Glossary
Prepaid balance
Answer in brief
A prepaid balance is money added to an account ahead of use, which usage then draws down.
Prepaid balance in practice
A prepaid account is paid before use, where a postpaid account is invoiced after it.
On Runcrate one prepaid balance pays for GPUs, models and storage.
Questions and answers
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A prepaid balance is money added to an account ahead of use, which usage then draws down.
Sources for this entry
- Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, how it bills and the range of GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Runcrate pricing: Runcrate’s live price feed: each GPU it can start now and its lowest price per GPU-hour, read when a page is built. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Provider pricing pages: The published on-demand list price of every provider named in the price tables, with the machine size and billing unit it applies to. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Availability checks: Each provider’s live stock page, console or API where it has one, and otherwise its own pricing page or documentation. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- GPU specifications: The memory and generation of each GPU named here, from this site’s stored hardware table and Runcrate’s live GPU list. Read 12 Nov 2026.
Checklists are original editorial guidance. Published prices do not establish availability.
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Cheap Cloud GPU. “Prepaid balance.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://cheapcloudgpu.com/glossary/prepaid-balance