How are ICP canister costs calculated?

Cycles Cost = Update Calls × Cycles/Call + Storage Bytes × Storage Rate. 1 trillion cycles costs ~$1.37 USD. Storage costs ~127,000 cycles per GB per second (~$0.44/GB/month).

What is the difference between update calls and query calls on ICP?

Update calls modify canister state and burn cycles (consensus required). Query calls read state and are free — they don't burn cycles. Maximising query usage dramatically reduces costs.

How do I top up canister cycles?

Purchase ICP tokens, convert them to cycles via the NNS or dfx CLI, then transfer cycles to your canister. 1 ICP ≈ 5.4 trillion cycles at typical exchange rates.

ICP Canister Cost Calculator

Calculate the cost to host a canister on the Internet Computer Protocol. Estimate cycles burned per update call, storage, and total ICP token cost.

ICP Canister Cost Calculator

Estimate the cost to run canisters on the Internet Computer (IC) blockchain.

ICP price (USD)

1T cycles = 1 SDR ≈ $1.34

Update calls per day

Query calls per day

Instructions per update call

Instructions per query

Cycles/day

598.00M

Cycles/month

17.94B

ICP/month

0.002003 ICP

USD/month

$0.0240

Update call cost = 590,000 base cycles + (instructions × 0.004 cycles)

Query call cost = instructions × 0.004 cycles (paid by canister)

1T cycles = 1 SDR ≈ $1.34 USD

About IC Pricing

Cycles are the unit of computation on the Internet Computer.

1 trillion (1T) cycles = 1 SDR ≈ $1.34 USD at current XDR rate.

Canisters must top up their cycles balance to stay alive.

Source: DFINITY Foundation — IC Gas Cost Documentation

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Frequently Asked Questions

How are ICP canister costs calculated?

What is the difference between update calls and query calls on ICP?

How do I top up canister cycles?