MeterMaid Labs

Cut Cloud Lab Costs by 90% with On-Demand, Self-Service LabsOnly pay for what your students use—fully automated metering built-in.

Self-Service

Build a custom computing lab in the cloud in just a few clicks.

Low Cost

Based on consumption with built-in metering guardrails to prevent heavy overages.

Built on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the industry leader in cloud computing, outperforming all other platforms in disk IO and GPU performance. Choose from over 700 virtual machine profiles and 100s of pre-built images.

Key Benefits

Automation
- Automated Cloning
- Bulk User Assignments
- Bulk Power Management
- Max Runtime Guardrails

Control
- Self-Service Portal
- Student Access Portal
- Available Worldwide
- Low Price - Immediate ROI

ROI Calculations

With MeterMaid Lab's built-in max runtime guardrails, you'll enjoy immediate ROI with the prevention of cost overruns.Example:

  • Standard cloud desktop running 24x7 will cost about $85 per student per month.

  • If students only need 10 hours of access per week, the cost drops to just $8 per student per month.

MeterMaid pays for itself in 1-2 months!

Let's Get Started

We can have you up and running in about 1 hour with our live onboarding session and easy to use documentation.

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MeterMaid Labs Setup Process

We spend the time to make sure your lab environment is properly configured following best practices. Onboarding sessions take between 1-2 hours.

  • AWS account creation (if required)

  • AWS Region setup including security, networking, images, and tags

  • Deployment of MeterMaid control server

  • Training on managing images

  • Training on MeterMaid solution

  • Creation of test labs

  • Walk-thru of student access to test labs

MeterMaid Frequently Asked Questions

Q1) Where can I deploy MeterMaid Labs?
A1) We support all AWS regions around the world.Q2) What Operating Systems are supported?
A1) We support any available image running on AWS, including Windows and Linux based VMs.Q3) Can users have access to more than one VM simultaneously?
A3) Absolutely! This is done by putting each VM in it's own group (eg. Windows and Linux or Source and Target) which provides users the ability to connect to each. Perfect for attack and defend exercises or client-server setups.Q4) How do you price the solution?
A4) We price based on the coverage you need, ie. department, campus, or global.Q5) How long is the contract?
A5) We offer annual subscriptions.

MeterMaid Labs Pricing

We feature extremely affordable and transparent pricing:$6,000/YR - Department License - free setup, unlimited classes & VMs, and 2 hours per month live support.$12,000/YR - Site/Campus License - free setup, unlimited departments, unlimited classes & VMs, and 4 hours per month live support.$20,000/YR - Global License - free setup, unlimited regions, unlimited departments, unlimited classes & VMs, and 6 hours per month live support.An active License entitles subscribers to unlimited upgrades as we continue to develop and expand the features of the MeterMaid Labs platform.Payable by credit card, Venmo, or Purchase Order.

Common Use-Cases for MeterMaid Labs

MeterMaid can be useful for a variety of situations including:

  • CompSci and programming classes

  • GPU desktops where cost is high

  • LLM/AI training and development

  • GIS applications

  • Batch processing and long-running routines

  • Replacement for ALS student labs

Cost and budget control is at the heart of what do.