airgpu vs Vast.ai
As of , airgpu and Vast.ai share 4 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. Not compared today: 1 more shared GPU, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA RTX A5000: airgpu $1.55 (North America) vs Vast.ai $0.23 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  airgpu |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 median $0.58 · 10 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.27 from | $1.55 North America captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.52 · 42 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.20 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.73 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.23 · 11 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.12 from | $1.10 North America captured Deploy ↗ | $0.09 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 24 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.90 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.67 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000: Vast.ai: thin market
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of airgpu and Vast.ai, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA RTX A5000: airgpu $1.55 (North America) vs Vast.ai $0.23 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: airgpu $1.20 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.73 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: airgpu $1.10 (North America) vs Vast.ai $0.09 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L4: airgpu $0.90 (from) vs Vast.ai $0.67 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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