Google Cloud vs RunPod
As of , RunPod lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand; Google Cloud wins on 1. Not counted: 2 more shared GPUs, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Google Cloud $16.11 (us-west1) vs RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $8.12 (50%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Google Cloud |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.99 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $16.11 us-west1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $7.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $8.12 (50%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $9.80 us-west8 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $3.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $5.81 (59%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 51 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $9.31 us-west1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $5.29 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $4.02 (43%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $2.14 (54%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $2.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 11 providers · lowest Verda $0.23 | $2.48 us-west4 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 21 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.56 us-east4 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.03 (5%) | Google Cloud |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Google Cloud | RunPod |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $1.45 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $1.06 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H200 | $5.28 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.40 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.31 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Google Cloud and RunPod, 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: Google Cloud $16.11 (us-west1) vs RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $8.12 (50%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Google Cloud $9.80 (us-west8) vs RunPod $3.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $5.81 (59%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Google Cloud $9.31 (us-west1) vs RunPod $5.29 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $4.02 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Google Cloud $3.93 (us-central1) vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $2.14 (54%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Google Cloud $2.93 (us-central1 · GPU only) vs RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA V100: Google Cloud $2.48 (us-west4 · GPU only) vs RunPod $0.23 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L4: Google Cloud $0.56 (us-east4) vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — Google Cloud is $0.03 (5%) 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.
Data updated: