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GPU compute pricesEdition of 12 Nov 2026
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Glossary

Node

Answer in brief

A node is one physical machine with several GPUs in it, most often eight, rented as a whole.

Node in practice

Price pages often print a per-GPU figure for a node by dividing the machine price by its GPU count. You cannot rent one eighth of it, so the hourly bill is the figure times eight.

A node is the right purchase when one job needs all its GPUs together. For one or two GPUs, look for a provider that rents the card singly. The tables on this site show the smallest rental beside every price.

Questions and answers

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A node is one physical machine with several GPUs in it, most often eight, rented as a whole.

Sources for this entry

  1. Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, how it bills and the range of GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  2. Runcrate pricing: Runcrate’s live price feed: each GPU it lists, whether one can be started now, and the price it starts from 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.

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

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Compute Price Watch. “Node.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://computepricewatch.com/glossary/node