Why a listed GPU cannot be started

Demand for the newest cards is higher than supply. A provider keeps the price on its page when every machine is taken. You find out when you press start and get an error about capacity.

Some providers publish live stock. Where they do, this site reads it and labels the listing No GPUs or Start now, with the date.

Some providers sell the largest GPUs only to customers they have approved. You fill in a form, talk to sales, or wait on a list. The price is real, but it is a price for customers who are already in.

A gate can also be a term. If the only way to get the card is a month paid ahead, it cannot be compared with an hourly price.

A large cloud can give a new account a quota of zero for its biggest GPU machines. The machine exists and the price is public, but your account may not start one until a request is approved. Approval takes time and is not certain.

A quota is about your account. Sold out is about the provider. You can meet both on the same day.

Look for a live stock indicator on the provider’s site. Read its account documentation for the words quota, approval and waitlist. Then try to start the smallest machine of that GPU. Write down what happened and the date.

That is the check this site records. Only a live read of stock can earn the label Start now. A provider whose own page says the card is self-serve, with no stock to read, stays Not checked.

Runcrate’s label comes from its live feed. When the feed lists a machine of that GPU, the label is Start now and the price is the feed’s price. When it lists none, the label is Out right now, with the time it was last in stock. Runcrate can start a B300 now from $18.12 per GPU-hour.

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