The public port of a VPS runs at 1 Gbps. The 10 Gbps port add-on raises it to 10 Gbps for $20 per month, billed by the hour like the VPS itself.

Where it is available

  • Barcelona, Houston and Miami, on any VPS plan.
  • Projects billed by the hour.
  • Servers with a public IP.
  • Organizations at least 7 days old that have made at least one payment and have a positive balance. This prevents abuse, and promotional credit does not count as a payment.

Add it when you deploy

On the deploy page, open Advanced Settings and tick 10 Gbps port under Addons. The server starts at 10 Gbps.

From the terminal, with cubecli 1.19.0 or later:

cubecli vps create --name web-01 --project <project-id> --location us-mia-1 \
  --plan gp.medium --template ubuntu-24 --ssh <key-id> --addon vps-port-10g

Add it to a VPS you already have

Open the server in the panel, go to the Addons tab and press Add. Billing starts at that moment and the speed goes up shortly after, with no downtime. If something is missing, the tab tells you what instead of showing the button. A server can get the add-on up to 3 times in 24 hours.

To finish the setup, restart the server from the panel: a reboot from inside the operating system is not enough. The restart gives the network card one queue per vCPU, up to 8, so the traffic can use more than one core. A server that was stopped when you added it needs no restart.

With the API, use POST /vps/{vps_id}/addons.

Your traffic allowance stays the same

The add-on raises the speed, not the traffic included in your plan. At full speed, a plan with 10 TB uses its allowance in under three hours.

Public traffic beyond the allowance is billed at $2 per TB, as on any VPS, and the port stays at 10 Gbps. We email you:

  • At 50%, 80% and 100% of the allowance.
  • When the excess starts.
  • When you are 25, 50 and 100 TB over the allowance, then every 100 TB.

The excess is charged to your balance. If your balance runs out, your services are suspended as with any other charge.

Remove it

In the Addons tab of the server, press Remove. Billing for the add-on stops at once, and what was already charged is not refunded. The port goes back to 1 Gbps shortly after, with no downtime and no restart. You can add it again later.

From the terminal, with cubecli 1.20.0 or later:

cubecli vps addon remove <vps-id> vps-port-10g

With the API, use DELETE /vps/{vps_id}/addons/{contract_uuid}.

Good to know

  • The port runs on our shared network, best effort, with no throughput guarantee.
  • The speed belongs to the server, not to its IPs. If you move a floating IP between two servers for failover, both need the add-on, and the excess is billed to the server that carries the traffic.
  • Resizing, migrating, reinstalling and restoring a backup keep the add-on.
  • Servers with the add-on show a gauge icon next to their status in the panel.