To follow up: I talked to sales today and they confirmed that there's a hackish workaround for this use case: Spin up a small server. You'll be charged about $

To follow up: I talked to sales today and they confirmed that there's a hackish workaround for this use case: Spin up a small server. You'll be charged about $35 (the exact amount will be shown). Use it if you like, or shut it down right away. You can then start servers of any size using the ~$35 credit you have. It is important that you not be running a large server when the billing cycle rolls over, or you will be charged for a month of that, and this may result in an effective $35/month usage minimum (though credit does roll over). It's a small hassle, but it may be worth it for access to that 32-core box. If you, like me want EC2-style billing, they have a suggestion to that effect on their uservoice: https://storm.uservoice.com/forums/23166-general/suggestions/1785147-bill-at-the-end-of-the-month-for-service-used-rat?ref=title https://storm.uservoice.com/forums/23166-general/suggestions...