RunPod New User Bonus Credits - $5-$500
Source: https://www.runpod.io/
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+ 1 New RunPod users receive a random credit bonus between $5 and $500 after their first $10 spend on the platform. RunPod offers per-second billing for GPU compute across Community Cloud (peer-hosted, cheaper) and Secure Cloud (enterprise data centers). No long-term contracts required — pure pay-as-you-go. Credits cannot be withdrawn as cash.
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+ 7 1. Go to runpod.io and click Sign Up
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+ 8 2. Create an account with email or sign in with Google/GitHub
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+ 9 3. Add a payment method (credit card or crypto deposit) — required before deploying any GPU
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+ 10 4. Add at least $10 to your RunPod balance (prepaid credits model)
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+ 11 5. After your first $10 spend, you automatically receive a random bonus between $5 and $500
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+ 12 6. Bonus credits appear in your account and can be used for any RunPod service (Pods, Serverless, storage)
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+ 14 Important:
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+ 15 • The bonus is awarded after you spend $10, not just deposit it
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+ 16 • One bonus per new user account
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+ 17 • Bonus credits cannot be withdrawn — they can only be used on RunPod services
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+ 18 • RunPod uses a prepaid credits model — you load funds first, then deploy
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+ 24 RunPod bills by the millisecond but displays rates per hour. Two cloud tiers are available:
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+ 26 • Community Cloud — GPUs hosted by vetted third-party providers. 20-30% cheaper than Secure Cloud. Good for experimentation, training, and non-critical workloads
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+ 27 • Secure Cloud — enterprise-grade T3/T4 data centers with SOC2 compliance. Higher reliability and persistent NVMe-backed network volumes. Better for production
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+ 31 GPUVRAMCommunity CloudSecure Cloud
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+ 32 RTX 409024 GB~$0.34-$0.39/hr~$0.44-$0.69/hr
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+ 33 L424 GB~$0.24/hr~$0.34/hr
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+ 34 RTX 309024 GB~$0.22/hr—
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+ 35 A4048 GB~$0.59/hr~$0.69/hr
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+ 36 L40S48 GB~$0.74/hr~$0.84/hr
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+ 37 RTX 6000 Ada48 GB~$0.71/hr~$0.81/hr
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+ 38 A100 SXM80 GB~$1.79-$1.89/hr~$1.99/hr
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+ 39 H100 SXM80 GB~$1.99-$2.99/hr~$2.69/hr
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+ 40 H200 SXM141 GBContact sales~$4.31/hr
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+ 41 B200180 GBContact salesContact sales
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+ 43 Prices fluctuate based on supply and demand. Check runpod.io/pricing for current rates.
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+ 47 Spot (interruptible) instances are available at 50-70% lower cost than on-demand. Suitable for fault-tolerant training jobs and batch inference. Pods may be interrupted with short notice when demand rises.
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+ 51 • 1-month commitment — 15% discount on Secure Cloud
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+ 52 • 3-month commitment — 20% discount on Secure Cloud
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+ 53 • Requires upfront payment for the term
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+ 59 RunPod Serverless lets you deploy models behind auto-scaling API endpoints without managing infrastructure. Two worker types:
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+ 61 • Flex Workers — scale to zero when idle, pay only during processing. Best for variable/bursty workloads
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+ 62 • Active Workers — always-on with 20-30% discount vs. flex. Best for latency-sensitive production workloads
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+ 66 GPUVRAMFlex (per hr)Active (per hr)
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+ 67 A4000 / RTX 400016 GB$0.576$0.396
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+ 68 L4 / A5000 / RTX 309024 GB$0.684$0.468
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+ 69 RTX 4090 PRO24 GB$1.116$0.756
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+ 70 A6000 / A4048 GB$1.224$0.864
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+ 71 L40 / L40S / 6000 Ada PRO48 GB$1.908$1.332
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+ 72 A10080 GB$2.736$2.160
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+ 73 H100 PRO80 GB$4.176$3.348
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+ 74 H200 PRO141 GB$5.580$4.464
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+ 75 B200180 GB$8.640$6.840
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+ 77 Serverless billing includes start time (model loading), execution time (processing), and configurable idle time (worker stays warm). Billed per second.
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+ 83 Storage TypeRunning PodsStopped Pods
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+ 84 Container Disk$0.10/GB/monthN/A (destroyed on stop)
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+ 85 Volume (Pod storage)$0.10/GB/month$0.20/GB/month
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+ 86 Network Volume (<1 TB)$0.07/GB/month$0.07/GB/month
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+ 87 Network Volume (>1 TB)$0.05/GB/month$0.05/GB/month
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+ 89 No ingress or egress fees — data transfer in and out is free.
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+ 95 RunPod provides one-click templates for popular AI workloads:
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+ 97 • Stable Diffusion (Automatic1111, ComfyUI)
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+ 98 • LLM inference (vLLM, Text Generation Inference)
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+ 99 • Jupyter Notebook with PyTorch/CUDA pre-installed
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+ 100 • Kohya SS for LoRA training
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+ 101 • Custom Docker containers supported
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+ 107 RunPod offers a separate Startup Program with significantly larger credit grants:
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+ 109 • Up to 1,000 hours of free H100 GPU time
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+ 110 • Up to 1,000,000 free serverless GPU requests
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+ 111 • Credit amount based on your projected GPU usage and planned spend
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+ 112 • Apply at runpod.io/startup-program
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+ 113 • For research labs and academic teams, contact startups@runpod.io for case-by-case consideration
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+ 115 This is separate from the new user bonus and requires an application.
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+ 121 After signing up, you can earn additional credits through RunPod's referral program:
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+ 123 • Both referrer and referred user get a $5-$500 random bonus (after the referred user spends $10)
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+ 124 • Referrer also earns 3% commission on Pod spend and 5% on Serverless spend for the referred user's first 6 months
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+ 130 • Your $10 goes further than you think — an RTX 4090 at $0.34/hr means $10 buys roughly 29 hours of GPU time. With the bonus credits on top, you could get 40+ hours for your first $10
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+ 131 • Use Spot instances for training — save 50-70% on non-critical workloads. Set up checkpointing so interrupted jobs can resume
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+ 132 • Community Cloud is fine for experimentation — save 20-30% vs. Secure Cloud when uptime guarantees don't matter
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+ 133 • Serverless for inference APIs — if you're deploying a model for users, serverless flex workers scale to zero and you pay nothing when idle
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+ 134 • No egress fees — unlike AWS/GCP/Azure, RunPod does not charge for data transfer, which can save significantly on large model downloads
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+ 135 • Pre-load models on Network Volumes — persistent storage lets you avoid re-downloading models each time you start a Pod
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+ 136 • RunPod vs. major clouds — RunPod's H100 at ~$2.79/hr compares favorably to AWS at ~$12.29/hr (77% cheaper) for equivalent hardware
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+ 140 Sources:
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+ 141 • RunPod Pricing
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+ 142 • RunPod Serverless Pricing Documentation
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+ 143 • RunPod Pod Pricing Documentation
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+ 144 • RunPod Startup Program
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+ 145 • RunPod Referral Program
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+ 146 • RunPod GPU Cloud Product Page
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+ 147 • RunPod Serverless Product Page
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