Service Fees

The RIPE NCC is a not-for-profit membership organisation. Members are charged a yearly fee based on the services used. The annual service fee charged to each member is related to the workload involved in providing the services requested by that member.

Sign-up Fee

In addition to the yearly service fees, all new members pay a one-time sign up fee of € 2,000. You will be charged for this on your first invoice.

Billing Categories

There are five billing categories. All new members spend their first year in the extra small billing category. After the first year, the billing category may change depending on the amount of RIPE NCC services.

The fees associated with becoming a member vary depending on the time of year your application is processed please see herebelow:

Additionally, a € 50 fee will be charged for each independent Internet Number Resources assigned to the registry. Independent resources include Autonomous System (AS) numbers, Provider Independent IPv4 and IPv6 address assignments, anycasting assignments and IXP IPv6 address assignments.

Direct Assignment Users need to pay an annual fee of € 1,300 with a sign-up fee of € 2,000.

For detailed information on the Billing Procedure, please refer to RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule for LIRs and RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule for Direct Assignment Users.

More information

• The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme
• FAQs: Membership fees for new members
• Learn more about the fees involved in becoming a member of the RIPE NCC and
  payment options