CloudGPU vs RunPod
As of , CloudGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 7 of the 7 GPUs both offer on-demand. Not counted: 1 more shared GPU, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.30 (17%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 (17%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.23 · 41 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 (40%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 22 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.63 | $0.63 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.81 · 20 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $0.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 (50%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.44 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.15 (25%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA A40 median $0.64 · 8 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.39 | $0.39 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 (34%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.47 · 16 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.33 | $0.33 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.56 (63%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.40 · 9 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.21 | $0.21 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.29 (58%) | CloudGPU |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and RunPod, 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 RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.30 (17%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: CloudGPU $1.49 vs RunPod $2.49 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.00 (40%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: CloudGPU $0.63 vs RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: CloudGPU $0.59 vs RunPod $1.19 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.60 (50%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: CloudGPU $0.44 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.15 (25%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A40: CloudGPU $0.39 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.20 (34%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: CloudGPU $0.33 vs RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.56 (63%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: CloudGPU $0.21 vs RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.29 (58%) 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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