Nova Cloud vs Vast.ai
As of , Nova Cloud and Vast.ai share 3 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 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Nova Cloud $1.56 vs Vast.ai $1.27 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Nova Cloud 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 | Nova Cloud | Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.56 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.27 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.66 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.47 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.42 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.35 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Nova Cloud $1.56 vs Vast.ai $1.27 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: Nova Cloud $0.66 vs Vast.ai $0.47 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Nova Cloud $0.42 vs Vast.ai $0.35 (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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