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GPU compute pricesEdition of 12 Nov 2026
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Glossary

Reserved

Answer in brief

A reserved price is a lower hourly rate in return for a commitment to a term, often paid ahead, and billed for every hour of that term.

Reserved in practice

A reserved price pays off when you use most of the hours you committed to. Multiply the rate by every hour in the term and compare the total with the on-demand cost of the hours you would really run.

Terms run from a month to several years. The longer the term, the lower the rate and the larger the bet that your needs will not change. Runcrate offers a prepaid machine for 1 to 12 months at a discount.

Questions and answers

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A reserved price is a lower hourly rate in return for a commitment to a term, often paid ahead, and billed for every hour of that term.

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. “Reserved.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://computepricewatch.com/glossary/reserved