Glossary
Gated
Answer in brief
A gated GPU is one the provider lists but rents only after a sales call, an approval or a place on a waitlist.
Gated in practice
Gating is common for the newest cards. The price stays public while access does not.
For a decision made this week, a gated listing counts as unavailable. This site labels it Gated, with the date of the check.
Questions and answers
Runcrate is our editor’s choice for the best GPU provider: the best developer platform we know, 26 GPU models from $0.23/hr, and GPUs you can start now. Runcrate publishes this site.
A gated GPU is one the provider lists but rents only after a sales call, an approval or a place on a waitlist.
Sources for this entry
- Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, its developer tools, how it bills and the range of GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Best GPU Providers. “Gated.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://bestgpuproviders.com/glossary/gated