Preview: Before you create Spot VMs, you can view the following information for a specific machine type and location

## Feature Feature **Preview**: Before you create Spot VMs, you can view the following information for a specific machine type and location: * **You can view the real-time obtainability and estimated uptime**. This information helps you maximize your chances of successfully creating Spot VMs, as well as help ensure that your workload starts and runs efficiently. * **You can view historical and current preemption rate and pricing**. This information helps you compare and choose the configuration that best fits your workload needs and budget. For more information, see[View the availability of Spot VMs](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/view-vm-availability)and[View the preemption rate and pricing for Spot VMs](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/view-spot-preemption-price).