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Cirrascale vs Vast.ai

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What's good about...

Cirrascale logo Cirrascale

  • 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

Vast.ai logo Vast.ai

  • Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
  • Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
  • Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
  • Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow

Price comparison

How do Cirrascale's prices compare against Vast.ai?

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
$20.00 / mo 100 GB (NVMe storage)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
$40.00 / mo 1 TB, zero bandwidth fees
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cirrascale Cirrascale
Free and unlimited
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vast.ai logo Vast.ai Pricing Details

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cirrascale Cirrascale
$0.28/hr
Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr

Billing Options

Cirrascale Cirrascale
Reserved (1mo)Reserved (6mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (12mo)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)

Available Models

Cirrascale offers 9 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 56.

Cirrascale Cirrascale
H100(4) A100(12) H200(4) B200(4) RTX A6000(4) A4000(4) A5000(4) MI300X(4) MI250(4)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(64) A100(116) H200(38) B200(18) RTX Pro 6000(156) V100(26) RTX A6000(20) L4(16) RTX 4090(294) B300(4)
View all 56 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cirrascale and Vast.ai offer:

Service Cirrascale Vast.ai
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage
Serverless Functions

Company details

Website
Cirrascale Cirrascale
www.cirrascale.com
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
Cirrascale Cirrascale
United States of America
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Founded
Cirrascale Cirrascale
2010
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
Cirrascale Cirrascale
12
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Example Customers
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch

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Our data for Cirrascale was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Vast.ai on June 23, 2026.