Audience
iOS and macOS developers, small development teams, CI and DevOps engineers, agencies building Apple platform software, teams running AI agents on Apple silicon
About MacDuty
MacDuty rents dedicated Mac mini servers from its own racks in Romania, inside the EU. Every machine is bare metal and assigned to one customer: no virtual machines, no shared hardware.
The fleet covers every Apple silicon generation from the M1 to the 2026 M6 and M5 Pro, in 84 configurations. Machines arrive with a clean macOS install, reachable over SSH and screen sharing in minutes, with a public IPv4 and IPv6.
Billing is by the day, the month or the year, with no setup fee and no minimum term beyond the 24 hours Apple imposes on everyone. Paying yearly takes 20% off. Power is unmetered, 10 TB of traffic included.
From the client area you restart the machine, reset its password, manage SSH keys and reinstall macOS yourself. Nothing is locked down: your own Apple account, your own backups. Failed hardware is replaced the same day.
Typical uses: CI runners for Xcode and GitHub Actions, always-on dev machines reached from Windows or Linux, local language models, AI agents.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
€65/month
Pricing Details:
One physical Mac mini per customer, billed by the day, the month or the year. No setup fee at any term. Paying yearly takes 20% off.
Mac mini M1, 8 GB, 256 GB - from 65 EUR a month, 52 EUR paid yearly, 2.60 EUR a day
Mac mini M2, 8 GB, 256 GB - from 75 EUR a month, 60 EUR paid yearly, 3.00 EUR a day
Mac mini M4, 16 GB, 256 GB - from 109 EUR a month, 87 EUR paid yearly, 4.36 EUR a day
Mac mini M6, 16 GB, 256 GB - from 128 EUR a month, 102 EUR paid yearly, 5.12 EUR a day
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24 GB, 512 GB - from 189 EUR a month, 151 EUR paid yearly, 7.56 EUR a day
Colocation of your own Mac mini - from 30 EUR a month
Memory from 8 to 64 GB and storage from 256 GB to 8 TB, priced per configuration; 84 configurations in total. Prices exclude VAT.
Mac mini M1, 8 GB, 256 GB - from 65 EUR a month, 52 EUR paid yearly, 2.60 EUR a day
Mac mini M2, 8 GB, 256 GB - from 75 EUR a month, 60 EUR paid yearly, 3.00 EUR a day
Mac mini M4, 16 GB, 256 GB - from 109 EUR a month, 87 EUR paid yearly, 4.36 EUR a day
Mac mini M6, 16 GB, 256 GB - from 128 EUR a month, 102 EUR paid yearly, 5.12 EUR a day
Mac mini M5 Pro, 24 GB, 512 GB - from 189 EUR a month, 151 EUR paid yearly, 7.56 EUR a day
Colocation of your own Mac mini - from 30 EUR a month
Memory from 8 to 64 GB and storage from 256 GB to 8 TB, priced per configuration; 84 configurations in total. Prices exclude VAT.
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Company Information
MacDuty
Founded: 2024
Romania
macduty.com
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MacDuty Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does MacDuty work with?
MacDuty works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does MacDuty support in their product?
MacDuty supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does MacDuty offer?
MacDuty offers support via online.
Q: What type of training does MacDuty provide?
MacDuty provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does MacDuty cost?
Pricing for MacDuty starts at €65/month.
