Runpod pricing
Runpod's two-tier marketplace means the same GPU can cost very different amounts: an RTX 4090 is $0.34 an hour on Community Cloud against $0.89 on Secure Cloud. Its serverless flex workers cost roughly 20% to 50% more per hour than a Secure Cloud pod of the same GPU, the price of scaling to zero.
- Priced by
- Usage based
- Headquarters
- Unknown
- Founded
- 2022
- Pricing page tracked since
- Unknown
- Last checked
- Oct 9, 2026
Runpod price history
Runpod price history and price changes, USD per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on-demand pod
Runpod's pricing was read on Oct 2026. Prices are USD per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on-demand pod.
RTX 4090 has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $0.89.
L40S has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $1.09.
A100 80GB SXM has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $1.79.
H100 PCIe has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $2.89.
H100 SXM has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $3.99.
H200 has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $5.29.
First read on 9 October 2026, so the chart starts now.
Plans and prices
Billed on what is consumed, such as API calls, messages or payment volume. Prices as extracted on Oct 9, 2026.
H200 pod
$5.29per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($3.59 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
H100 SXM pod
$3.99per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($2.69 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
H100 PCIe pod
$2.89per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($1.99 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
A100 80GB SXM pod
$1.79per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($1.39 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
L40S pod
$1.09per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.79 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
RTX 4090 pod
$0.89per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.34 on Community Cloud)
Oct 9, 2026
Serverless H100
$4.79per GPU hour, flex worker, billed per second
Oct 9, 2026
Serverless A100 80GB
$2.72per GPU hour, flex worker, billed per second
Oct 9, 2026
Serverless RTX 4090
$1.1per GPU hour, flex worker, billed per second
Oct 9, 2026
Instant clusters and reserved capacity
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Oct 9, 2026
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Runpod pricing questions
- How much does Runpod cost?
- Runpod plans start at $0.89 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.34 on Community Cloud) for RTX 4090 pod and go up to $5.29 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($3.59 on Community Cloud) for H200 pod. Prices are as shown on the pricing page when it was last read on Oct 9, 2026.
- Has Runpod raised its prices?
- RTX 4090 has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $0.89. L40S has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $1.09. A100 80GB SXM has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $1.79. H100 PCIe has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $2.89. H100 SXM has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $3.99. H200 has been listed since Oct 2026, starting at $5.29. First read on 9 October 2026, so the chart starts now.
About Runpod
Runpod lists 10 plans, starting with H200 pod ($5.29 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($3.59 on Community Cloud)). Runpod is based in United States and was founded in 2022. It sells through a mix of product-led and sales-led motions. It works in Artificial Intelligence, GPU Cloud, Infrastructure, Serverless. In its own words: "Runpod rents GPUs as on-demand pods in Secure Cloud (its data centres) or Community Cloud (vetted third-party hosts), plus serverless endpoints and multi-node clusters. Pods are billed per hour or per second by GPU type, serverless workers per second of use, and reserved clusters are sold through sales."