Cirrascale
vs
Runpod
Both rent A100 to B200 GPUs. Cirrascale sells reserved Nvidia and AMD capacity from US datacenters, while Runpod rents on demand by the second from community and secure clouds worldwide.
What's good about each
- Multiple GPU types (NVIDIA, AMD, Cerebras, Qualcomm, SambaNova)
- Reservation pricing with 1 to 12-month terms
- High-speed networking (up to 3200Gb per server)
- Offers object storage and managed inference
- 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 | Cirrascale | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $20.00 /mo 100 GB (NVMe storage) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 50% cheaper on Runpod |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB, zero bandwidth fees | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Cirrascale offers 11 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cirrascale | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 11 configs
|
$3.47 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
B200
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
H200
4 configs · 6 configs
|
$3.68 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
A100
12 configs · 12 configs
|
$2.33 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
MI300X
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$3.12 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
RTX A6000
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
A4000
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
A5000
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Cirrascale only |
Cirrascale bills reserved (1, 3, 6 or 12 months); Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cirrascale | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Cirrascale | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 12 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | www.cirrascale.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Cirrascale was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.