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Hybrid GPUaaS Service Level Agreement

You can find the service level agreement for all KakaoCloud services in Service Level Agreement List.

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The English translation provided below is for your convenience only. In case of any discrepancies between the English translation and the original Korean text (including due to translation delays), the original Korean text shall prevail.


This Service Level Agreement (the “SLA”) of the Hybrid GPUaaS (the “Service”) applies to each account using the Service, and the SLA in effect at the time of the failure shall be applicable.
This SLA constitutes a part of the KakaoCloud Terms of Service and matters not set out in the SLA shall be governed by the KakaoCloud Terms of Service. In the event of any conflict, the SLA shall prevail.

Last updated: October 26, 2026


Article 1 (Definitions)​

  1. Node: Refers to one GPU server owned by the Member and connected to KakaoCloud infrastructure through the Service.
  2. Failure: Refers to a case where the Member is unable to use the Service due to a failure of the network or storage provided by the Company.
  3. Failure Time: Refers to a continuous failure lasting 5 minutes or longer. Intermittent failures lasting less than 5 minutes are not included in the failure time.
  4. Monthly Availability Rate (%): Calculated for each node as 100 × [1 - {Total failure time during the month (in minutes) / Total time for the month (in minutes)}].
  5. Monthly Fee: Refers to the actual amount paid by the Member to the Company for use of the Service for the relevant node in the month a failure occurs, excluding the initial build-out fee (the supply price of the deliverables).

Article 2 (Exclusions from the Application of the SLA)​

Time attributable to the following cases is not included in the failure time:

  1. Where the fees for the product have not been established due to reasons such as beta testing, or where the service or product falls within the free tier of a paid product, or where no additional costs are incurred;
  2. For products that are charged per occurrence or transaction, where products or services only the successful occurrences or transactions are charged;
  3. When the service or product is not provided by the Company;
  4. In cases where compensation for damages is not applicable under the KakaoCloud Terms of Service;
  5. Where a failure is caused by defects in a node owned by the Member (in which case technical support and equipment replacement for such failure shall be governed by a separate agreement and hardware maintenance policy);
  6. Where a failure is caused by defects in the equipment, software, applications, or operating systems installed and used by the Member or third parties on the services provided by the Company excluding the cases under Item 5;
  7. In other cases equivalent to the above where the incident is not caused by the Company’s actions (including inaction).

Article 3 (Application of the SLA)​

  1. The Company shall provide compensation according to the criteria described below. However, where the Company provides Members with Detailed Guidelines or announces specific compensation criteria on the cloud website, the compensation amount may be calculated differently.
  2. The Company guarantees a minimum monthly availability rate of 99.9% for each node of the Service during the relevant month. If the monthly availability rate is not met, the Company shall issue free credits to the Member in accordance with this SLA and the KakaoCloud Terms of Service.
  3. Specific eligibility for compensation, the scope of compensation, and the amount of compensation may vary according to the KakaoCloud Terms of Service and Detailed Guidelines.
  4. The maximum amount of credits the Company can issue to the Member for all failure time in a single billing month shall not exceed 100% of the monthly fee payable by the Member for the relevant node.

Monthly Availability RateFree Credit Percentage
99.0% to less than 99.9%10% of the monthly fee
95.0% to less than 99.0%25% of the monthly fee
90.0% to less than 95.0%50% of the monthly fee
Less than 90.0%100% of the monthly fee