A VDS with dedicated cores for up to 30 days, free for approved student projects. Apply once and a person reviews it.
$0.00/ up to 30 days
Applications are reviewed by a person, within 5 working days.
Applications are read by a person.
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Launchpad is our sponsorship program. Approved projects get a VDS with 4 dedicated cores, 8 GB of memory and 160 GB of NVMe for up to 30 days. It's for the moments a shared CPU won't cut it, like a hackathon demo that has to hold up in front of judges, a club's event site on launch day, or CI for an open-source project.
Dedicated cores are the most expensive capacity we run, so Launchpad VDS isn't an instant sign-up. You tell us what you're building and when, a person reads it, and you hear back within 5 working days.
There's always one. Here's all of it, before you sign up.
Tell us about the project, the team and the dates. It takes about five minutes.
A person reviews it within 5 working days.
Approved projects get their VDS attached to their account, ready to use.
When the project outgrows free, the next plans up look like this. Paid plans start from $29.99/mo.
| Spec | Launchpad VDS | VDS 4 | VDS 8 | VDS 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated cores | 4 dedicated cores | 4 dedicated cores | 8 dedicated cores | 16 dedicated cores |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage | 160 GB NVMe | 200 GB NVMe | 400 GB NVMe | 800 GB NVMe |
| Transfer | 2 TB / month | 5 TB / month | 8 TB / month | 10 TB / month |
| Network | 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64 | 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64 | 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64 | 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64 |
| Term | Up to 30 days | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
What actually differs between a VPS, a VDS and a dedicated server, which one a student project needs, and when paying for dedicated cores is worth it.
Student teams, college clubs, hackathon organizers and open-source maintainers. At least one person on the team needs to be student-verified.
Up to 30 days per approved application. You can apply again for a new event.
We email you a week before. You can move to a paid VDS and keep everything, or back up and let it end.
No. If you'd like to credit us or let us feature the project, we'd love that, but it's optional.
Dedicated cores are expensive and limited, so a person reviews each application to keep them for real projects.
Explain it in the application. Workshops and larger events can ask for more.
No. Launchpad servers are CPU-only.
A VPS shares CPU cores with other servers. A VDS has cores reserved for you alone, so performance stays steady under load.
A VDS with dedicated cores for up to 30 days, free for approved student projects. Apply once and a person reviews it.
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