Mac mini Rental Pricing: Three Tiers, from $21.5/day

Every plan is a dedicated physical machine — never a VM. Pricing is in USD across the board, with daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly cycles; the longer the term, the lower your per-day rate. By the end of this page you'll know exactly which tier and node to pick, and you'll be ready to check out.

Billing Cycles

How Billing Cycles Work

Daily billing starts the moment your delivery email lands, with every 24 hours counting as one day. Longer terms carry steep discounts: a week costs about 2.7× the daily rate, a month exactly 5× the daily rate, and a quarter about 2.72× the monthly rate — the longer the term, the lower your effective per-day price.

Daily day rate × N

One-day minimum — great for a sudden build, a quick check, or just trying us out. Mini Basic is $21.5/day.

Weekly ≈ day rate × 2.7

Pay roughly 2.7 days’ rate, get a full 7. Example: Mini Basic runs $58.2/week — a far lower effective daily rate.

Monthly flat rate

Mini Basic is $107.7/month. Compared with 30 straight days of daily billing ($21.5 × 30 = $645), monthly is a clear win and the default choice for ongoing CI.

Quarterly ≈ month rate × 2.72

Settle 90 days at once with a single renewal date. At about 2.72× the monthly price, a quarter works out roughly 9% cheaper than paying three months separately.

All billing is in US dollars (USD). Payment methods: USDT-TRC20, or Visa / Mastercard / Amex (via Stripe). The gateways actually available depend on what checkout returns.

Plans

All Three Plans at a Glance

All three tiers are dedicated Apple Silicon M4 physical nodes, each with its own IPv4 address and a 1Gbps port with unmetered traffic (fair use applies). These are our real, listed prices — no cheap intro rate that jumps up later.

Plan	Chip	Unified Memory	SSD	Bandwidth	Dedicated IPv4	Daily Rate	Monthly Rate
Mini Basic	M4	16GB	256GB	1Gbps	1	$21.5	$107.7
Mini Standard Popular	M4	24GB	512GB	1Gbps	1	$40.1	$200.7
Mini Pro	M4 Pro	64GB	2TB	1Gbps	1	$59.3	$296.7

Mini Basic

M4 · 16GB · 256GB SSD

^$21.5

USD / day · $107.7/month

ChipM4
Unified Memory16GB
SSD256GB
Bandwidth1Gbps
NodesAll 5 nodes

Rent Mini Basic

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Mini Standard

M4 · 24GB · 512GB SSD

^$40.1

USD / day · $200.7/month

ChipM4
Unified Memory24GB
SSD512GB
Bandwidth1Gbps
NodesAll 5 nodes

Rent Mini Standard

Mini Pro

M4 Pro · 64GB · 2TB SSD

^$59.3

USD / day · $296.7/month

ChipM4 Pro
Unified Memory64GB
SSD2TB
Bandwidth1Gbps
NodesAll 5 nodes

Rent Mini Pro

Config Advisor

Choosing a Tier by Workload

Apple Silicon uses a unified memory architecture — CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine share the same memory pool. That means picking a tier starts with checking your peak memory usage, then core count. Below are four workload patterns we've mapped from real support tickets.

Use Case	Typical Workload	Memory Footprint	Recommended Tier	Daily Rate
Lightweight builds (single-project CI)	A single self-hosted runner running xcodebuild / fastlane, headless	Peak 8–12GB	Mini Basic	$21.5
Daily development + multiple simulators	Xcode running in the foreground alongside 3–6 iOS simulators (~1.5–2.5GB each)	Peak 14–20GB	Mini Standard	$40.1
Unity / UE builds	Unity 2022 LTS exporting an Xcode project plus parallel IL2CPP compile and link, maxing out performance cores	Peak 18–22GB	Mini Pro	$59.3
LLM inference (30B+ quantized)	MLX loading a 30B Q4 model needs roughly 20GB resident; 70B Q4 approaches 40GB	20–40GB resident	Mini Pro	$59.3

These memory figures come from real-world testing on our nodes — your project may vary. If you're unsure, start with Mini Standard: upgrading on the same node only costs the price difference, and you never lose the time you've already paid for. To compare all three plans side by side, see our Which One Should You Pick page.

Availability

Node Availability & Delivery Time

Five physical nodes: Singapore (SG), Tokyo (JP), Seoul (KR), Hong Kong (HK), and Silicon Valley (US-W). Every tier is offered at every node. VNC/SSH credentials arrive by email within 10 minutes of payment in most cases, and within 24 hours at peak, with billing starting only at delivery.

