Updated September 28, 2026
What is Billing granularity?
In short
Billing granularity is the step a provider bills by, which decides how short a compute run can be before you pay for it.
Billing granularity is the step a provider bills by, and it decides the smallest run you can start and stop at. An hourly step suits a job that keeps a machine busy all night, while a per-second step suits short bursts and tests. AceCloud bills hourly, Anyscale bills hourly and Akash Network bills hourly, where Aleph Cloud bills per second.
Sources
- acecloud.ai, checked September 26, 2026
- akash.network, checked September 26, 2026
- aleph.cloud, checked September 26, 2026
- anyscale.com, checked September 26, 2026