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RunPod pricing and limits

iScore52–64 · ≈#1/13
www.runpod.io · GPU compute
OCT 2026 audit

Per-GPU cloud billed by the second, with community and secure tiers and no minimum commitment.

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Entry paid planA new account can start with as little as $10 in prepaid credits; deploying a Pod requires at least one hour of credits for the chosen configuration.
Regions31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia for on-demand GPU instances.
CategoryGPU compute

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 20 criteria compared

RunPod pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
A new account can start with as little as $10 in prepaid credits; deploying a Pod requires at least one hour of credits for the chosen… source ↗
Pricing model
Prepaid credit balance drawn down by usage: all compute and storage billed per second, with no data transfer fees source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in RunPod pricing below.

RunPod plans and prices

On-demand GPU pricesSecure Cloud on-demand Pod prices in USD per GPU-hour, as RunPod's pricing page shows them by default (Secure Cloud and Per hour selected), in the page's order; every Pod the page lists except its two RTX PRO 6000 MIG slices (48 GB and 24 GB), which are fractions of one GPU. The page also offers a Community Cloud toggle with different prices and per-second billing; Community Cloud figures are not printed on the rows and are not shown. Page marked as updated October 8, 2026.
GPUVRAMRAM / vCPUsSecure Cloud per hour
B300288 GB HBM3e251 GB / 32$8.99
H200141 GB276 GB / 24$5.29
B200180 GB283 GB / 28$7.99
RTX Pro 600096 GB188 GB / 16$2.49
H100 NVL94 GB94 GB / 16$3.19
H100 PCIe80 GB188 GB / 16$2.89
H100 SXM80 GB125 GB / 20$3.99
A100 PCIe80 GB117 GB / 8$1.79
A100 SXM80 GB125 GB / 16$1.79
L40S48 GB94 GB / 16$1.09
RTX 6000 Ada48 GB167 GB / 10$0.99
A4048 GB50 GB / 9$0.59
L4048 GB94 GB / 8$0.82
RTX A600048 GB50 GB / 9$0.59
RTX 509032 GB35 GB / 9$1.19
L424 GB50 GB / 12$0.59
RTX 309024 GB125 GB / 16$0.50
RTX 409024 GB41 GB / 6$0.89
RTX A500024 GB25 GB / 9$0.27

GPU Cloud Pricing | Per-Second H100, A100, RTX | Runpod · read · every row quoted from this page

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Short experiments and bursty inference — per-second billing and a $0.27 entry card mean an idle hour costs nothing and a small job is genuinely small.

Consider something else if…

The catalogue mixes community and secure capacity, so the cheapest quoted rate is not always the tier a production workload should sit on.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Machine-derived signals

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RunPod pricing

2 criteria
Entry paid planA new account can start with as little as $10 in prepaid credits; deploying a Pod requires at least one hour of credits for the chosen configuration.
Sources (1) →
  • Billing overview - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “To deploy a new Pod, your account must have at least one hour’s worth of credits for your selected configuration. [...] If you’re new to Runpod and want to evaluate the platform, you can start with as little as $10.”

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Pricing modelPrepaid credit balance drawn down by usage: all compute and storage billed per second, with no data transfer fees.
Sources (1) →
  • Billing overview - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “Runpod uses a credit-based billing system where you add funds to your account and charges are deducted as you use resources. All compute and storage charges are billed per second, with no fees for data transfer.”

    Read 2026-10-17 · official docs · Report a correction

Infrastructure

2 criteria
Regions31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia for on-demand GPU instances.
Sources (1) →
Uptime SLA99.99% uptime SLA, in an enterprise agreement only. Self-serve accounts run at usage-based rates with no contract, and contractual SLAs are added with reserved capacity and committed-use pricing.
Sources (1) →
  • Enterprise AI Infrastructure | Runpod ↗

    “Teams start self-serve with no contract, run production workloads at usage-based rates, and add reserved capacity, committed-use pricing, and contractual SLAs once usage is predictable. [...] Enterprise agreements include a 99.99% uptime SLA and defined response commitments for production systems.”

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Storage

1 criteria
Storage priceFrom $0.05 per GB per month, for standard network storage over 1TB ($0.07 under 1TB); high-performance network storage is $0.14 per GB per month.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing — RunPod ↗

    “Flexible and persistent storage options starting at $0.05/GB/mo with standard and high-performance tiers. [...] Network Storage (Standard) Under 1TB - $0.07/GB/mo Over 1TB - $0.05/GB/mo [...] Network Storage (High-Performance) $0.14/GB/mo”

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GPU

5 criteria
H100 SXM, per GPU-hour$3.99 per hour for H100 SXM 80GB, single card, on Secure Cloud (the page's default view). The PCIe variant is $2.89 and H100 NVL is $3.19.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing — RunPod ↗

    “GPU Community Cloud Secure Cloud Per hour Per second [...] H100 SXM 80 GB VRAM 125 GB RAM 20 vCPUs $ 3.99 /hr [...] H100 PCIe 80 GB VRAM 188 GB RAM 16 vCPUs $ 2.89 /hr [...] H100 NVL 94 GB VRAM 94 GB RAM 16 vCPUs $ 3.19 /hr”

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Cheapest GPU, per hour$0.27 per hour for an RTX A5000 with 24GB, on Secure Cloud (the page's default view). RTX 3090 is $0.50, RTX 4090 $0.89, L40S $1.09.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing — RunPod ↗

