CloudGPU vs Salad
As of , CloudGPU and Salad share 3 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. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA RTX 5090: CloudGPU $0.59 vs Salad $0.50 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  Salad | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.81 · 20 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $0.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.47 · 16 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.33 | $0.33 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.33 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.40 · 9 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.21 | $0.21 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.17 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | CloudGPU | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | — | $0.25 captured |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | — | $0.16 captured |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | — | $0.09 captured |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and Salad, 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 5090: CloudGPU $0.59 vs Salad $0.50 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: CloudGPU $0.33 vs Salad $0.33 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: CloudGPU $0.21 vs Salad $0.17 (High priority) 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.
Data updated: