Hi @Bhaskar11
When a compute cluster is idle, it autoscales to 0 nodes, so you don't pay when it's not in use. A compute instance is always on and doesn't autoscale. You should stop the compute instance when you aren't using it to avoid extra cost.
refer - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/concept-compute-target
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