    “RTX A5000 24 GB VRAM 25 GB RAM 9 vCPUs $ 0.27 /hr [...] RTX 3090 24 GB VRAM 125 GB RAM 16 vCPUs $ 0.5 /hr [...] RTX 4090 24 GB VRAM 41 GB RAM 6 vCPUs $ 0.89 /hr [...] L40S 48 GB VRAM 94 GB RAM 16 vCPUs $ 1.09 /hr”

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Largest GPU offered288GB per GPU on B300; B200 at 180GB is $7.99 an hour and H200 at 141GB is $5.29, on Secure Cloud (the page's default view).
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing — RunPod ↗

    “B300 288 GB HBM3e 251 GB RAM 32 vCPUs [...] B200 180 GB VRAM 283 GB RAM 28 vCPUs $ 7.99 /hr [...] H200 141 GB VRAM 276 GB RAM 24 vCPUs $ 5.29 /hr”

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Billing granularityPer second, with per-hour rates shown for comparison. Clusters can be started with no commitment and scaled to 64 GPUs.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing — RunPod ↗

    “Per hour Per second [...] Launch multi-GPU clusters in minutes with no commitments. Scale up to 64 GPUs, attach shared storage, and pay only for what you use.”

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Reserved pricingSavings plans: a 3-month or 6-month upfront prepaid commitment discounts GPU compute costs; storage stays at standard rates and plans are non-refundable.
Sources (1) →
  • Pricing - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “Commit to a 3-month or 6-month term upfront for significant discounts on compute costs. [...] Savings plans only cover GPU compute costs— storage costs are billed at standard rates. [...] Plans are non-refundable and have fixed expiration dates.”

    Read 2026-10-17 · official docs · Report a correction

Compliance

10 criteria
SOC 2SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 examinations completed; reports are listed in the Runpod Trust Center and some require approved access before download.
Sources (1) →
  • AI Infrastructure Security & Compliance | Runpod ↗

    “Runpod has also completed SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 examinations, and maintains HIPAA and GDPR programs. [...] The Runpod Trust Center lists current compliance resources, including the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, HIPAA, GDPR, and the SOC 2 Bridge Letter 2026. Some documents require approved access before download.”

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ISO 27001ISMS certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 by Sensiba LLP; certificate RUN-ISMS-20260827 valid 27 August 2026 through 26 August 2029. Scope limited to the ISMS supporting Runpod's services and platform, not individual products.
Sources (1) →
  • AI Infrastructure Security & Compliance | Runpod ↗

    “Runpod Inc. operates an Information Security Management System certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 by Sensiba LLP, an ANAB-accredited certification body. Certificate RUN-ISMS-20260827 is valid from August 27, 2026 through August 26, 2029. [...] Certification covers the management system, not individual products or services.”

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HIPAAMaintains a HIPAA program; HIPAA sits among the Trust Center compliance resources, some of which require approved access before download.
Sources (1) →
GDPR / data residencyStated fully GDPR compliant for data processed in European data center regions, with documented EU procedures for collection, storage, processing and deletion.
Sources (1) →
  • Data security and legal compliance - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “Runpod is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for data processed in European data center regions. [...] For servers hosted in GDPR-compliant regions like the European Union, Runpod maintains clear procedures for the collection, storage, processing, and deletion of personal data.”

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PCI DSSClaimed for Secure Cloud's vetted infrastructure partners, who meet enterprise standards including SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS certifications. Stated of the data-centre partners behind Secure Cloud, not of Runpod Inc. itself.
Sources (1) →
Encryption at restOptional per-Pod volume encryption: the volume disk is encrypted at rest on the host machine, but container disk and network volumes cannot be encrypted.
Sources (1) →
  • Storage options - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “When encryption is enabled, the volume is encrypted at rest on the host machine, and only your Pod can access the data. [...] Encryption applies only to volume disk. Container disk and network volumes cannot be encrypted.”

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Customer-managed keysNot supported: Runpod stores the volume encryption key, which cannot be retrieved, and the docs state bring your own key is not supported.
Sources (1) →
Role-based access controlFour team roles — Basic, Billing, Dev and Admin — each with set permissions; Admin has unrestricted access to members, settings, billing and resources.
Sources (1) →
  • Manage accounts - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “Runpod provides four distinct roles to control access within team accounts. Each role includes specific permissions designed for different responsibilities. [...] Administrators have unrestricted access to manage team members, configure account settings, handle billing, and control all team computing resources.”

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Private networking / VPCGlobal networking gives each Pod a private IP reachable only by other Pods in the same account; NVIDIA GPU Pods only, in 17 data centers.
Sources (1) →
  • Global networking - Runpod Documentation ↗

    “Global networking provides each Pod with a private IP address accessible only to other Pods in your account. [...] Global networking is currently only available for NVIDIA GPU Pods. [...] Global networking is available in these 17 data centers worldwide:”

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Dedicated infrastructureReserved Clusters: dedicated GPU clusters with guaranteed availability, custom configurations and SLA-backed uptime for enterprises scaling to 10,000+ GPUs.
Sources (1) →

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RunPod pricing questions

How much does RunPod cost?

A new account can start with as little as $10 in prepaid credits; deploying a Pod requires at least one hour of credits for the chosen configuration.

Billing overview - Runpod Documentation · read

How does RunPod charge?

Prepaid credit balance drawn down by usage: all compute and storage billed per second, with no data transfer fees.

Billing overview - Runpod Documentation · read

What uptime does RunPod guarantee?

99.99% uptime SLA, in an enterprise agreement only. Self-serve accounts run at usage-based rates with no contract, and contractual SLAs are added with reserved capacity and committed-use pricing.

Enterprise AI Infrastructure | Runpod · read

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