Two practical ways to try ASCS Cloud: one free E5 2660v3 game server per account, and 10 x $600 CAD in credit for open-source and community projects.
We opened the free E5 2660v3 game server tier. Each account can claim one free server. It is a good fit for community servers, project demos, testing, and small groups that want to try our stack before buying.
Paid add-ons are available for shared IPv4, storage, and CPU upgrades. The free server gives users a real workload on our hardware; the add-ons are where the revenue comes from.
We are offering 10 x $600 CAD in ASCS Cloud credit for non-profits, open-source projects, community groups, and solo developers. Credit is not cash and lasts 12 months. This is Tier 1 best-effort capacity: single site, no SLA, no backups.
The grant page includes the full terms, exclusions, timeline, and email application form.
A lot of good projects lost Fosshost or DigitalOcean credits. We cannot replace every provider, but we can offer practical Canadian capacity: mirrors, CI runners, storage, IPv6, and small VPS instances. The goal is to get real users onto the platform and convert the useful ones into paid customers.