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Prices of FIONA remote access

The prices are effective as from 1 January 2026. Statistics Finland will reassess the pricing during 2026 and reserves the right to make changes.

Value added tax (VAT) of 25.5% will be added to the prices shown below.

What does the remote access fee consist of?

The price of FIONA remote access use consists of three main items:

  • fixed annual fee
  • user fees
  • capacity charges for the project's virtual machines.

Additional storage space, Microsoft Office licences or tailored application installations can also incur costs.

FIONA annual fee and user fee

FIONA remote access use has a fixed annual fee per project. The fee is invoiced quarterly.

The user fee is determined on the basis of the number of user IDs that the project has open during the invoicing period (quarter). If the project’s virtual machine package remains active for the entire invoicing period, user IDs opened and closed during the invoicing period will also be charged for the full invoicing period.

Product Billing period 3 months
(+ VAT)		 1 year
(+ VAT)
Fixed annual service fee EUR 750 EUR 3,000
User fee per user EUR 125 EUR 500

FIONA virtual machine capacity charge

Virtual machines in a project generate capacity charge irrespective of the actual utilisation rate. Only the termination of the project or removal of the machine ceases it.

The capacity charge for a FIONA virtual machine is based on the billing unit (BU) generated by virtual machines. The machine capacity charge is formed by multiplying the billing units of virtual machines generated during the invoicing period by the billing unit price according to the operating system.

Prices of billing units according to the machine's operating system:

  • Windows, commercial EUR 0.30 per 10 BU
  • Windows, academic EUR 0.25 per 10 BU
  • Ubuntu EUR 0.20 per 10 BU

The table below shows the estimated capacity charges (EUR) of different types of machines for different time periods. The costs are indicative, as the exact length of billing periods varies due to months having different numbers of days, and billing units are accumulated with hourly precision.

Virtual machine 1 day (+ VAT) 1 week (+ VAT) 30 days (+ VAT) ¼ year (+ VAT) 1 year (+ VAT)
Windows commercial: S machine – 11 46 138 552
Windows commercial: M machine – 22 91 276 1104
Windows commercial: L machine – 43 182 552 2208
Windows commercial: XL machine – 85 363 1104 4,416
Windows academic: S machine – 9 38 115 460
Windows academic: M machine – 18 76 230 920
Windows academic: L machine – 36 152 460 1840
Windows academic: XL machine – 71 303 920 3680
Ubuntu: S machine 1 8 31 92 368
Ubuntu: M machine 2 15 61 184 736
Ubuntu: L machine 4 29 121 368 1472
Ubuntu: XL machine 9 57 242 736 2944
Ubuntu: hpc.6.14core 12 84 360 1095 4380
Ubuntu: hpc.6.28core 24 168 720 2190 8760
Ubuntu: hpc.6.54core 48 336 1440 4380 17520

Other remote access charges

A limited amount of storage space (300 GB) is reserved for the research project. The principal investigator can order more storage space or an Office licence for the project on the form found in the licensing service.

In the licensing service, it is also possible to put the FIONA project on pause. The forms can be found in the licensing service Catalogue under Make a technical change to the FIONA remote access.

Product Additional information Price (+ VAT)
Additional space 200 GB The research project has 300 GB storage space. The project can buy more space. EUR 120 per year
Microsoft Office Unless separately ordered, the project does not have MS Office programs available. EUR 260 per project machine per year
Academic Microsoft Office The project must have an academic Windows license in use to start using the academic Microsoft Office licence. EUR 90 per project machine per year
SAS license (from 1 July 2026) The SAS license will become chargeable as of 1 July 2026. For microsimulation projects, the SAS license is free of charge for the time being. EUR 150 per project machine per month
Change in remote access machine Changes in the virtual machine package made through the licensing service are charged for. EUR 100 per project machine
Putting the FIONA project on pause Putting the project on pause during the validity of the user licence, whereby the datasets are retained, but access to the project is suspended. No other charges are accumulated during the pause. EUR 1,000 per project machine per year
Re-opening remote access to the research project after closing it The user licence for the project must be valid. EUR 350
Installations made as tailoring Software and other installations made for the FIONA project through maintenance. EUR 90 per hour