vastai change bid

Change the bid price for a spot/interruptible instance

Usage

vastai change bid id [--price PRICE]

Arguments

id · integer · required

id of instance type to change bid

Options

--price · number

per machine bid price in $/hour

--schedule · string

try to schedule a command to run hourly, daily, or monthly. Valid values are HOURLY, DAILY, WEEKLY For ex. —schedule DAILY Choices: HOURLY, DAILY, WEEKLY

--start_date · string · default: "2026-02-24"

Start date/time in format ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS PM’ (UTC). Default is now. (optional)

--end_date · string · default: "2026-03-03"

End date/time in format ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS PM’ (UTC). Default is 7 days from now. (optional)

--day · parse_day_cron_style · default: "0"

Day of week you want scheduled job to run on (0-6, where 0=Sunday) or ”*”. Default will be 0. For ex. —day 0

--hour · parse_hour_cron_style · default: "0"

Hour of day you want scheduled job to run on (0-23) or ”*” (UTC). Default will be 0. For ex. —hour 16

Description

Change the current bid price of instance id to PRICE. If PRICE is not specified, then a winning bid price is used as the default.

Global Options

The following options are available for all commands:

Option	Description
--url URL	Server REST API URL
--retry N	Retry limit
--raw	Output machine-readable JSON
--explain	Verbose explanation of API calls
--api-key KEY	API key (defaults to ~/.config/vastai/vast_api_key)