Post-paid billing is Runpod’s enterprise billing model. Instead of maintaining a prepaid credit balance, your usage is metered throughout the month and invoiced in arrears under a signed contract at your contracted rates.
Post-paid billing is available to enterprise customers only. To convert your account or discuss enterprise pricing, contact your Runpod account representative.
How it works
- Your resource usage is metered continuously via Runpod’s billing system.
- At the end of each billing period, an invoice is generated at your contracted rates.
- Your account manager sends the invoice to your accounts payable team — invoices are not visible in the Runpod console.
- Payment is handled externally per your contract terms.
What changes in the console
Post-paid accounts have a different console experience from prepaid accounts:
Balance showing $0.00
Post-paid accounts start at $0.00 and may go negative between invoice cycles. A negative balance is expected — it reflects unbilled usage that will appear on your next invoice. It does not indicate an error or trigger any service interruption.
Post-paid accounts can run indefinitely with a negative balance. There are no low-balance warnings, no automatic suspensions, and no service interruptions triggered by balance alone.
What gets billed
Post-paid billing covers Secure Cloud resources only. Community Cloud usage is excluded from enterprise invoices.
Contract types
Enterprise customers are billed at contracted rates, not retail prices. Three contract structures are available:
Standard savings plan — Fixed duration and terms with a discounted rate applied automatically across your usage.
Custom savings plan — Sales-configured commitment, duration, and discount negotiated per customer.
Reserved + burst — A fixed GPU count at a negotiated rate, with burst capacity available on top when needed.
Contact your account representative to discuss which contract structure fits your workload.
Cost centers
Cost Center is the primary billing surface for post-paid accounts. Use cost center labels to attribute spend across teams, projects, or departments and view usage breakdowns in Billing Explorer.
All org members can view their own usage in Billing Explorer. Org admins can view usage for any individual member.
See Cost centers for setup instructions.
Invoicing
Invoices are managed by your Runpod account manager and sent to your accounts payable team externally — they are not accessible inside the Runpod console. For invoice questions, billing disputes, or changes to your contract, contact your account representative directly. 