Tier	Singapore SG	Tokyo JP	Seoul KR	Hong Kong HK	Silicon Valley US-W
Mini Basic	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min
Mini Standard	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min
Mini Pro	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min	Available · 10 min

Standard: delivered within 10 minutes of payment Peak periods: delivered within 24 hours at most, billing starts at delivery Every tier is stocked at every node — pick purely on the latency to you

Included

What's Included With Every Plan

Regardless of tier, every machine ships with all of this by default — no upsells, no hidden toggles.

Dedicated Physical Machine, Not a VM

One real Mac mini per customer — no shared cores, memory, or disk I/O with anyone else. Build times stay predictable, and GPU and Neural Engine are fully available.

Full Admin Access

You get sudo from day one. Install Homebrew, switch Xcode versions, change system settings, toggle services — all on your own, no ticket needed.

VNC + SSH, Both Included

Graphical desktop over VNC, automation and CI over SSH, both credentials delivered together. See connection guides and latency benchmarks on How to Connect.

One Free Reinstall Per Cycle

Trigger a self-service macOS reinstall from the dashboard; available versions are listed on our FAQ page. Reinstalling wipes the disk, so back up your data beforehand.

Unlimited Traffic, Fair Use

The 1Gbps port isn't metered — upload build artifacts, pull dependencies, sync assets as much as you need. We only reach out about rate limiting for sustained, abnormal bandwidth saturation.

Running 365 Days a Year

All five nodes run continuously, year-round, with no scheduled downtime. The only reason to reboot your runner is if you decide to.

Checklist

60-Second Pre-Order Checklist

Check off all six and you'll go from checkout to up-and-running with no snags. If any one is unclear, read the linked page first — it'll save you a back-and-forth after paying.

More details in the FAQ

Know your use case — CI builds, daily development, or model inference? Check it against the table above; if you're not sure, start with Standard — upgrading later only costs the price difference.
Pick the nearest node — VNC's graphical desktop is latency-sensitive, so check the node latency benchmarks first; pure SSH/CI workloads don't care about latency, so any node works.
Understand billing cycles and expiry rules — daily billing runs in 24-hour blocks; you'll get an email reminder 72 hours before expiry, and data is kept for 48 hours after.
Confirm your macOS version needs — your target Xcode version has a minimum macOS requirement; note it at checkout, or reinstall and switch versions yourself from the dashboard after delivery.
Have your SSH public key ready — ed25519 works fine, and it's added to authorized_keys at delivery. No key yet? You can still log in to VNC using the initial credentials sent by email.
Know the refund window — refunds for unused days are available within 7 days of delivery; requests after day 8 won't be accepted. Full details in the FAQ below.

Upgrade & Renew

Upgrade & Renewal Rules

The rules fit on one page: upgrades cost the price difference, expiry comes with a reminder first, and there's a 48-hour grace period after that. No penalties, no fine print.

Same-node upgradeDaily price difference × days remaining, data kept on the same disk

Upgrade takes effectWithin 10 minutes of payment, with one reboot

Cross-node migrationHandled as a new order; free migration assistance available on request

DowngradeProcessed as a new order once the current cycle ends

Expiry reminderEmail sent 72 hours before expiry

Grace period48 hours — renew anytime during this window to restore service

After grace periodMachine is released and fully wiped

upgrade — price difference example

$ armmini upgrade m4-16-256 m4-24-512 --remaining 10d
# price difference = daily rate diff × days remaining
diff = ($40.1 - $21.5) × 10 = $186
[ok] Upgrade invoice generated — takes effect within 10 minutes of payment
# data stays on the same disk; the machine reboots once

For the scope of free cross-node migration assistance and how to schedule it, see the migration section on the Get Help page; for bulk orders (5+ machines) or custom configurations, reach our sales team through Contact Us.

Pricing FAQ

Just the four questions directly about money; questions on delivery, permissions, CI, and networking are covered in full on the main FAQ page.

Can I get an invoice?

Every order automatically generates an electronic receipt (Invoice PDF) in English, downloadable anytime from the billing page in your dashboard. Need a company name or tax ID added? Open a support ticket with your order number and we'll reissue it within one business day.

How are refunds calculated?

You can request a refund within 7 days of delivery, based on unused days: days already used are deducted at that tier's daily rate, and the remaining balance goes back to your original payment method. No refunds after day 8. USDT-TRC20 refunds typically arrive within 1 business day; card refunds via Stripe usually take 5–10 business days.

If I don't pay after ordering, how long is the machine held?

Placing an order holds your configuration and price for 30 minutes; if payment isn't completed in time, the order is voided automatically. Just place a new order — it won't affect your account.

What payment methods do you support?

Two options: USDT-TRC20, or Visa / Mastercard / Amex (via Stripe), all settled in US dollars (USD). Available gateways are shown live at checkout. We don't price in any other currency or do currency conversion anywhere on the site.