Unit Calculator
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What Are QBO Units?
QBO Units are a standardized way to represent infrastructure class within QBO. They normalize CPU, GPU, RAM, disk, and network interface speed specifications into a single, unified licensing unit, making it easier to plan and scale infrastructure across any hardware or environment.
Think of QBO Units as a normalized hardware profile for your infrastructure. They represent the class of system capacity made available to QBO, not metered consumption over time. This calculator helps answer the core question: “How many QBO Units apply to this hardware profile?”
Why Use QBO Units?
- Simplified Planning: Classify infrastructure consistently across diverse hardware types.
- Hardware-Agnostic: From A100s to Jetsons, all resources are priced and compared the same way.
- Cross-Environment: Use the same unit system in cloud, on-prem, airgapped, or hybrid setups.
- Cross-Hardware: Use the same QBO unit pool across all hardware platforms.
- Not Tied to Utilization: QBO Units represent a fixed platform license based on the hardware profile. There are no overage charges as long as the hardware configuration remains unchanged.
- Predictable Accounting: Teams can easily forecast and track costs by calculating units based on hardware profiles.
- Budget & Quota Friendly: Assign QBO Units by system class and forecast platform cost consistently across teams and environments.
Using the Calculator
Define Your Hardware Profile
- Enter the number of CPU cores and select your GPU models.
- Specify the system’s total RAM, disk and network interfaces specifications.
- If a Jetson model is selected, CPU values are auto-filled and locked.
- This calculator is for reference only. QBO will calculate this automatically once deployed on the system.
Get Your Estimate
- View the annualized QBO Unit profile for the selected hardware configuration.
- Use this estimate to classify the system and determine the fixed QBO platform license for that hardware profile.
Annual Minimum for Customer-Provided Metal
When deploying on your own hardware (On-Prem), QBO requires a minimum commitment of 25,000 units. This ensures sufficient usage to support onboarding, support, and platform operations across your infrastructure.
This minimum only applies to customer-owned infrastructure. There is no minimum when running workloads in QBO’s cloud environments.
Important: QBO Units are not tied to real-time usage or bandwidth metering. They represent a fixed annual platform license based on the hardware profile. For full details, read our QBO Units Terms of Service.