Glossary
On-demand
Answer in brief
An on-demand GPU is one you start when you want and stop when you are done, paying for the time it ran, with no term.
On-demand in practice
On demand is the right way to rent while your usage has no pattern. It is also the only price that compares across providers without reading terms.
It is useful only if the machine can be started. For the newest cards, many on-demand listings are sold out, gated or blocked by quota.
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.
An on-demand GPU is one you start when you want and stop when you are done, paying for the time it ran, with no term.
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. “On-demand.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://bestgpuproviders.com/glossary/on-demand