runpod · gwestersf · May 6, 2026 · May 6, 2026 · May 6, 2026 · promptless
diff --git a/accounts-billing/billing.mdx b/accounts-billing/billing.mdx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ When your balance drops near your configured threshold, Runpod charges your defa
 
 ### Minimum balance requirements
 
-To deploy a new Pod, your account must have at least one hour's worth of credits for your selected configuration. If your balance is insufficient, you can deposit additional funds, select a lower-cost GPU, or use a Spot instance.
+To deploy a new Pod, your account must have at least one hour's worth of credits for your selected configuration. If your balance is insufficient, you can deposit additional funds or select a lower-cost GPU.
 
 ## Payment methods
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Each Runpod product has its own pricing structure. See the detailed pricing page
 
 <CardGroup cols={2}>
   <Card title="Pods pricing" icon="server" href="/pods/pricing">
-    On-demand, savings plans, and spot instance pricing for GPU Pods.
+    On-demand and savings plan pricing for GPU Pods.
   </Card>
   <Card title="Serverless pricing" icon="bolt" href="/serverless/pricing">
     Pay-per-second pricing for flex and active workers.

diff --git a/pods/choose-a-pod.mdx b/pods/choose-a-pod.mdx
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ For data-intensive workloads, ensure sufficient volume disk or network volume ca
 
 1. **Right-size your resources**: Start with the minimum viable configuration, then scale up based on actual usage. Development and testing often need less power than production.
 
-2. **Use spot instances**: For fault-tolerant workloads like batch processing or training with checkpoints, spot instances offer significant savings.
-
-3. **Consider savings plans**: For extended usage, Runpod's [savings plans](/pods/pricing#savings-plans) reduce costs for committed usage.
+2. **Consider savings plans**: For extended usage, Runpod's [savings plans](/pods/pricing#savings-plans) reduce costs for committed usage.
 
 ## Secure Cloud vs Community Cloud
 

diff --git a/pods/pricing.mdx b/pods/pricing.mdx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Pricing"
 sidebarTitle: "Pricing"
-description: "Explore pricing options for Pods, including on-demand, savings plans, and spot instances."
+description: "Explore pricing options for Pods, including on-demand and savings plans."
 mode: "wide"
 ---
 
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@ Pods are billed by the second for compute and storage, with no fees for data ing
 
 ## Pricing options
 
-| | On-demand | Savings plan | Spot |
-|---|-----------|--------------|------|
-| **Pricing** | Standard hourly rate | Discounted (prepaid) | Lowest available |
-| **Commitment** | None | 3 or 6 months upfront | None |
-| **Interruptible?** | No | No | Yes (5-second warning) |
-| **Best for** | Development, testing, variable workloads | Long-running production workloads | Fault-tolerant batch processing |
+| | On-demand | Savings plan |
+|---|-----------|--------------|
+| **Pricing** | Standard hourly rate | Discounted (prepaid) |
+| **Commitment** | None | 3 or 6 months upfront |
+| **Best for** | Development, testing, variable workloads | Long-running production workloads |
 
 ### On-demand
 
-Pay-as-you-go pricing for non-interruptible instances. Resources are dedicated to your Pod and cannot be displaced by other users.
+Pay-as-you-go pricing. Resources are dedicated to your Pod and cannot be displaced by other users.
 
 <Warning>
 You must have at least one hour's worth of credits for your selected configuration to deploy an on-demand instance.
@@ -40,14 +39,6 @@ Commit to a 3-month or 6-month term upfront for significant discounts on compute
 Savings plans only cover GPU compute costs—[storage costs](/pods/storage/types) are billed at standard rates. Maintain a credit balance for storage, or your Pods will stop when funds run out. Plans are non-refundable and have fixed expiration dates.
 </Warning>
 
-### Spot instances
-
-Access spare compute capacity at the lowest prices. Spot instances are interruptible—they can be terminated with only a **5-second warning** (SIGTERM, then SIGKILL) if capacity is needed elsewhere.
-
-<Warning>
-Save your work frequently to volume disk or cloud storage. Your volume disk is retained even if your Spot instance is interrupted.
-</Warning>
-
 ## Storage pricing
 
 | Storage type | Running Pod | Stopped Pod | Notes |

diff --git a/references/billing-information.mdx b/references/billing-information.mdx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Every Pod has an hourly cost based on [GPU type](/references/gpu-types). Your Ru
 Runpod pre-emptively stops all your Pods when your account balance is projected to cover less than 10 minutes of remaining runtime. This ensures your account retains a small balance to help preserve your data volumes. If your balance is completely drained, all Pods are subject to deletion. Setting up [automatic payments](https://www.console.runpod.io/user/billing) is recommended to avoid service interruptions.
 </Important>
 
