Civo
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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 | Civo | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 87% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 50% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 20% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 8% cheaper on Runpod |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | -- 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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 12 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$7.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5% cheaper on Civo |
|
B200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
H200
10 configs · 7 configs
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 9 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
20 configs · 6 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
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 | Civo | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 33 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | civo.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.