RunPod hikes GPU rates on Pods: H100 up to $3.49/hr, A100 to $1.59/hr
What happened
Between the Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026 captures of RunPod's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Secure Cloud (Pods) per-hour GPU rates rose on four SKUs: H100 SXM $3.29→$3.49/hr, A100 PCIe $1.39→$1.59/hr, L40S $0.99→$1.09/hr, and A40 $0.44→$0.49/hr. All other GPU rates on the page are unchanged. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Storage at $0.05 per GB/month, Pods - Community Cloud at $0.16 per GPU-hour, Pods - Secure Cloud at $0.27 per GPU-hour, Serverless at $0.58 per GPU-hour and Clusters at $1.79 per GPU-hour.
It lands 21 days after RunPod's previous change, "RunPod: GPU hourly rates increased across 9 tiers (B300, B200, H200 + 6 more)" (Aug 17, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "RunPod: Pods GPU price increases (RTX 6000 Ada, RTX A6000, RTX 3090)" (Jul 27, 2026), "RunPod slashes RTX Pro 6000 and H100 SXM hourly GPU rates by up to 10%" (Jul 13, 2026) and "RunPod hikes H100/H200 GPU pricing up to 9%, cuts RTX 6000 rate 13%" (Jul 6, 2026). RunPod has been tracked since 2026-04-29.
In the same window Modal, Together AI, Lambda Labs, Paper and Coreweave also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- GPU · Price+6%$3.29$3.49/hr
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Price | $3.29 | $3.49/hr | +6% |
Values as written on RunPod's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of RunPod's pricing page (www.runpod.io) from Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where gpu price reads $3.29 and then $3.49/hr.
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RunPod, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026increaseRunPod raises GPU rates: H200 cluster jumps 47% to $6.35/hr
- Oct 12, 2026increaseRunPod raises GPU cloud rates, B200 jumps to $7.99/hr and H100 to $3.99/hr
- Sep 7, 2026increaseRunPod hikes GPU rates on Pods: H100 up to $3.49/hr, A100 to $1.59/hr · this change
- Aug 17, 2026increaseRunPod: GPU hourly rates increased across 9 tiers (B300, B200, H200 + 6 more)
- Jul 27, 2026increaseRunPod: Pods GPU price increases (RTX 6000 Ada, RTX A6000, RTX 3090)
- Jul 13, 2026decreaseRunPod slashes RTX Pro 6000 and H100 SXM hourly GPU rates by up to 10%
- Jul 6, 2026increaseRunPod hikes H100/H200 GPU pricing up to 9%, cuts RTX 6000 rate 13%
- Jun 30, 2026decreaseRunPod launches B300 GPU at $7.39/hr as L40S jumps 15%
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- ModalSep 8Modal cuts region surcharge floor to 1.15x, easing cross-region compute costs
- Together AISep 1Together AI adds Qwen3.8 Flash at $0.15/1M tokens, drops Gemma 3n E4B
- Lambda LabsJul 27Lambda Labs gates HGX B200 clusters behind sales, keeps $9.86–$8.87/hr rates
- PaperJul 6Paper: removed "collaboration files" from Free and Pro plan lists
- CoreweaveJul 3CoreWeave: GPU Spot pricing revealed; RTX PRO 6000 Spot price up
Questions about this change
Did RunPod raise prices in September 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured RunPod's pricing page on Aug 31, 2026 and again on Sep 7, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: GPU: $3.29 → $3.49/hr (+6%).
What changed on RunPod's pricing page between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026?
GPU price: $3.29 → $3.49/hr (+6%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 7, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does RunPod change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for RunPod in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "RunPod: GPU hourly rates increased across 9 tiers (B300, B200, H200 + 6 more)" on Aug 17, 2026; RunPod has been tracked since 2026-04-29.