QuantaCloud vs RunPod
As of , QuantaCloud lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 7 GPUs both offer on-demand; RunPod wins on 2. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H100 PCIe: QuantaCloud $2.59 (Midwest - us-midwest-2) vs RunPod $2.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — QuantaCloud is $0.30 (10%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | QuantaCloud | RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.84 · 11 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $2.59 Midwest - us-midwest-2 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 (10%) | QuantaCloud |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.17 · 34 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.39 Virginia - us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.09 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 (13%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.80 · 46 providers · lowest Deep Infra $0.89 | $1.48 Midwest - us-midwest-2 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 (7%) | QuantaCloud |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 33 providers · lowest Beam $0.76 from | $1.09 Midwest - us-midwest-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.09 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | Same |
| NVIDIA L40 median $0.90 · 8 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.78 from | $0.94 Midwest - us-midwest-2 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.82 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.12 (13%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $0.86 · 10 providers · lowest Edgevana $0.62 from | $0.79 Midwest - us-midwest-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.84 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (6%) | QuantaCloud |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.55 · 16 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.48 Midwest - us-midwest-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.53 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (9%) | QuantaCloud |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of QuantaCloud 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 H100 PCIe: QuantaCloud $2.59 (Midwest - us-midwest-2) vs RunPod $2.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — QuantaCloud is $0.30 (10%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: QuantaCloud $2.39 (Virginia - us-east-1) vs RunPod $2.09 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.30 (13%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: QuantaCloud $1.48 (Midwest - us-midwest-2) vs RunPod $1.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — QuantaCloud is $0.11 (7%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: QuantaCloud $1.09 (Midwest - us-midwest-1) vs RunPod $1.09 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — identical.
- NVIDIA L40: QuantaCloud $0.94 (Midwest - us-midwest-2) vs RunPod $0.82 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.12 (13%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: QuantaCloud $0.79 (Midwest - us-midwest-1) vs RunPod $0.84 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — QuantaCloud is $0.05 (6%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: QuantaCloud $0.48 (Midwest - us-midwest-1) vs RunPod $0.53 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — QuantaCloud is $0.05 (9%) 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: