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GCP pricing question

Hi, I've created a VM instance with GPU, which I want to utilize for deep learning and intense image-related operations.

My setup is: https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator#id=1dc86e0d-1d42-45e2-aafb-9da6731eaf06

The calculator telling, that the monthly cost will be around 284$ , but it also states that "Pay for what you use: no upfront costs and per second billing" When I am creating a VM instance.

Additionally, to be more confused, I was checking the billing, and after the first full day, the billing cost for yesterday is more than 11$ , which is much more than 284$ when you multiple 11x 30(days). Also, the compute engine was used only for few test runs, it's not even in production stage.

Can I get some explanation / clarification here?

I was trying to speak with the tech support, but it's always cutting the connection and I am too tired to start over and over again.

 

Thanks in advance!

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