Cerebrium
vs
Runpod
Cerebrium and Runpod both offer serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero. Runpod carries a wider GPU catalog across 30+ regions and also rents persistent pods by the hour, while Cerebrium focuses on the serverless path with region pinning for data residency.
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 47% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 24% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 24% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 2x more expensive on Runpod |
| 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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 12 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 8 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 6 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
8 configs · 12 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L4
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 39% cheaper on Runpod |
|
T4
4 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A10
4 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cerebrium | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Cerebrium | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 32 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 12, 2026.