AceCloud
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AceCloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 65% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 31% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 31% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 10% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs · 12 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
21 configs · 5 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
H200
18 configs · 7 configs
|
$3.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
A100
9 configs · 9 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
L40S
20 configs · 6 configs
|
$1.87 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 58% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.84 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
L4
15 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX A6000
11 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | 54% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A30
12 configs
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AceCloud | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AceCloud | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | acecloud.ai | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.