How the billing works
You pay for the first hour when you create the VPS. After that, one hour is charged at a time from your Thinkmay wallet, in VND.
The current spend shows on your VPS list, so you can see how long the wallet will last at the current rate. If the wallet runs out, the VPS stops at once.
- First hour charged on create
- Each following hour is charged from the wallet
- If the wallet runs out the VPS stops at once; if it is not topped up within 48 hours, the VPS and its disk are deleted
Every Thinkmay VPS opens VS Code and a terminal in your browser. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini or Grok sessions keep running after you close the tab, and a GitHub repo you build gets its own HTTPS address.
The monthly cap
Each VPS has its own cap, counted per calendar month in Vietnam time. Once it reaches the cap, its remaining hours are free until the 1st of the next month.
So a VPS left on all month never costs more than the cap. The cap amount is on the pricing page.
A stopped VPS still bills; deleting stops it
A stopped VPS still bills by the hour, because it keeps its disk and its place. Those hours count toward the monthly cap.
To stop billing, delete the VPS. Billing stops from the next hour, and the hour in progress is not refunded. A deleted VPS is kept for 48 hours and can be restored in that time; a restore bills the hours since the delete, as if the VPS had been stopped.
- Stopped: still billed, still inside the cap
- Deleted: billing stops from the next hour, current hour not refunded
- Want to keep the data without paying: snapshot before you delete (the last 3 are kept)
Hourly billing vs monthly prepaid
Hourly billing fits when you are not sure how long you need the machine. Monthly prepaid is often better for a small machine that runs all year.
| Hourly (Thinkmay) | Monthly prepaid | |
|---|---|---|
| A few hours or days | You pay only for the hours used | Usually the whole month |
| On all month | Never above the cap | A fixed amount |
| Try it, then drop it | Delete the VPS to stop billing | Hard to get the prepaid part back |
| Payment | Top up a wallet, charged each hour | Paid up front per period |
When hourly fits, and when it does not
Hourly billing fits work that comes in bursts: tests, coding agent runs overnight, builds, demos and short projects.
If you need a small machine on for many months at the lowest fixed price, a monthly plan may suit you better. Thinkmay is one size, 4 vCPU and 8 GB, and the cap keeps a full month predictable.
- Fits: tests, overnight agent runs, builds, demos, projects of days or weeks
- Does not fit: a tiny machine running for years at the lowest possible price