6226
m5d.2xlarge 1.2452
m5d.4xlarge 2.4904
m5d.8xlarge 4.9807
m5d.12xlarge 7.4711
m5d.16xlarge 9.9614
m5d.24xlarge 14.9421
m5n.large 0.3278
m5n.xlarge 0.6556
m5n.2xlarge 1.3113
m5n.4xlarge 2.6226
m5n.8xlarge 5.2452
m5n.12xlarge 7.8678
m5n.16xlarge 10.4904
m5n.24xlarge 15.7355
m5dn.large 0.3747
m5dn.xlarge 0.7493
m5dn.2xlarge 1.4986
m5dn.4xlarge 2.9972
m5dn.8xlarge 5.9945
m5dn.12xlarge 8.9917
m5dn.16xlarge 11.989
m5dn.24xlarge 17.9835
p2.xlarge 2.4793
p2.8xlarge 19.8347
p2.16xlarge 39.6694
p3.2xlarge 8.4298
p3.8xlarge 33.7190
p3.16xlarge 67.4380
r3.large 0.5114
r3.xlarge 1.0227
r3.2xlarge 2.0454
r3.4xlarge 3.6639
r3.8xlarge 7.3278
r4.large 0.5114
r4.xlarge 1.0227
r4.2xlarge 2.0454
r4.4xlarge 3.0681
r4.8xlarge 5.8623
r4.16xlarge 11.7245
r5.large 0.3471
r5.xlarge 0.6942
r5.2xlarge 1.3884
r5.4xlarge 2.7769
r5.8xlarge 5.5537
r5.12xlarge 8.3306
r5.16xlarge 11.1074
r5.24xlarge 16.6612
r5a.xlarge 0.6226
r5a.2xlarge 1.2452
r5a.4xlarge 2.4904
r5a.8xlarge 4.9807
r5a.12xlarge 7.4711
r5a.16xlarge 9.9614
r5a.24xlarge 14.9421
r5ad.xlarge 0.7218
r5ad.2xlarge 1.4435
r5ad.4xlarge 2.8871
r5ad.12xlarge 8.6612
r5ad.24xlarge 17.3223
r5d.large 0.3967
r5d.xlarge 0.7934
r5d.2xlarge 1.5868
r5d.4xlarge 3.1736
r5d.8xlarge 6.3471
r5d.12xlarge 9.5207
r5d.16xlarge 12.6942
r5d.24xlarge 19.0413
r5n.large 0.4105
r5n.xlarge 0.8209
r5n.2xlarge 1.6419
r5n.4xlarge 3.2837
r5n.8xlarge 6.5675
r5n.12xlarge 9.8512
r5n.16xlarge 13.135
r5n.24xlarge 19.7025
r5dn.large 0.4601
r5dn.xlarge 0.9201
r5dn.2xlarge 1.8402
r5dn.4xlarge 3.6804
r5dn.8xlarge 7.3609
r5dn.12xlarge 11.0413
r5dn.16xlarge 14.7218
r5dn.24xlarge 22.0826
t2.nano 0.0160
t2.xlarge 0.5113
t3.medium 0.1146
t3a.2xlarge 0.8287
x1.16xlarge 18.3719
x1.32xlarge 36.7438
x1e.xlarge 2.2975
x1e.2xlarge 4.5950
x1e.4xlarge 9.1901
x1e.8xlarge 18.3802
x1e.16xlarge 36.7603
x1e.32xlarge 73.5207
z1d.xlarge 1.0248
z1d.2xlarge 2.0496
z1d.3xlarge 3.0744
z1d.6xlarge 6.1488
z1d.12xlarge 12.2975

QCU on Azure

The Qubole Compute Unit (QCU) is defined for different Azure instance types. The following table shows the multiplier used for each instance type.

