Quick start
A new account can't deploy until the wallet has funds. The steps below get you there in a few minutes.
Create your account
Sign up with your email and a password, and tick the box to accept the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy. The box is the agreement, so signup won't go through without it. We record the moment you accepted, the IP you accepted from, and a fingerprint of the exact wording you were shown — so if the agreements change later, we can tell what you actually signed up to.
Verify your phone (optional)
Add and confirm your number under Settings → Security. Deploying doesn't need it — switching to hourly billing does, because per-hour churn is the thing worth putting a real number behind.
Add funds to your wallet
Open Billing and choose Add funds. Pay by card, PayPal, or crypto, whichever we have enabled. The wallet holds US dollars and every charge is made in them; your account currency only changes how the figures are displayed.
Add an SSH key (recommended)
Under SSH Keys, paste your public key. Turn on Auto-add to new servers and it's pre-selected on every deploy, so a new Linux server accepts it from first boot.
Deploy
Head to Servers → Deploy and follow the wizard. The next page walks through it in detail.
Set up auto top-up
Turn on auto top-up in Billing: pick a threshold (for example, top up when the balance drops below $5) and an amount to add. Whenever the balance falls below the threshold we charge your saved card for the amount and credit the wallet.
Low balance = suspension
If your wallet hits zero, your account is suspended and its running servers are stopped — not just the one that ran out. We email you when the balance drops below your threshold, before it gets that far, but auto top-up is the reliable fix.
Pick your billing mode
Your account bills monthly (the default — a flat rate, best for always-on workloads) or hourly (pay only for the hours a resource exists, best for short-lived work). It's one setting for the whole account, on the Billing page, and hourly needs a verified phone number. Either way the deploy wizard shows the effective rate before you confirm.