Runpod offers custom pricing plans for large scale and enterprise workloads. Contact our sales team to learn more.
Pods are billed by the second for compute and storage, with no fees for data ingress or egress. Find the latest GPU pricing on the Runpod console during Pod deployment.
Pricing options
| On-demand | Savings plan |
|---|
| Pricing | Standard hourly rate | Discounted (prepaid) |
| Commitment | None | 3 or 6 months upfront |
| Best for | Development, testing, variable workloads | Long-running production workloads |
On-demand
Pay-as-you-go pricing. Resources are dedicated to your Pod and cannot be displaced by other users.
You must have at least one hour’s worth of credits for your selected configuration to deploy an on-demand instance.
Savings plans
Commit to a 3-month or 6-month term upfront for significant discounts on compute costs. When you stop a Pod, the savings plan automatically applies to your next deployment of the same GPU type.
Savings plans only cover GPU compute costs—storage costs are billed at standard rates. Maintain a credit balance for storage, or your Pods will stop when funds run out. Plans are non-refundable and have fixed expiration dates.
Storage pricing
| Storage type | Running Pod | Stopped Pod | Notes |
|---|
| Container disk | $0.10/GB/month | Not charged | Temporary; erased when Pod stops |
| Volume disk | $0.10/GB/month | $0.20/GB/month | Persistent; retained until Pod deleted |
| Network volume | $0.07/GB/month (< 1TB) | $0.07/GB/month | Permanent; portable between Pods |
| $0.05/GB/month (> 1TB) | $0.05/GB/month | |
Storage is billed per-second for container and volume disks, and hourly for network volumes. You are not charged if the host is unavailable.
Runpod is not designed for long-term cloud storage. Back up critical data to your local machine or a dedicated storage provider.
Account limits
- Minimum balance: If your balance covers less than 10 seconds of remaining runtime, Runpod stops all Pods to preserve data volumes. Set up automatic payments to avoid interruptions.
- Spend limit: Default limit of $80/hour across all resources. Contact support to increase.
Track your costs
- Savings plans: Monitor active plans, commitment periods, and expiration dates in the Savings plans section.
- Billing: Track usage and charges in the Billing section.