RunPod pricing
RunPod is a paid product. Starting price: $0.27 per hour (RTX A5000 GPU pod).
PaidPrices last checked Nov 8, 2026
RunPod plans and prices
Every line links to the page it came from. Prices are what RunPod publishes; taxes, currency and regional pricing can change what you pay.
RunPod pricing facts
2 of 2 verified- Idle serverless cost
- None
- Checked Nov 8, 2026runpod.io(opens source in a new tab)
- “Discover FlashBoot Zero idle cost Your endpoint costs nothing when it's not running.”
- Starting price
- $0.27 per hour (RTX A5000 GPU pod)
- Checked Nov 8, 2026runpod.io(opens source in a new tab)
- “$ 0.27 /hr 24 GB VRAM 25 GB RAM 9 vCPUs Deploy RTX A5000 Thank you!”
RunPod price history
We've tracked RunPod's prices since Nov 8, 2026 and re-check them against runpod.io regularly. No price changes so far.
RunPod alternatives by price
Starting prices from each app's own site, ranked by our alternatives score.
| App | Pricing | Price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lambda | Paid | $0.69 per GPU/hour (Quadro RTX 6000), from 16 Nov 2026 | No |
 CoreWeave | Paid | $68.80 per hour (8 GPUs) | No |
 Paperspace | Free plan + paid | — | $0, public projects, 12-hour limit |
 Vast.ai | Paid | — | No |
 Google Colab | Free plan + paid | — | — |
 Kaggle | Free | — | — |
 Vultr | Paid | — | No |
RunPod pricing: common questions
Is RunPod free?
No, RunPod is a paid product.
How much does RunPod cost?
Starting price: $0.27 per hour (RTX A5000 GPU pod), according to runpod.io (checked Nov 8, 2026). Prices can vary by country and billing period.
What are free alternatives to RunPod?
Free or freemium alternatives include Google Colab, Kaggle and Paperspace.