RunPod pricing in 2026
US GPU cloud for on-demand GPU pods and serverless inference, billed per second. How RunPod charges, its plans and the alternatives.
Billing
Pay as you use
Plans
How RunPod prices
RunPod is usage-based: you pay per transaction, message or unit used rather than a fixed subscription, so there's no plan price to show. Surba tracks what you actually pay each month.
Pay-as-you-go, billed per second. Pod rates per hour, e.g. RTX 3090 $0.50, L4 $0.59, A40 $0.59, RTX 4090 $0.89, L40S $1.09, A100 80GB $1.79, H100 PCIe $2.89, H100 SXM $3.99, H200 $5.29, B200 $7.99. Storage from $0.05/GB-month (container/volume disk $0.10/GB-month). Serverless and cluster rates listed separately.
Checked on RunPod's site on 26 Oct 2026.
Alternatives
Alternatives to RunPod
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FAQ
RunPod pricing questions
How does RunPod charge?
RunPod is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Pay-as-you-go, billed per second. Pod rates per hour, e.g. RTX 3090 $0.50, L4 $0.59, A40 $0.59, RTX 4090 $0.89, L40S $1.09, A100 80GB $1.79, H100 PCIe $2.89, H100 SXM $3.99, H200 $5.29, B200 $7.99. Storage from $0.05/GB-month (container/volume disk $0.10/GB-month). Serverless and cluster rates listed separately.
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