AWS
vs
Runcrate
What's good about each
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
- Per-second GPU billing with no minimum commitment
- Eight global regions across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Full root access with SSH, Docker, and custom images
- OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Runcrate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $7.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $119.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $248.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.63 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $22.57 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $36.26 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | -- Not listed |
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
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Runcrate offers 16. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Runcrate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 1 config
|
$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.5x more expensive on AWS |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 1 config
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
A100
6 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
L40S
24 configs · 1 config
|
$1.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
L4
30 configs · 1 config
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on AWS |
|
V100
6 configs · 2 configs
|
$3.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
B300
1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); Runcrate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Runcrate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | -- |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | -- |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | www.runcrate.ai |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Runcrate on Sept. 12, 2026.