Hugging Face Inference Endpoints vs Vast.ai
As of , Hugging Face Inference Endpoints and Vast.ai share 5 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. 1 more shared GPU is not compared today: on one side the quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $9.25 (aws) vs Vast.ai $6.63 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Hugging Face Inference Endpoints 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.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Hugging Face Inference Endpoints | Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $9.25 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $6.63 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 | $5.00 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $5.94 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $2.75 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.27 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $2.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S | $1.80 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $0.80 Multi-GPU machines · 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 L4: Vast.ai: thin market
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $9.25 (aws) vs Vast.ai $6.63 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $5.00 (aws) vs Vast.ai $5.94 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $2.75 (aws) vs Vast.ai $1.27 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $2.50 (aws) vs Vast.ai $1.00 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Hugging Face Inference Endpoints $1.80 (aws) vs Vast.ai $0.80 (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.
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