-You must have at least one hour's worth of runtime in your balance to rent a Pod at your given spec. If your balance is insufficient, consider renting the Pod on Spot, depositing additional funds, or lowering your GPU spec requirements.
+You must have at least one hour's worth of runtime in your balance to rent a Pod at your given spec. If your balance is insufficient, consider depositing additional funds or lowering your GPU spec requirements.
 
 ## Storage billing
 

diff --git a/sdks/graphql/manage-pods.mdx b/sdks/graphql/manage-pods.mdx
@@ -11,20 +11,16 @@ For the complete schema, see the [GraphQL Spec](https://graphql-spec.runpod.io/)
 
 | Operation | Mutation/Query |
 |-----------|---------------|
-| Create on-demand Pod | `podFindAndDeployOnDemand` |
-| Create spot Pod | `podRentInterruptable` |
+| Create Pod | `podFindAndDeployOnDemand` |
 | Start Pod | `podResume` |
-| Start spot Pod | `podBidResume` |
 | Stop Pod | `podStop` |
 | List all Pods | `myself { pods { ... } }` |
 | Get Pod by ID | `pod(input: {podId: "..."})` |
 | List GPU types | `gpuTypes` |
 
 ## Create a Pod
 
-### On-demand Pod
-
-On-demand Pods provide guaranteed compute at a fixed price.
+Pods provide guaranteed compute at a fixed price.
 
 <Tabs>
 <Tab title="cURL">
@@ -87,72 +83,6 @@ mutation {
 </Tab>
 </Tabs>
 
-### Spot Pod
-
-Spot Pods offer lower prices but can be interrupted when demand is high.
-
-<Tabs>
-<Tab title="cURL">
-```bash
-curl --request POST \
-  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
-  --url 'https://api.runpod.io/graphql?api_key=${YOUR_API_KEY}' \
-  --data '{"query": "mutation { podRentInterruptable( input: { bidPerGpu: 0.2, cloudType: SECURE, gpuCount: 1, volumeInGb: 40, containerDiskInGb: 40, minVcpuCount: 2, minMemoryInGb: 15, gpuTypeId: \"NVIDIA RTX A6000\", name: \"Runpod Pytorch\", imageName: \"runpod/pytorch\", dockerArgs: \"\", ports: \"8888/http\", volumeMountPath: \"/workspace\", env: [{ key: \"JUPYTER_PASSWORD\", value: \"your-password\" }] } ) { id imageName env machineId machine { podHostId } } }"}'
-```
-</Tab>
-
-<Tab title="GraphQL">
-```graphql
-mutation {
-  podRentInterruptable(
-    input: {
-      bidPerGpu: 0.2
-      cloudType: SECURE
-      gpuCount: 1
-      volumeInGb: 40
-      containerDiskInGb: 40
-      minVcpuCount: 2
-      minMemoryInGb: 15
-      gpuTypeId: "NVIDIA RTX A6000"
-      name: "Runpod Pytorch"
-      imageName: "runpod/pytorch"
-      dockerArgs: ""
-      ports: "8888/http"
-      volumeMountPath: "/workspace"
-      env: [{ key: "JUPYTER_PASSWORD", value: "your-password" }]
-    }
-  ) {
-    id
-    imageName
-    env
-    machineId
-    machine {
-      podHostId
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-</Tab>
-
-<Tab title="Output">
-```json
-{
-  "data": {
-    "podRentInterruptable": {
-      "id": "fkjbybgpwuvmhk",
-      "imageName": "runpod/pytorch",
-      "env": ["JUPYTER_PASSWORD=your-password"],
-      "machineId": "hpvdausak8xb",
-      "machine": {
-        "podHostId": "fkjbybgpwuvmhk-64410065"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-</Tab>
-</Tabs>
-
 ### Filter by CUDA version
 
 Use `allowedCudaVersions` to restrict Pods to machines with specific CUDA versions.
@@ -195,9 +125,7 @@ mutation {
 
 ## Start a Pod
 
-Resume a stopped Pod. Use `podResume` for on-demand Pods or `podBidResume` for spot Pods.
-
-### On-demand Pod
+Resume a stopped Pod using the `podResume` mutation.
 
