How long is a traffic package valid?

It applies only to the current billing period of the VPS you bought it for. It does not renew automatically.

VPS: Traffic Allowance, Throttling, and Traffic Packages

Learn how traffic on your ZapX VPS is counted, what happens when you exceed your allowance, and how to buy a traffic package.

10 November 20262 min read2 Views0 helpful

Every ZapX VPS has a monthly traffic allowance of 20 TB. Learn how traffic is counted, where to check your usage, what happens when you exceed your allowance, and how to buy additional allowance.

How traffic is counted

The allowance applies per billing month, starting on your VPS billing date—not per calendar month.
Incoming and outgoing data transfer count toward the same allowance.
1 TB equals 1,000 GB (decimal).
This also applies to VPSs migrated from the Classic Panel to ZapX: after migration, they receive the same ZapX allowance as a newly ordered VPS, not the allowance from the Classic Panel. The allowance may be proportionally lower during the first month after migration.

Check your usage

Open your VPS in the ZapX Panel.
In the Network section, select the Traffic allowance tab.
There you can see your usage for the current period and, below it, your traffic history, including previous periods and changes to your allowance.

What happens when you use up your allowance?

You’ll receive a notification when you’re close to using up your allowance.
If you exceed it, your VPS network bandwidth will be throttled to 10 Mbit/s until the next billing period. Your VPS will keep running, and you’ll also be notified about the throttling.
Throttling is automatically removed when the next billing period begins or as soon as a traffic package makes allowance available again.

Buy additional traffic

Open the Traffic allowance tab for your VPS.
Click Buy traffic package.
In the Choose a traffic package dialog, select a size (5 TB, 20 TB, or 50 TB) and click Continue to order.

The package is added as bonus allowance to your VPS’s current billing period. It’s a one-time purchase: there’s no subscription or automatic renewal. The bonus allowance is used only after the included traffic and applies only to the current period. You’ll see the price in the dialog before placing your order.

Info

A traffic package applies only to the VPS you buy it for; the dialog shows it as the target server.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Incoming and outgoing data transfer count toward the same allowance.

No. Your bandwidth is throttled to 10 Mbit/s until the next billing period, but your VPS keeps running. You can buy a traffic package to add allowance right away.

After migration, your VPS gets the ZapX allowance of 20 TB per billing month, just like newly ordered VPSs. The allowance may be proportionally lower during the first month after migration.

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VPS: Traffic Allowance, Throttling, and Traffic Packages

How traffic is counted

Check your usage

What happens when you use up your allowance?

Buy additional traffic

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