Salad vs Vast.ai
As of , Salad and Vast.ai share 12 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: 3 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 RTX 5090: Salad $0.50 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.60 (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 - Salad lists the lower rate on 12 of the 12 shared GPUs. Compared apart ↓
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Salad |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 15 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $0.50 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.49 · 15 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.33 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.45 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 median $0.48 · 2 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.36 | $0.26 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | $0.23 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | $0.21 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.33 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.50 · 7 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.30 | $0.17 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | $0.17 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $0.15 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.39 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | $0.15 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | $0.15 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 median $0.35 · 2 providers · lowest SynpixCloud $0.23 | $0.14 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | $0.14 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | $0.16 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 GeForce RTX 5060: 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 | Salad | Vast.ai | Lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.25 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.60 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.35 |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.16 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.45 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.29 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | $0.15 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.60 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.45 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | $0.10 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.20 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.10 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | $0.09 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.33 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | Salad, by $0.24 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | $0.09 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.16 marketplace floor · Multi-GPU machines captured | Salad, by $0.07 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | $0.08 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.48 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.40 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $0.08 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.39 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.31 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | $0.07 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.20 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.13 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | $0.07 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.16 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.09 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | $0.06 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.24 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.18 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | $0.08 community · Lowest priority captured | $0.16 marketplace floor captured | Salad, by $0.08 |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Salad | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | $0.25 captured | — |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.16 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | $0.15 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | $0.10 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | $0.09 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | $0.09 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | $0.08 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $0.08 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | $0.07 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | $0.07 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | $0.06 captured | — |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | $0.08 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Salad 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 RTX 5090: Salad $0.50 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.60 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Salad $0.33 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.45 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: Salad $0.26 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.60 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: Salad $0.23 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.20 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER: Salad $0.21 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.33 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: Salad $0.17 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.16 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: Salad $0.17 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.48 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti: Salad $0.15 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.39 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070: Salad $0.15 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.20 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti: Salad $0.15 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.16 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: Salad $0.14 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.24 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti: Salad $0.14 (High priority) vs Vast.ai $0.16 (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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