Canopy Wave
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Canopy Wave | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | -- 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
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 58. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 31 configs
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
B300
1 config · 5 configs
|
-- On request | $7.50 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
B200
3 configs · 6 configs
|
-- On request | $7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
H200
3 configs · 27 configs
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
72 configs
|
-- | $0.38 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
146 configs
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
43 configs
|
-- | $0.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
109 configs
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
12 configs
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Canopy Wave | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Canopy Wave | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| 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 | Canopy Wave | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | 10 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | canopywave.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 23, 2026.