The Spot Discount: Use 50% Less Tokens
Cut your Game Server costs in half with the Spot Discount. A simple toggle that provides significant savings with automatic recovery from brief interruptions.
The Spot Discount lets you run your Game Save on the same high-end hardware for half the normal cost. In exchange for the savings, your server may occasionally be interrupted and automatically restarted.
Tokens go twice as far
Pay half price for the same hardware performance
Automatic Recovery
Seamless restart within minutes of any interruption
Progress Protected
Your save is always protected during interruptions
Dedicated machines that won't be preempted. Maximum reliability for uninterrupted gaming sessions.
Same dedicated machines at 50% of the cost. Your Game Save can be preempted at any time by the Google Cloud Platform. It will immediately restart.
Google Cloud Platform uses the spot/preemptible feature to balance and move resources around it's data centers. When resources need to be freed up in a certain area, it may "preempt" or reclaim the server. We get a 30 second notice and immediately save your game and restart it on an equally powerful server in a different location.
What Happens During Preemption
- Google reclaims the hardware (30-second notice)
- Your game is automatically saved
- Server shuts down gracefully
- New hardware is allocated immediately
- Game restarts from the last save
- You reconnect and continue playing
Preemption Frequency
The Spot Discount works well for most players, but some situations benefit more than others from the cost savings.
- Casual gaming sessions
- Solo or small group play
- Experimental builds
- AFK resource gathering
- Budget-conscious players
- Testing new game features
- Learning Satisfactory mechanics
- Live streaming or recording
- Large group events (8+ players)
- Competitive building
- Time-sensitive multiplayer sessions
- When interruptions would be disruptive
- Critical build milestone attempts
You can toggle the Spot Discount on or off anytime through your dashboard. Changes require a server restart to take effect.
Enabling the Spot Discount
- Go to your Dashboard
- Select the Game Save that you want to enable spot for
- Select "Spot" near the machine settings
- Toggle "Enable Spot" to ON
- Restart your Game Save
- Server restarts with Spot pricing (2-3 minutes)
- Reconnect and enjoy 50% savings!
Disabling the Spot Discount
- Go to your Dashboard
- Select the Game Save that you want to disable spot for
- Select "Spot" near the machine settings
- Toggle "Enable Spot" to OFF
- Restart your Game Save
- Server restarts with standard pricing
- No more preemptions
The Spot Discount is perfect for most players who want to reduce costs without sacrificing performance.