CloudGPU vs Massed Compute
As of , CloudGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 4 GPUs both offer on-demand; Massed Compute wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs Massed Compute $1.35 per GPU-hour on-demand — Massed Compute is $0.14 (9%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  Massed Compute | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.14 (9%) | Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.23 · 41 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.19 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.70 (32%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.44 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 (20%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA A30 median $0.41 · 9 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.22 | $0.22 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.13 (37%) | CloudGPU |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and Massed Compute, 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 Massed Compute $1.35 per GPU-hour on-demand — Massed Compute is $0.14 (9%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: CloudGPU $1.49 vs Massed Compute $2.19 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.70 (32%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: CloudGPU $0.44 vs Massed Compute $0.55 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.11 (20%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A30: CloudGPU $0.22 vs Massed Compute $0.35 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.13 (37%) 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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