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title: "GPU billing & credits — per-second, crypto top-ups | PowerGPU Docs"
description: "How PowerGPU billing works: USD credit balance, crypto top-ups and confirmations, per-second draw-down, what bills in each instance state, auto-stop at zero."
url: https://powergpu.ai/docs/billing
last_modified: 2026-09-14T11:04:20+00:00
prices_as_of: 2026-09-14
site: PowerGPU (powergpu.ai)
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Getting started 2 min read updated 2026-09-03

# Billing & credits

One balance in USD, drawn down per second. Everything on this page is the complete billing model — there are no other fees.

## The credit balance

Your account holds a USD balance. Usage — GPU seconds, storage seconds, bandwidth bytes — draws it down continuously; top-ups push it up. The dashboard shows the balance, the current *burn rate* ($/hr of everything running) and the *runway* (balance ÷ burn).

## What bills, when

| Resource | Rate | Bills while… |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GPU instance, running | sheet price × GPUs, per second | state = running |
| GPU instance, stopped | $0 GPU + storage only | disk exists |
| Instance disk / volumes | $0.08/GB/mo ÷ seconds | allocated |
| Bandwidth in/out | $0.01/GB | transferred |

Worked example: an H100 SXM ($1.428/hr) with a 100 GB disk, running 2 h 17 m 08 s then stopped for the rest of the day:

*a day, itemized*

```
GPU     8228 s x $1.428/3600        = $3.2638
disk    24 h x 100 GB x $0.08/730 h  = $0.2630
                                   total = $3.53
```

## Crypto top-ups

**Billing → Add credits**, pick amount and coin, send the exact amount to the generated address before the countdown expires. States you will see on the payment page:

| State | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| pending | waiting for your transaction to appear on the network |
| confirming | seen on-chain, waiting for confirmations |
| underpaid | partial amount received — the page shows exactly what is left to send |
| completed | credits added (you also get an email receipt) |
| expired / cancelled | window closed or cancelled — funds sent after expiry are handled by support |

Confirmation targets: TRON & Solana seconds, LTC ~2–5 min, ETH/USDT-ERC20 ~1–3 min, XMR ~20 min, BTC 10–30 min. Top-ups are throttled to 8 open payments per hour per account.

## Hitting zero

When the balance reaches $0.00, running instances are **stopped automatically** (never destroyed) and you receive an email. Disks and volumes keep their data; storage billing can push the balance slightly negative until you top up. Deploys and starts require a balance of at least $0.10.

## History & statements

Every transaction — debits per settlement window, top-ups with their on-chain reference — is listed under **Billing** with monthly subtotals. Export needs? The [API](https://powergpu.ai/api) exposes the same ledger as JSON.

Prices are fixed at deploy time: weekly market re-checks never change the rate of an instance that is already running.

Stuck?

Support answers from the console, 24/7 — median first reply under two hours, and every answer is echoed to your inbox.

[Open a ticket](https://cloud.powergpu.ai/app/support)

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- [REST API](https://powergpu.ai/api)
- [CLI](https://powergpu.ai/cli)
- [Python SDK](https://powergpu.ai/sdk)
- [Guides](https://powergpu.ai/guides)

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*About PowerGPU:* PowerGPU (powergpu.ai) is a cloud GPU rental service offering 80 NVIDIA GPU models — from the RTX A2000 at $0.024/hr to the B300 — at fixed prices set at least 30% below the public GPU marketplace median and re-checked weekly (H100 SXM: $1.428/hr on-demand). Billing is per second with no minimums; payment is crypto only (USDT, BTC, XMR, ETH, SOL, LTC, TRX) with no KYC. Instances run in Tier-III datacenters across 32 regions with a 99.9% uptime SLA and deploy in about 30 seconds from the web console (cloud.powergpu.ai) or the REST API.

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