CloudRift vs Vast.ai
As of , CloudRift 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. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA L40S: CloudRift $0.69 vs Vast.ai $0.54 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudRift |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 39 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.69 | $0.69 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.76 · 24 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.52 | $0.65 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.46 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.58 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.45 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.37 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA V100 median $0.79 · 13 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.24 from | $0.25 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudRift 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 L40S: CloudRift $0.69 vs Vast.ai $0.54 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: CloudRift $0.65 vs Vast.ai $0.46 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: CloudRift $0.45 vs Vast.ai $0.37 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA V100: CloudRift $0.25 vs Vast.ai $0.16 (Multi-GPU machines · 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.
Data updated: