{"article":{"id":"d0b4b2a67b8b95c63cbf6cfc1eb4bc21","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-resize-plan-change","title":"Resize or change plan","excerpt":"Scale a cloud server up or down — resize a Cloud Instance's vCPU and memory, or move your Cloud VPS or GPU VPS to a bigger or smaller plan.","body":"Your cloud server doesn't have to keep the size you ordered. You can scale it up when you need more power and back down when you don't, straight from the control panel. How you do it depends on the product:\n\n- **Cloud Instances** (the flexible servers built with sliders, billed hourly or monthly) have a **Resize** tab where you set vCPU and memory freely.\n- **Cloud VPS** and **GPU VPS** (fixed plans) have a **Change plan** tab where you pick a bigger or smaller plan from the same range.\n\nIn both cases the new size takes effect on the next reboot, so you decide exactly when the short restart happens.\n\n\u003e Before any size change, take a snapshot so you can roll back if something unexpected happens. See [Snapshots and backups](/kb/vps-snapshots-backups).\n\n# Resize a Cloud Instance (vCPU and memory)\n\n1. In the portal sidebar, open **Cloud Instances** and click **Manage** on your instance.\n2. Open the **Resize** tab.\n3. Drag the **vCPU** and **Memory** sliders to the size you want. Sizes stay within the limits of your instance's line, and the new configuration must come to at least $10 per month. The **NVMe storage** row is locked — disk size doesn't change on a resize.\n4. Check the price panel. It compares your current and new price — per hour for hourly instances, per month for monthly ones — and shows the difference.\n5. Click **Save new size**. A note confirms the size is saved and will be applied on the next reboot.\n6. When you're ready, click **Reboot** in the page header. The instance comes back with the new vCPU and memory.\n\nFor hourly instances, metering picks up the new size from the next full hour after the reboot. See [How hourly billing works](/kb/hourly-billing).\n\n# Change plan on a Cloud VPS or GPU VPS\n\n1. In the portal sidebar, open **Cloud VPS**, click **Manage** on your VPS, then open the **Change plan** tab.\n2. You'll see the other plans in your server's range, each marked **Upgrade** or **Downgrade**, with its specs (vCPU, RAM, NVMe storage), the monthly price, and either the amount due now or a credit. Your current plan is highlighted.\n3. Click **Upgrade** or **Downgrade** on the plan you want.\n4. If nothing is due, the change is applied right away and a **Plan updated** dialog offers **Reboot now** or **Reboot later**. If a payment is needed first, you're taken to the invoice — the plan change becomes ready as soon as it's paid.\n5. If you postpone the reboot, a banner on the server page reminds you that a paid plan change is waiting — reboot whenever it suits you to apply the new size.\n\n![The Change plan tab: upgrade options with the prorated amount due now, your current plan highlighted, and a downgrade showing the kept disk and a credit](/assets/kb/vps/resize.png)\n\nTwo things to know about downgrades:\n\n- Your disk is never shrunk. When you move to a smaller plan you keep your current disk size — the plan list marks it as kept, and the price shown already reflects it.\n- Plan changes stay within your server's product line. To move to a different line, deploy a new server there and migrate your data — see [Choose a line](/kb/choosing-a-vps-line).\n\n# How billing adjusts\n\n- Cloud VPS and GPU VPS upgrades are prorated: the amount due now covers only the rest of your current billing period, and the new price applies from your next renewal.\n- Downgrades show a credit instead — no payment is needed.\n- Monthly Cloud Instances renew at the new monthly price after a resize.\n- Hourly Cloud Instances are charged the new hourly rate from your account balance, starting with the next full hour after the reboot.\n\n# What to expect during the switch\n\nSaving a new size or plan changes nothing by itself — your server keeps running untouched until you reboot it. The reboot is the only interruption, and it's the same brief restart as any normal reboot, so schedule it for a quiet moment.\n\nIf the size you need isn't in the list, open a ticket from **Tickets** in the portal and we'll help.","status":"published","position":4,"createdAt":"2026-07-15T11:11:28Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-15T11:11:28Z"},"related":[{"id":"d8103957296579e9e635fc7800bda7a2","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"choosing-a-vps-line","title":"Choose a line: Standard, 100 Gbps, GPU or hourly Cloud Instances","excerpt":"Understand the difference between fixed Cloud VPS and GPU VPS plans and build-your-own Cloud Instances, and pick the right line and billing mode for your workload.","position":1,"status":"published"},{"id":"c9cf35dfb5bb44829ae9715fe04d2446","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"deploy-and-connect-vps","title":"Deploy a server and connect","excerpt":"Create a cloud server, follow the build, find its IP address and root password, then log in over SSH or through the web console in the portal.","position":2,"status":"published"},{"id":"0c8ceb77aec6974293a8891d6f1cfd91","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-snapshots-backups","title":"Snapshots and backups","excerpt":"Take and restore snapshots of your VPS, and enable the Backups add-on for full copies stored separately from your server.","position":3,"status":"published"},{"id":"0485ae6dd65a367370dbbed64cad33f3","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-cloud-firewall","title":"Use the cloud firewall","excerpt":"Enable the per-server cloud firewall, open only the ports you need with presets or custom rules, and deploy changes safely without locking yourself out.","position":5,"status":"published"},{"id":"4802898cfe282d785888fe76cd1121a5","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-reinstall-rescue","title":"Reinstall the OS or boot rescue mode","excerpt":"Wipe your VPS and install a fresh operating system, or boot rescue mode to repair a server that no longer starts — without losing its data.","position":6,"status":"published"}]}