EmpirioLabs vs Trooper.AI
As of , Trooper.AI lists the lower on-demand rate on 6 of the 7 GPUs both offer on-demand; EmpirioLabs wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $4.00 vs Trooper.AI $2.16 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $1.84 (46%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  EmpirioLabs |  Trooper.AI | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.21 · 38 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $4.00 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.16 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.84 (46%) | Trooper.AI |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.68 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.31 (66%) | Trooper.AI |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 15 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $1.90 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.26 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.64 (33%) | Trooper.AI |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell median $0.86 · 6 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.72 from | $1.40 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.79 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.61 (43%) | Trooper.AI |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.49 · 15 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.65 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.71 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.06 (8%) | EmpirioLabs |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.50 · 7 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.30 | $0.40 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.38 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.02 (5%) | Trooper.AI |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.25 · 9 providers · lowest centron $0.15 GPU only | $0.30 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 from captured Deploy ↗ | $0.06 (22%) | Trooper.AI |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of EmpirioLabs and Trooper.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 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $4.00 vs Trooper.AI $2.16 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $1.84 (46%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: EmpirioLabs $1.99 vs Trooper.AI $0.68 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $1.31 (66%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.90 vs Trooper.AI $1.26 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $0.64 (33%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $1.40 vs Trooper.AI $0.79 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $0.61 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: EmpirioLabs $0.65 vs Trooper.AI $0.71 per GPU-hour on-demand — EmpirioLabs is $0.06 (8%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: EmpirioLabs $0.40 vs Trooper.AI $0.38 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $0.02 (5%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: EmpirioLabs $0.30 vs Trooper.AI $0.24 per GPU-hour on-demand — Trooper.AI is $0.06 (22%) 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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