Starter Lab
$17/ month- 4 vCPU
- 8GB RAM
- 30GB NVMe
Topology-based plans
Network Lab Pricing & Sizing
Select Network Lab images, device quantities and concurrent lab copies to calculate minimum capacity and a recommended monthly plan, or request a 7-day Starter POC.
Recommended plans
Start with the closest plan, then let the calculator refine the sizing
Professional Lab
$24/ month- 6 vCPU
- 16GB RAM
- 60GB NVMe
Premium Lab
$34/ month- 8 vCPU
- 24GB RAM
- 80GB NVMe
Ultimate Lab
$67/ month- 16 vCPU
- 40GB RAM
- 140GB NVMe
Network Lab Sizing Calculator
Size a Network Lab environment before you deploy
Build a representative topology from images commonly used in Network Lab environments. The calculator translates each virtual device profile into a minimum lab allocation, total service capacity and an indicative monthly plan.
Quick topology templates
01 — Concurrent lab instances
Independent copies running at the same time1
02 — Virtual image catalog
Add the number of devices required in one topology.Cisco
Cisco IOL L2
Lightweight switching labs
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 512MB
- Disk
- 1GB
0
Cisco
Cisco IOL L3
Routing and protocol practice
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 512MB
- Disk
- 1GB
6
Cisco
Cisco IOSv
Virtual IOS router
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 768MB
- Disk
- 2GB
0
Cisco
Cisco IOSvL2
Virtual IOS switch
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 768MB
- Disk
- 2GB
0
Cisco
Cisco CSR1000v
IOS XE edge and WAN labs
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 4GB
- Disk
- 8GB
0
Cisco
Cisco Nexus 9000v
NX-OS datacenter scenarios
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 8GB
- Disk
- 16GB
0
Cisco
Cisco ASAv
ASA firewall practice
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 2GB
- Disk
- 8GB
0
Cisco
Cisco FTDv
Firepower Threat Defense
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 8GB
- Disk
- 40GB
0
Fortinet
Fortinet FortiGate VM
FortiOS firewall labs
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 2GB
- Disk
- 4GB
0
Palo Alto
Palo Alto VM-Series
PAN-OS security scenarios
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 6GB
- Disk
- 32GB
0
Juniper
Juniper vSRX
Junos routing and security
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 4GB
- Disk
- 8GB
0
Juniper
Juniper vMX
Carrier routing scenarios
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 8GB
- Disk
- 32GB
0
Arista
Arista vEOS
EOS switching and automation
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 2GB
- Disk
- 4GB
0
MikroTik
MikroTik CHR
RouterOS virtual router
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 512MB
- Disk
- 1GB
0
VyOS
VyOS
Open network operating system
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 1GB
- Disk
- 2GB
0
Linux
Linux Host
Client, server and automation tools
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 1GB
- Disk
- 8GB
2
Microsoft
Windows Server
AD, DNS and Windows services
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 4GB
- Disk
- 40GB
0
Docker
Docker Container Host
Lightweight services and tools
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 1GB
- Disk
- 4GB
0