# Cloud Mac public-price and disclosure analysis

Audience: developers, buyers and authors citing public information. Use: understand payment commitments and information gaps, not rank quality or the cheapest provider.

The export contains 1362 term quotes from 39 quoted providers; the directory has 171 providers. Quotes are not machine counts or market-wide coverage.

| Field | Recorded | Unrecorded |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| minimum_term_hours | 274 | 1088 |
| minimum_term_months | 19 | 1343 |
| minimum_payment | 775 | 587 |
| first_payment_before_tax | 219 | 1143 |
| setup_fee_amount | 511 | 851 |
| tax_included | 1102 | 260 |
| macos | 0 | 1362 |

Reproduce by counting nonempty fields in public-quotes.csv; zero and false count as recorded. Availability reflects each original observation, not live stock.

An annual quote A/year is an upfront annual commitment. Two years of published rent is 2×A only if rates and terms stay unchanged. Check setup, tax, mandatory extras and renewal differences separately; unknowns are not zero. Minimum payment is not an additional fee to add twice.

There are 4 recorded-available groups with multiple locations and the same provider, configuration, currency, full billing term, allocation and access. Recheck regional-comparison.csv; company country is not substituted for facility location, and no latency or performance is inferred.

[public-quotes.csv](public-quotes.csv) · [regional-comparison.csv](regional-comparison.csv) · [policy-comparison.csv](policy-comparison.csv)

Each quote retains its direct source and price-check time. Generating this analysis does not advance provider fact dates; anomalous original dates remain unverified. Review prices/availability after 7 days and stable policies after 30 days; maintained by MacCloudGuide.

## Matching monthly and annual published-rent examples

12×monthly rent assumes unchanged rates and terms. Unknown tax, extras and different renewal rates are not included; these compare the rent component, not final invoices or guaranteed savings. Annual rent is paid upfront, not monthly.

- Green Mini host · Dedicated Mac Studio M1 Max · M1 Max 10C/24C · 32GB · 1TB SSD · Netherlands: EUR 225 × 12 = 2700; annual rent paid upfront EUR 2280. Monthly source: [2026-10-23T02:45:40.228036+00:00](https://portal.greenmini.host/checkout/order); Annual source: [2026-10-23T02:45:40.228036+00:00](https://portal.greenmini.host/checkout/order).
- Agent.Space · Dedicated Mac · /（USA / Singapore / Japan）: USD 160 × 12 = 1920; annual rent paid upfront USD 1440. Monthly source: [2026-10-23T06:57:44.640239+00:00](https://agent.space/mac); Annual source: [2026-10-23T06:57:44.640239+00:00](https://agent.space/mac).
- Casbay · Mac Mini M4 · Malaysia: USD 149 × 12 = 1788; annual rent paid upfront USD 1308. Monthly source: [2026-10-23T02:49:03.332295+00:00](https://billing.casbay.com/index.php/store/mac); Annual source: [2026-10-23T02:49:39.991563+00:00](https://billing.casbay.com/index.php/store/mac).

[annual-commitments.csv](annual-commitments.csv)