EmpirioLabs vs HexGrid
As of , HexGrid lists the lower on-demand rate on 9 of the 9 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: EmpirioLabs $17.80 vs HexGrid $7.50 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $10.30 (58%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  EmpirioLabs |  HexGrid | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.17 · 37 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $17.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $7.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $10.30 (58%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 53 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $7.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.20 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $3.40 (45%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.04 · 60 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $1.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.21 (12%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 39 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.69 | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 (33%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.76 · 24 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.52 | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.95 (63%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.09 · 13 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.78 from | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.88 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.62 (41%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.58 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.45 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.35 (44%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 22 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.15 (21%) | HexGrid |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.22 · 12 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.14 from | $0.25 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (20%) | HexGrid |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of EmpirioLabs 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 B200: EmpirioLabs $17.80 vs HexGrid $7.50 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $10.30 (58%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: EmpirioLabs $7.60 vs HexGrid $4.20 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $3.40 (45%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: EmpirioLabs $1.70 vs HexGrid $1.49 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.21 (12%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs HexGrid $1.00 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.50 (33%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs HexGrid $0.55 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.95 (63%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs HexGrid $0.88 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.62 (41%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: EmpirioLabs $0.80 vs HexGrid $0.45 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.35 (44%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: EmpirioLabs $0.70 vs HexGrid $0.55 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.15 (21%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: EmpirioLabs $0.25 vs HexGrid $0.20 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — HexGrid is $0.05 (20%) 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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