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# Pricing

> Explore pricing options for Pods, including on-demand and savings plans. Review setup, configuration, and operations guidance for Runpod Pods.

export const MachineTooltip = () => {
  return <Tooltip headline="Machine" tip="The physical server hardware within a data center that hosts your compute resources.">machine</Tooltip>;
};

<div className="overview-page-wrapper" />

<Tip>
  Runpod offers custom pricing plans for large scale and enterprise workloads. [Contact our sales team](https://ecykq.share.hsforms.com/2MZdZATC3Rb62Dgci7knjbA) to learn more.
</Tip>

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](https://www.console.runpod.io/pods) 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.

<Warning>
  You must have at least one hour's worth of credits for your selected configuration to deploy an on-demand instance.
</Warning>

### 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.

<Warning>
  Savings plans only cover GPU compute costs—[storage costs](/pods/storage/types) are billed at standard rates. Storage charges continue to accrue on stopped Pods. If your balance reaches \$0, your Pods stop: those with a network volume are preserved, while those without one are terminated and their data cannot be recovered. Plans are non-refundable and have fixed expiration dates.
</Warning>

## 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 <MachineTooltip /> is unavailable.

<Note>
  Runpod is not designed for long-term cloud storage. Back up critical data to your local machine or a dedicated storage provider.
</Note>

## Account limits

* **Minimum balance**: Pods are automatically stopped when your account balance reaches \$0. Pods with a network volume are stopped and their data is preserved, while Pods without a network volume are terminated and their data cannot be recovered. To avoid interruptions, enable [low balance notifications](/accounts-billing/billing#low-balance-notifications) or set up [auto-pay](https://www.console.runpod.io/user/billing).
* **Spend limit**: Default limit of \$80/hour across all resources. [Contact support](https://www.runpod.io/contact) to increase.

## Track your costs

* **Savings plans**: Monitor active plans, commitment periods, and expiration dates in the [Savings plans](https://www.console.runpod.io/savings-plans) section.
* **Billing**: Track usage and charges in the [Billing section](https://www.console.runpod.io/user/billing).