Read the price list

Fetch the current list prices to estimate what a resource costs, or to show prices on your own site. The price list is public, so you need no account or access token.

Before you begin

• curl to send the requests.
• Optional: jq to filter the JSON response.

Fetch the price list

1. Request the price list and include the response headers:

   curl -si https://api.origincloud.eu/v1/pricing

   The example shows one family only.

   Example output (illustrative):

   HTTP/2 200
   content-type: application/json
   etag: W/"3f9a1c2b7d4e5f60"
   cache-control: public, max-age=300
   access-control-allow-origin: *
   last-modified: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT
   
   {"currency":"EUR","amounts_exclude_vat":true,"last_changed":"2026-09-10T08:00:00+00:00","families":[{"family":"compute_instance","prices":[{"product_key":"compute.gp1.core.2","dimensions":{"instance_type":"gp1.core.2"},"unit_type":"seconds","unit_count":3600,"amount":"0.0250","valid_from":"2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:00","valid_until":null}]}]}

2. Note the etag value. You use it in the next section to check for changes without downloading the list again.

3. Optional: list the prices of one family. This command prints each instance type with its price:

   curl -s https://api.origincloud.eu/v1/pricing \
     | jq -r '.families[]
       | select(.family == "compute_instance")
       | .prices[]
       | "\(.product_key) \(.amount) EUR per \(.unit_count) \(.unit_type)"'

   Example output (illustrative):

   compute.gp1.core.2 0.0250 EUR per 3600 seconds
   compute.gp1.core.4 0.0500 EUR per 3600 seconds

If a family you expect is missing, it has no current price. For every field in the response, see Price list API.

Check for changes with a conditional request

1. Send the etag value from your last response in an If-None-Match header:

   curl -si https://api.origincloud.eu/v1/pricing \
     -H 'If-None-Match: W/"3f9a1c2b7d4e5f60"'

2. Check the status code. 304 Not Modified with no body means the price list hasn’t changed, and you keep using your copy. 200 returns the new list with a new etag.

   Example output (illustrative):

   HTTP/2 304
   etag: W/"3f9a1c2b7d4e5f60"
   cache-control: public, max-age=300
   access-control-allow-origin: *
   last-modified: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT

You can reuse a fetched list for 5 minutes without asking again, as cache-control: public, max-age=300 allows. A price change can take a few minutes to appear.

Calculate a cost from a price

Every price is amount euro per unit_count of unit_type, without VAT. Divide amount by unit_count to get the price of one unit, then multiply by the units you use.

1. Calculate an hourly rate for a price in seconds. For compute.gp1.core.2 with amount "0.0250" and unit_count 3600:

   0.0250 / 3600 * 3600 seconds = 0.0250 EUR per hour

2. Calculate a monthly estimate by multiplying the hourly rate by the hours in the month. For 730 hours:

   0.0250 EUR per hour * 730 hours = 18.25 EUR

3. Calculate a storage cost for a price in gib_hours by multiplying the size by the hours. For storage.gp1 with amount "0.08" and unit_count 730, a 100 GiB volume kept for 730 hours costs:

   0.08 / 730 * (100 GiB * 730 hours) = 8.00 EUR

4. Verify the result against your usage and cost reports, which use the same product keys.

Tip: Read amount as a decimal string, not a floating-point number, to avoid rounding errors in your calculation.

Related

• Price list API – every field, family, header, and status code.
• Billing – how your organization is invoiced.