Rent by the day
Rent a Mac mini by the day
Rent a dedicated Mac mini for a day, from €7.99 before VAT. M1 to M6, macOS installed, SSH and screen sharing, in our racks in the EU. Cancel and it ends with the day you paid for.
Updated 2026-11-08
A whole Mac mini for 24 hours, from €7.99 before VAT; VAT of 17% to 27% is added at checkout for consumers, depending on your country. Pick a build that is in stock, pay for one day, and log in over SSH or screen sharing, usually within minutes. Keep it as many days as you need: it renews every 24 hours until you cancel, and it ends with the last day you paid for.
Day and week prices
Prices below are before VAT; VAT of 17% to 27% is added at checkout for consumers, depending on your country.
| Mac | Memory | Disk | A day | A week | A month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac mini M1 | 8 GB | 256 GB | €7.99 | €34.93 | €65 |
| Mac mini M2 | 8 GB | 256 GB | €8.99 | €41.93 | €75 |
| Mac mini M2 Pro | 16 GB | 512 GB | €13.99 | €62.93 | €119 |
| Mac mini M4 | 16 GB | 256 GB | €8 | €40 | €95 |
| Mac mini M4 Pro | 24 GB | 512 GB | €19.99 | €97.93 | €175 |
| Mac mini M5 Pro | 24 GB | 512 GB | €21.99 | €104.93 | €189 |
| Mac mini M6 | 16 GB | 256 GB | €10 | €50 | €114 |
- Mac mini M1 (8 GB, 256 GB): from day 9, a month at €65 costs less than paying €7.99 a day.
- Mac mini M2 (8 GB, 256 GB): from day 9, a month at €75 costs less than paying €8.99 a day.
- Mac mini M2 Pro (16 GB, 512 GB): from day 9, a month at €119 costs less than paying €13.99 a day.
- Mac mini M4 (16 GB, 256 GB): from day 12, a month at €95 costs less than paying €8 a day.
- Mac mini M4 Pro (24 GB, 512 GB): from day 9, a month at €175 costs less than paying €19.99 a day.
- Mac mini M5 Pro (24 GB, 512 GB): from day 9, a month at €189 costs less than paying €21.99 a day.
- Mac mini M6 (16 GB, 256 GB): from day 12, a month at €114 costs less than paying €10 a day.
Prices are in euros (EUR), exclude VAT and are those of 9 November 2026; prices on the order page prevail. VAT is added at checkout at the rate that applies to you; a business in the EU with a valid VAT number is invoiced without VAT, under the reverse charge. The table shows the smallest build of each chip; the order page lists every memory and disk. A day is offered for a build only while a free Mac of that build accepts it, and the order page shows what is available now.
What a day is for
- Try a chip before you buy it. Build your own project on an M6 or an M5 Pro and time it. The Xcode benchmarks guide has the public numbers for every generation.
- A release, a review, a deadline. An extra Mac for the days a build queue is longest.
- Test on a chip your users have. An M1 or an M2 for a day, to see your app on the hardware many people still own.
- Try a local model. Load it on 24, 48 or 64 GB of memory and see whether it fits before paying for a month. The local models guide says what runs on each.
- An agent, before it moves in. Set up OpenClaw or another agent on a Mac of its own, and see whether it needs a Mac at all.
How a day works
- 1Pick a build in stock and choose "a day".You pay the day up front.
- 2Log in, usually within minutes.The Mac is handed over with a fresh macOS, a login and a public address. Add your SSH key in the client area and it reaches the Mac within minutes.
- 3It renews every 24 hours until you cancel.A day term renews without a reminder email.
- 4Cancel from the Billing tab at any time.The Mac runs to the end of the day you have paid for, then it is erased. Until then you can undo the cancellation.
- 5Need it longer?Move to a week, a month or a year from the Mac's own page, without a new Mac.
What you get, the same as on a month
- The whole Mac mini, yours alone: no virtual machines, nobody else on it.
- The latest macOS, installed fresh, or an older one on request before handover, as far back as the chip allows.
- SSH and remote desktop from the first minute: macOS screen sharing, or RustDesk from Mac, Windows, Linux or a phone.
- A dedicated gigabit port, with a public IPv4 and IPv6 address.
- Restart, password reset and SSH keys from the client area, at any hour, without a ticket.
- If the Mac fails, we replace it with an equivalent Mac, normally the same day. Data on a failed Mac cannot be moved, so keep your own copies.
Why 24 hours, not an hour
Apple's licence for macOS allows a Mac to be leased only for periods of at least 24 consecutive hours. A day is the shortest rental any host can offer on a real Mac, and it is the shortest we offer.
In stock today
These are in the rack now. Pick one, see what it comes with, and make your account only when you order.
Checking the racks
A Mac mini of your own
Pick a build. When one is not on the shelf, leave your email and we write the day it is racked.
Yearly: at least 19% less than paying monthly
Questions
- Can I rent a Mac mini for just one day?
- Yes. Choose a day, and cancel from the Billing tab after you start. The Mac stays yours until the 24 hours you paid for are over, then it is erased.
- What happens at the end of the day?
- If you have not cancelled, the next day is charged and the Mac stays yours. If you have cancelled, the Mac is erased when the paid day ends. Erasure cannot be undone, so copy off what you want to keep before then.
- What if the renewal payment fails?
- Access is blocked at once and the Mac keeps running with your data. Pay within 24 hours and you are back in within minutes, with the same login. After 24 hours the service ends and the Mac is erased.
- Can I keep it for a week or a month instead?
- Yes. Move to a longer term from the Mac's page at any time. On every build, from day 12 a month costs less than paying by the day, at the prices of 9 November 2026.
- Is it a virtual machine?
- No. It is one physical Mac mini, for you alone.
- Which Macs can I rent by the day?
- Every generation from M1 to M6, when a free Mac of that build takes a day rental. The table above shows the smallest build of each chip, with its prices of 9 November 2026; the order page shows what a build offers now.
- Can I get a refund for a day?
- Cancelling does not refund the day you have already paid for. If you are a consumer you may withdraw from the contract within 14 days of ordering, without giving a reason. The service starts straight away only at your express request, and then you pay for what was provided: on a day term that is the whole day in progress, so nothing is refunded. A renewal day that has not begun is refunded. A rental is at least 24 consecutive hours, which is Apple's licence minimum. The Terms have the full text.
- How do I pay?
- By card or another method our payment provider supports, up front, for each day. Prices exclude VAT; VAT is added at checkout, in euros (EUR).
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