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feat(ins): add remark for ipv6
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## Instance billing

- Hourly billing starts when you [create the Instance](/instances/how-to/create-an-instance/).
- Billing pauses if you [power off](/instances/how-to/power-off-instance/) the Instance and resumes when you power it back on. However, **any attached storage or flexible IPs continue to be billed** even when powered off.
- Billing pauses if you [power off](/instances/how-to/power-off-instance/) the Instance and resumes when you power it back on. However, **any attached storage or flexible IPv4s continue to be billed** even when powered off.
- Billing ends when you [delete the Instance](/instances/how-to/create-an-instance/).

You can power off or delete your Instance at any time—no minimum commitment or notice period is required.
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### Flexible IP address billing

By default, when you create an Instance, a [flexible IP](/instances/concepts/#flexible-ip) is also created. This public IP address is billed separately at an hourly rate. Check its cost on the [Instance creation page](https://console.scaleway.com/instance/servers/create) or our [pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/?tags=available).
By default, when you create an Instance, a [flexible IPv4](/instances/concepts/#flexible-ip) is also created. This public IPv4 address is billed separately at an hourly rate. Check its cost on the [Instance creation page](https://console.scaleway.com/instance/servers/create) or our [pricing page](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/?tags=available).

Hourly billing for a flexible IP begins when you reserve it and ends when you [delete it](/instances/how-to/use-flexips/#how-to-delete-a-flexible-ip-address) from your account.
Hourly billing for a flexible IPv4 begins when you reserve it and ends when you [delete it](/instances/how-to/use-flexips/#how-to-delete-a-flexible-ip-address) from your account.

<Message type="note">
- You can create an Instance without a flexible IP via **Advanced settings**.
- Billing for an Instance stops when it is powered off, but its flexible IP remains reserved and continues to be billed unless deleted.
- Deleting an Instance via the console prompts you to delete its flexible IP. If kept, billing continues.
- You can create an Instance without a flexible IPv4 by unticking the corresponding checkbox.
- You can request a flexible IPv6 for any Instance free of charge.
- Billing for an Instance stops when it is powered off, but its flexible IPv4 remains reserved and continues to be billed unless deleted.
- Deleting an Instance via the console prompts you to delete its flexible IPv4. If kept, billing continues.
- See the [Billing FAQ](/faq/billing/) for more details on [dynamic IP addresses](/instances/concepts/#dynamic-ip).
</Message>

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### Estimated cost calculator

When you [create an Instance](https://console.scaleway.com/instance/servers/create/), the estimated cost calculator helps visualize potential charges, including storage and flexible IPs.
When you [create an Instance](https://console.scaleway.com/instance/servers/create/), the estimated cost calculator helps visualize potential charges, including storage and flexible IPv4s.

<Message type="note">
The estimated cost calculator provides an approximate sum and does not represent a commitment to spend that amount.
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