CloudGPU vs HexGrid
As of , CloudGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand; HexGrid wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs HexGrid $1.49 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — identical.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  HexGrid | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | Same |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.23 · 41 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 (25%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.81 · 20 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $0.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.04 (7%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.44 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 (20%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.47 · 16 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.33 | $0.33 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.45 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.12 (27%) | CloudGPU |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and HexGrid, 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 A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs HexGrid $1.49 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — identical.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: CloudGPU $1.49 vs HexGrid $1.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.50 (25%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: CloudGPU $0.59 vs HexGrid $0.55 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.04 (7%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: CloudGPU $0.44 vs HexGrid $0.55 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.11 (20%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: CloudGPU $0.33 vs HexGrid $0.45 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.12 (27%) cheaper.
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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