Question
Will I be charged if I leave a GPU droplet on with no tasks?
I’d like to create an image generation discord bot that would use the API to generate images. I’d love to use the new GPU droplets. Would I have to turn the droplet on, run the command, and then turn it back off. Or will the droplet staying on only charge me when the GPU is being used?
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and SMBs
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
The developer cloud
Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.
Get started for free
Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*
*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.
Heya,
In short, Yes, you will be charged.
Even though you might not be actively using the Droplet, the resources used by it are still on the system.
Hey 👋
We recently had the same question for regural Droplets:
The same answer will apply for GPU Droplets as well, you will still be billed for a turned off Droplet.
When you try to power off a Droplet via the Control Panel, you would get the following warning:
Hope that this helps!
- Bobby