EmpirioLabs vs Vast.ai
As of , EmpirioLabs and Vast.ai share 14 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. Not compared today: 2 more shared GPUs, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: EmpirioLabs $17.80 vs Vast.ai $8.75 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  EmpirioLabs |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.17 · 37 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $17.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $8.75 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 53 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $7.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $5.26 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 NVL median $3.87 · 8 providers · lowest IONOS Cloud $3.32 | $5.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.94 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.04 · 60 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $1.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.13 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell median $1.20 · 4 providers · lowest Meshive $0.82 | $1.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.64 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 39 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.69 | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.76 · 24 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.52 | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.46 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.09 · 13 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.78 from | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.63 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.58 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.37 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 median $0.70 · 12 providers · lowest RunPod $0.27 | $0.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.21 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 22 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 22 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.69 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.42 · 11 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.18 | $0.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.14 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.22 · 12 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.14 from | $0.25 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.09 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA H100 NVL: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA L40: Vast.ai: thin market
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of EmpirioLabs 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 B200: EmpirioLabs $17.80 vs Vast.ai $8.75 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: EmpirioLabs $7.60 vs Vast.ai $5.26 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200 NVL: EmpirioLabs $5.50 vs Vast.ai $3.94 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: EmpirioLabs $1.70 vs Vast.ai $1.13 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $1.60 vs Vast.ai $0.64 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs Vast.ai $0.54 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs Vast.ai $0.46 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs Vast.ai $0.63 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: EmpirioLabs $0.80 vs Vast.ai $0.37 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000: EmpirioLabs $0.70 vs Vast.ai $0.21 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: EmpirioLabs $0.70 vs Vast.ai $0.48 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L4: EmpirioLabs $0.69 vs Vast.ai $0.48 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: EmpirioLabs $0.35 vs Vast.ai $0.14 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: EmpirioLabs $0.25 vs Vast.ai $0.09 (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.
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