Azure Instance Type Equivalent QCU
A2 0.29
A3 0.58
A4 1.16
A5 0.63
A6 1.26
A7 2.51
A8 2.50
A9 5.00
A10 2.00
A11 4.00
A2 v2 0.22
A2m v2 0.28
A4 v2 0.45
A4m v2 0.59
A8 v2 0.95
A8m v2 1.25
B1s 0.03
B1ms 0.06
B2s 0.12
B2ms 0.24
B4ms 0.47
B8ms 0.95
D2 0.38
D3 0.77
D4 1.53
D11 0.49
D12 0.99
D13 1.98
D14 3.96
D2 v2 0.33
D3 v2 0.65
D4 v2 1.31
D5 v2 2.62
D11 v2 0.43
D12 v2 0.85
D13 v2 1.71
D14 v2 3.42
D15 v2 4.27
D2 v3 0.27
D2s v3 0.27
D4 v3 0.55
D4s v3 0.55
D8 v3 1.10
D8s v3 1.10
D16 v3 2.19
D16s v3 2.19
D32 v3 4.39
D32s v3 4.39
D64 v3 8.78
D64s v3 8.78
DS2 0.38
DS3 0.77
DS4 1.53
DS11 0.49
DS12 0.99
DS13 1.98
DS14 3.96
DS2 v2 0.33
DS3 v2 0.65
DS4 v2 1.31
DS5 v2 2.62
DS11 v2 0.43
DS12 v2 0.85
DS13 v2 1.71
DS14 v2 3.42
DS15 v2 4.27
E2 v3 0.36
E2s v3 0.36
E2as v4 0.36
E4 v3 0.72
E4s v3 0.72
E4as v4 0.72
E8 v3 1.44
E8s v3 1.44
E8as v4 1.44
E16 v3 2.88
E16s v3 2.88
E16as v4 2.88
E20as v4 3.60
E32 v3 5.76
E32s v3 5.76
E32-16s v3 5.76
E32-8s v3 5.76
E32as v4 5.76
E48as v4 8.64
E64 v3 10.37
E64s v3 10.37
E64-16s v3 10.37
E64-32s v3 10.37
E64as v4 11.52
E96as v4 17.28
F2 0.28
F2s 0.28
F2s v2 0.24
F4 0.57
F4s 0.57
F4s v2 0.48
F8 1.14
F8s 1.14
F8s v2 0.97
F16 2.27
F16s 2.27
F32s v2 3.87
F48s v2 5.80
F64s v2 7.73
G1 1.40
G2 2.80
G3 5.60
G4 11.21
G5 22.34
Gs1 1.40
Gs2 2.80
Gs3 5.60
Gs4 11.21
Gs5 22.34
L4s 0.89
L8s 1.78
L16s 3.57
L32s 7.13
M8ms 4.39
M16ms 8.78
M32ms 17.56
M64ms 29.53
M128ms 76.25
M64s 19.05
M128s 38.11
M64-16ms 29.53
M64-32ms 29.53
M128-32ms 76.25
M128-64ms 76.25
NC6 2.57
NC12 5.14
NC24 10.29
NC24r 11.31
NC6 v2 5.91
NC6s v2 5.91
NC12 v2 11.83
NC12s v2 11.83
NC24 v2 23.66
NC24s v2 23.66
NC24r v2 26.02
NC24rs v2 26.02
ND6 5.91
ND6s 5.91
ND12 11.83
ND12s 11.83
ND24 23.66
ND24s 23.66
ND24r 26.02
ND24rs 26.02

QCPU on Oracle OCI

The Qubole Compute Processing Unit (QCPU) is similar to an Oracle Compute Unit (OCPU), and is based on the number of compute cores in the compute instance type (shape). The following table shows the multiplier used for each instance type.

Oracle Instance Type Equivalent QCPU
BM.DenseIO1.36 72
BM.DenseIO1.52 52
BM.DenseIO2.52 104
BM.GPU2.2 560
BM.HighIO1.36 58
BM.Standard1.36 36
BM.Standard2.52 52
VM.Standard1.1 1
VM.Standard1.2 2
VM.Standard1.4 4
VM.Standard1.8 8
VM.Standard1.16 16
VM.Standard1.36 36
VM.Standard2.1 1
VM.Standard2.2 2
VM.Standard2.4 4
VM.Standard2.8 8
VM.Standard2.16 16
VM.Standard2.24 24
VM.Standard2.52 52
VM.Standard.B1.8 8
VM.Standard.B1.16 16
VM.Standard.E3.Flex-8 6.14
VM.Standard.E3.Flex-16 12.29
VM.Standard.E3.Flex-24 18.43
VM.DenseIO1.4 8
VM.DenseIO1.8 16
VM.DenseIO1.16 32
VM.DenseIO2.8 16
VM.DenseIO2.16 32
VM.DenseIO2.24 48
VM.DenseIO2.52 104