RunPod Serverless

Functions 4.8/10

Pay-per-second worker start to stop: RTX 4000/A4000 16GB $0.00016/s; A100 80GB $0.00076/s (~$2.74/hr); H100 PRO 80GB $0.00116/s (~$4.18/hr); B200 $0.00240/s. Scale-to-zero flex wor

RunPod Serverless scores 4.8/10 for free value in Functions. The main constraint: Paid — From $0.00016/sec (16GB GPU); A100 80GB $0.00076/sec, H100 PRO $0.00116/sec. Pay-per-second worker start to stop: RTX 4000/A4000 16GB $0.00016/s; A100 80GB $0.00076/s (~$2.74/hr); H100 PRO 80GB $0.00116/s (~$4.18/hr); B200 $0.00240/s. Scale-to-zero flex workers.

Category Functions Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.8 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.8/10

value = 4.8/100

weighted_components_v1

Invocation value 1/10

value = 0.01 ×

fixed_log_v1

Runtime fit 9/10

value = 9/100

policy_score_v1

Deploy friction 8/10

value = 8/100

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Key metrics

16GB $160u/s

A100 $760u/s

H100 $1.16m

What you get

Paid — From $0.00016/sec (16GB GPU); A100 80GB $0.00076/sec, H100 PRO $0.00116/sec. Pay-per-second worker start to stop: RTX 4000/A4000 16GB $0.00016/s; A100 80GB $0.00076/s (~$2.74/hr); H100 PRO 80GB $0.00116/s (~$4.18/hr); B200 $0.00240/s. Scale-to-zero flex workers.

A100 80GB at ~$2.74/hr flex (active workers ~$2.17/hr with discounts); claims ~25% cheaper than other serverless GPU clouds on flex workers. Excellent

Gotchas

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Sources

"A100 | 80 GB | $0.00076 | High throughput GPU, yet still very cost-effective. ... H100 PRO | 80 GB | $0.00116"
https://docs.runpod.io/serverless/pricing
"Save 25% over other Serverless cloud providers on flex workers alone."
https://www.runpod.io/pricing

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