 <Tabs>
 <Tab title="cURL">
@@ -251,45 +179,6 @@ mutation {
 }
 ```
 
-### Spot Pod
-
-<Tabs>
-<Tab title="cURL">
-```bash
-curl --request POST \
-  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
-  --url 'https://api.runpod.io/graphql?api_key=${YOUR_API_KEY}' \
-  --data '{"query": "mutation { podBidResume( input: { podId: \"YOUR_POD_ID\", bidPerGpu: 0.2, gpuCount: 1 } ) { id desiredStatus imageName } }"}'
-```
-</Tab>
-
-<Tab title="GraphQL">
-```graphql
-mutation {
-  podBidResume(input: { podId: "YOUR_POD_ID", bidPerGpu: 0.2, gpuCount: 1 }) {
-    id
-    desiredStatus
-    imageName
-  }
-}
-```
-</Tab>
-
-<Tab title="Output">
-```json
-{
-  "data": {
-    "podBidResume": {
-      "id": "YOUR_POD_ID",
-      "desiredStatus": "RUNNING",
-      "imageName": "runpod/tensorflow"
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-</Tab>
-</Tabs>
-
 ## Stop a Pod
 
 Stopping a Pod releases the GPU while preserving your volume data.
@@ -560,7 +449,7 @@ Query a specific GPU type to see pricing and availability.
 curl --request POST \
   --header 'content-type: application/json' \
   --url 'https://api.runpod.io/graphql?api_key=${YOUR_API_KEY}' \
-  --data '{"query": "query { gpuTypes(input: {id: \"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090\"}) { id displayName memoryInGb secureCloud communityCloud lowestPrice(input: {gpuCount: 1}) { minimumBidPrice uninterruptablePrice } } }"}'
+  --data '{"query": "query { gpuTypes(input: {id: \"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090\"}) { id displayName memoryInGb secureCloud communityCloud lowestPrice(input: {gpuCount: 1}) { uninterruptablePrice } } }"}'
 ```
 </Tab>
 
@@ -574,7 +463,6 @@ query {
     secureCloud
     communityCloud
     lowestPrice(input: { gpuCount: 1 }) {
-      minimumBidPrice
       uninterruptablePrice
     }
   }
@@ -594,7 +482,6 @@ query {
         "secureCloud": false,
         "communityCloud": true,
         "lowestPrice": {
-          "minimumBidPrice": 0.163,
           "uninterruptablePrice": 0.3
         }
       }
@@ -615,7 +502,7 @@ Use the `stockStatus` field to check availability before creating a Pod. Values
 curl --request POST \
   --header 'content-type: application/json' \
   --url 'https://api.runpod.io/graphql?api_key=${YOUR_API_KEY}' \
-  --data '{"query": "query { gpuTypes(input: { id: \"NVIDIA RTX A4000\" }) { id displayName lowestPrice(input: { gpuCount: 1, secureCloud: true }) { stockStatus minimumBidPrice uninterruptablePrice availableGpuCounts } } }"}'
+  --data '{"query": "query { gpuTypes(input: { id: \"NVIDIA RTX A4000\" }) { id displayName lowestPrice(input: { gpuCount: 1, secureCloud: true }) { stockStatus uninterruptablePrice availableGpuCounts } } }"}'
 ```
 </Tab>
 
@@ -627,7 +514,6 @@ query {
     displayName
     lowestPrice(input: { gpuCount: 1, secureCloud: true }) {
       stockStatus
-      minimumBidPrice
       uninterruptablePrice
       availableGpuCounts
     }
@@ -646,7 +532,6 @@ query {
         "displayName": "RTX A4000",
         "lowestPrice": {
           "stockStatus": "High",
-          "minimumBidPrice": 0.2,
           "uninterruptablePrice": 0.35,
           "availableGpuCounts": [1, 2, 4]
         }
@@ -667,7 +552,6 @@ query {
         "displayName": "RTX A4000",
         "lowestPrice": {
           "stockStatus": "Low",
-          "minimumBidPrice": 0.16,
           "uninterruptablePrice": 0.24,
           "availableGpuCounts": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
         }