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RunPod3w ago
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When a worker is idle, do I pay for it?

I'm trying to understand how I am billed for the Serverless usage. Thanks!
7 Replies
flash-singh
flash-singh3w ago
idle workers are not charged, only when worker is running
Maikelnight
Maikelnight3w ago
Worked charger is when render a prompt or only connected to the machine?
flash-singh
flash-singh3w ago
not sure what you mean, can you elaborate
Maikelnight
Maikelnight3w ago
well the question is ... the price is when the machine is working a render prompt? so the machine needs 2 hours to work a image, but the machine its online but not rendering you dont have to pay?
yhlong00000
yhlong000003w ago
You get charged whenever the pod or worker is running, regardless of whether it’s actively doing work or not. The reason is that the GPU is allocated exclusively to you, meaning no one else can use it during that time, that’s why charges apply.
Maikelnight
Maikelnight3w ago
Ok thanks for the answer
flash-singh
flash-singh2w ago
from serverless, when the worker status is running, you get charged, that mainly covers cold-start, your code and modal loading onto container/vram, your actual run, and your idle timeout setting

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