Octa.space vs RunPod
As of , Octa.space and RunPod 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. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA RTX 4090: Octa.space $0.75 (floor) vs RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted. On other people's machines - community capacity and marketplace floors, a market of its own - RunPod lists the lower rate on 3 of the 5 shared GPUs. Compared apart ↓
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Octa.space |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.48 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.75 floor captured Deploy ↗ | $0.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 23 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.50 | $0.51 floor captured Deploy ↗ | $1.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 median $0.48 · 2 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.37 | $0.38 floor captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.42 · 10 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.18 | $0.25 floor captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada median $0.52 · 5 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.28 from | $0.25 floor captured Deploy ↗ | $0.28 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Community capacity and marketplace floors, per GPU-hour
Capacity on other people's machines, compared on its own: a community rate is a fixed list price for a machine a third party hosts; a marketplace floor is the median of the five cheapest verified offers at the time of reading, and moves with supply. Either can be taken back sooner than an on-demand rate card, and neither enters the verdict above or any median.
| GPU | Octa.space | RunPod | Lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.75 marketplace floor captured | $0.34 community · Community Cloud captured | RunPod, by $0.41 |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.51 marketplace floor captured | $0.69 community · Community Cloud captured | Octa.space, by $0.18 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | $0.38 marketplace floor captured | $0.39 community · Community Cloud captured | Octa.space, by $0.01 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | $0.25 marketplace floor captured | $0.22 community · Community Cloud captured | RunPod, by $0.03 |
| NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada | $0.25 marketplace floor captured | $0.20 community · Community Cloud captured | RunPod, by $0.05 |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Octa.space 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 RTX 4090: Octa.space $0.75 (floor) vs RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: Octa.space $0.51 (floor) vs RunPod $1.19 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: Octa.space $0.38 (floor) vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: Octa.space $0.25 (floor) vs RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada: Octa.space $0.25 (floor) vs RunPod $0.28 (Secure Cloud) 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: