Our pricing covers technical infrastructure (hardware and backbone), engineering and 24/7 monitoring, and network development. By joining our customer community, you pool these costs and pay a fair price for the France-IX service quality. Choose the platform suited to your use case:
Both France-IX platforms at a glance, to understand what changes from one offer to the other before reviewing pricing.
| Comparison table |
⚡ Peering Essentiel
Complementary platform, in self-service
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◆ Peering Plus
France's largest peering community
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| Technical capacity | ||
| Bandwidth tiers | 5 tiers (1G - 400G) | 11 tiers (200M - 400G) |
| Points of presence | 1 PoP (Telehouse Paris 2) | 22 PoPs, 6 cities |
| Availability | High availability | 99.998% achieved |
| RPKI ROV route servers and IRR filtering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Community & traffic | ||
| Peering community | Launching June 2026 | 600+ IP networks |
| Traffic | Launching June 2026 | 3.5 Tb/s |
| Support & assistance | ||
| 24/7 ticket support | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7 phone support | — | ✓ |
| Human assistance | We contact you if needed | Pre-sales + dedicated contact |
| Services & ecosystem | ||
| National and international Multipass | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Azure Peering Service | — | ✓ |
| Google VPP | Gold by end of 2026 | Already Silver, Gold by end of 2026 |
| TLDs & root DNS servers | — | ✓ |
| Services available on the same port | — | IP Transit, Sovereign Clouds, Cloud Access, Kentik… |
| Platform | ||
| Architecture | Independent from Plus | Independent from Essentiel |
The total price of a Peering Plus connection consists of two elements that add up: the port (physical link) and the bandwidth subscribed on that port. Prices apply to local and Multipass traffic.
Fees associated with the underlying physical port: a one-time activation cost and a recurring monthly cost, based on port capacity.
Fees associated with the bandwidth subscribed on the port. The bandwidth/port notation indicates the bandwidth within a given port. These fees add to the port fees.
Excluding VAT: all amounts shown are pre-tax. High availability: this offer is subject to our internal target of 99.995% monthly availability. Support included: access to the NOC and the customer portal is included at no extra cost. These prices apply to a single port with no minimum term. Contact us for other commitment terms or multi-port orders.
Same structure as Peering Plus: the total price consists of the port (identical to Peering Plus) and the bandwidth (recurring monthly fees reduced vs Peering Plus). 5 bandwidth tiers available. Prices excl. VAT, no minimum term (cancellation notice: 3 months).
Fees associated with the physical port, identical to those of Peering Plus (one-time and recurring fees).
Fees associated with the bandwidth subscribed on the port, in addition to the port fees. 5 tiers available, with reduced recurring monthly fees compared to Peering Plus.
Excl. VAT: all amounts shown are exclusive of VAT. High availability: best effort, no contractual SLA. Support included: 24/7 ticket-based support via the portal, at no extra cost. Prices apply with no minimum term (3-month cancellation notice). 100% online subscription via the France-IX portal. Pioneers offer: for the first 50 customers, activation fees waived (port and bandwidth) and recurring fees waived (port and bandwidth) as long as the Peering Essentiel LAN stays below 100 Gbps of traffic, and at minimum until end of September 2026.