Spot VMs pricing
Spot VMs are highly affordable compute instances suitable for batch jobs and fault-tolerant workloads that can withstand possible instance preemptions.
Spot VMs offer the same machine types, options, and performance as regular instances while reducing your Compute Engine costs by up to 91%.
View Spot VMs documentation to learn more
How Spot VM pricing works
Spot prices are variable and can change up to once every 30 days, but always provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for machine types, GPUs, and Local SSD.
Prices adjust based on market trends and supply and demand for Spot VMs capacity. You pay the Spot price that is in effect when your instances are running. Pricing information is shared in advance as a courtesy and is subject to change. While we guarantee the price of any particular resource won't change more than once every 30 days, you may be notified more frequently. To compare Spot prices to on-demand and commitment rates, visit the Compute Engine pricing page.
Prices listed are exclusive of applicable taxes and duties, and do not reflect any enterprise negotiated pricing. To view your account’s specific Spot pricing history, you can export your Cloud Billing data to BigQuery.
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Pricing components
Spot VMs are charged based on usage, in the same way as regular instances. A bill is sent out at the end of each billing cycle, providing a sum of Google Cloud charges. Prices on this page are listed in U.S. dollars (USD). Disk size and machine type memory are listed in gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. Custom machine shapes are charged at a different rate than standard shapes.
Current Spot VMs Pricing
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the Spot VMs documentation.
GPU Pricing
Local SSD pricing
Spot VMs Pricing Updates
Estimate your cost
Estimate the cost of using Spot VMs with the Compute Engine pricing calculator. Choose "Spot (Preemptible VM)" as the provisioning model.
Take the next step
- Compare Spot list prices to on-demand, committed use discounts
- See Spot documentation to learn more
- Get started with Spot VMs in the console
- Estimate costs with pricing calculator
- Use the Cloud Billing Catalog API for programmatic access to SKU information.
- View your Spot pricing history by exporting your Cloud Billing data to BigQuery
- Subscribe to receive email updates on Spot VMs prices