Hugging Face vs Vast.ai
As of , Hugging Face and Vast.ai share 6 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. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: Hugging Face $9.25 (aws) vs Vast.ai $8.75 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Hugging Face |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.17 · 37 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $9.25 aws 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 | $5.00 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $5.26 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.19 · 42 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.75 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.47 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.04 · 60 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $2.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.13 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 39 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.69 | $1.80 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 22 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.80 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Hugging Face 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: Hugging Face $9.25 (aws) vs Vast.ai $8.75 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: Hugging Face $5.00 (aws) vs Vast.ai $5.26 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Hugging Face $2.75 (aws) vs Vast.ai $1.47 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Hugging Face $2.50 (aws) vs Vast.ai $1.13 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Hugging Face $1.80 (aws) vs Vast.ai $0.54 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L4: Hugging Face $0.80 (aws) vs Vast.ai $0.48 (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.
Data updated: