RunPod vs Vast.ai
As of , RunPod and Vast.ai share 24 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. Not compared today: 7 more shared GPUs, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $10.25 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted. On other people's machines - community capacity and marketplace floors, a market of its own - Vast.ai lists the lower rate on 12 of the 23 shared GPUs. Compared apart ↓
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  RunPod |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.99 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $7.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $10.25 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 NVL median $3.62 · 5 providers · lowest IONOS Cloud $3.36 | $3.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $3.88 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.89 · 11 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $2.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $2.00 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.21 · 38 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.34 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.07 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q median $1.86 · 2 providers · lowest EmpirioLabs $1.80 | $1.64 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.30 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 15 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $1.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.40 · 38 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.09 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.79 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.42 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.06 · 11 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.65 from | $0.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.70 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell median $1.21 · 2 providers · lowest RunPod $0.96 | $0.96 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.67 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.49 · 15 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.45 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 median $0.48 · 2 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.36 | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 21 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.36 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 18 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.50 · 7 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.30 | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | $0.28 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 median $0.58 · 8 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.27 from | $0.27 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.25 · 9 providers · lowest centron $0.15 GPU only | $0.25 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.12 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 11 providers · lowest Verda $0.23 | $0.23 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $0.18 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.39 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 median $0.35 · 2 providers · lowest SynpixCloud $0.23 | $0.17 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | $0.13 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A2000 | $0.12 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.14 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 GeForce RTX 3090 Ti: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA H100 NVL: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA H200: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation: Vast.ai: thin 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 | RunPod | Vast.ai | Lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $5.98 community · Community Cloud captured | $10.25 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | RunPod, by $4.27 |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe | $1.99 community · Community Cloud captured | $2.00 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | RunPod, by $0.01 |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.69 community · Community Cloud captured | $1.34 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.35 |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.19 community · Community Cloud captured | $1.07 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | Vast.ai, by $0.12 |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q | $1.64 community · Community Cloud captured | $1.30 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.34 |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.69 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.60 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.09 |
| NVIDIA L40S | $0.79 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.79 marketplace floor captured | Same |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $1.00 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.42 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.58 |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada | $0.74 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.70 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.04 |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell | $0.82 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.67 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.15 |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.34 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.45 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.11 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | $0.39 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.60 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.21 |
| NVIDIA L4 | $0.44 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.36 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.08 |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | $0.33 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.40 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.07 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | $0.22 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.16 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | Vast.ai, by $0.06 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | $0.28 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.54 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.26 |
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 | $0.16 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.23 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.07 |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 | $0.17 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.12 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.05 |
| NVIDIA V100 | $0.23 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.11 marketplace floor captured | Vast.ai, by $0.12 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $0.18 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.39 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.21 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | $0.17 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.24 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.07 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | $0.13 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.20 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.07 |
| NVIDIA RTX A2000 | $0.12 community · Community Cloud captured | $0.14 marketplace floor captured | RunPod, by $0.02 |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of RunPod 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: RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $10.25 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200 NVL: RunPod $3.79 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $3.88 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: RunPod $2.89 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $2.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: RunPod $2.49 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $1.34 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $1.07 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q: RunPod $1.64 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $1.30 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: RunPod $1.19 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.60 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: RunPod $1.09 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.79 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.42 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: RunPod $0.99 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.70 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell: RunPod $0.96 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.67 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.45 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.60 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L4: RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.36 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.40 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.16 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER: RunPod $0.28 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.54 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000: RunPod $0.27 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.23 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: RunPod $0.25 (Secure Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.12 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA V100: RunPod $0.23 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.11 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: RunPod $0.18 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.39 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: RunPod $0.17 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.24 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070: RunPod $0.13 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.20 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A2000: RunPod $0.12 (Community Cloud) vs Vast.ai $0.14 (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: