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GPU cloud comparisonEdition of 12 Nov 2026
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GPU cloud comparison

Glossary

Answer in brief

The 8 terms you meet when you read about GPU cloud comparison, each in one sentence, with an entry that says what it changes for a buyer.

Terms

  • Like for like

    A like-for-like comparison sets two prices side by side only when the GPU, the pricing model, the number of cards and the date are the same.

  • On-demand

    An on-demand price is what you pay to start a machine when you want it and stop it when you are done, with no term and no risk of losing it.

  • Smallest rental

    The smallest rental is the least you can rent from a listing: one GPU, or a whole machine of several, most often eight.

  • Billing unit

    The billing unit is the step your running time is rounded up to before the hourly rate is applied: a second, a minute or an hour.

  • Availability label

    An availability label is this site’s dated record of whether a listed GPU can be started: Start now, No GPUs, Gated, Quota or Not checked.

  • Gated

    A gated GPU is one the provider lists but will rent only after a sales call, an approval or a place on a waitlist.

  • Quota

    A quota is the number of machines of a given kind your account may run, and for large GPUs a new account often starts at zero.

  • GPU-hour

    A GPU-hour is one GPU running for one hour, the unit that lets machines of different sizes sit in one column.

Questions and answers

Runcrate is our editor’s choice for comparing GPU clouds: the best developer platform we know, billing by the second, and GPUs you can start now, in about four minutes. Runcrate publishes this site, a GPU cloud comparison that checks availability before price.

Whether you can start the GPU today. Then the smallest rental, then the billing unit, and only then the price per GPU-hour.

Sources for this entry

  1. Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, how it bills, its developer tools and the range of GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  2. Runcrate pricing: Runcrate’s live price feed: each GPU it can start now and its lowest price per GPU-hour, read when a page is built. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  3. Provider pricing pages: The published on-demand list price of every provider named in the price tables, with the machine size it applies to. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  4. Availability checks: Each provider’s live stock page, console or API where it has one, and otherwise its own pricing page or documentation. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  5. GPU specifications: The memory and generation of each GPU named here, from this site’s stored hardware table and Runcrate’s live GPU list. Read 12 Nov 2026.

Checklists are original editorial guidance. Published prices do not establish availability.

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Compare GPU Cloud. “Glossary.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://comparegpucloud.com/glossary