What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Offers many managed services, from databases to GPUs to object storage to containers
  • Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
  • Competitive pricing, free egress

Civo logo RunPod

  • Affordable GPUs in various configurations
  • Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
  • Available in 30+ regions across the world

Price comparison

How do Civo's prices compare against RunPod?

Example configuration Civo RunPod
VM Small $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM $43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Medium $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
VM Large $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM $172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer --
Load Balancer $10.00 / mo Single node --
Managed PostgreSQL $40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM --
Managed Redis®* $20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM --
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited Free and unlimited

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L40S Medium 1x L40S 48GB 8 64GB $1.79 Source
A100-40 Small 1x A100 40GB 8 64GB $1.79 Source
A100-80 Small 1x A100 80GB 12 128GB $2.38 Source
L40S Medium (2x) 2x L40S 96GB 16 128GB $3.57 Source
A100-40 Medium 2x A100 80GB 16 128GB $3.57 Source
A100-80 Medium 2x A100 160GB 24 256GB $4.76 Source
L40S Large 4x L40S 192GB 32 255GB $7.14 Source
A100-40 Large 4x A100 160GB 32 255GB $7.14 Source
A100-80 Large 4x A100 320GB 48 512GB $9.52 Source
L40S Extra Large 8x L40S 384GB 64 512GB $14.29 Source
A100-40 Extra Large 8x A100 320GB 64 512GB $14.29 Source
A100-80 Extra Large 8x A100 640GB 96 1024GB $19.05 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- On Request Source
GH200 1x GH200 96GB -- -- On Request Source

RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A30 1x A30 24GB 8 31GB $0.22 Source
RTX A4000 1x A4000 16GB 4 20GB $0.32 Source
A4500 1x A4500 20GB 4 29GB $0.34 Source
A5000 1x A5000 24GB 4 24GB $0.36 Source
A40 1x A40 48GB 9 50GB $0.39 Source
RTX4090 1x RTX 4090 24GB 5 30GB $0.69 Source
A6000 1x A6000 48GB 8 62GB $0.76 Source
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 12 62GB $0.86 Source
A6000 Ada 1x A6000 48GB 14 58GB $0.88 Source
L40 1x L40S 48GB 8 94GB $0.99 Source
A100 PCIe 1x A100 80GB 8 117GB $1.64 Source
A100 SXM 1x A100 80GB 16 125GB $1.89 Source
MI250 1x MI250 128GB -- -- $2.10 Source
H100 PCIe 1x H100 80GB 16 188GB $2.39 Source
H100 SXM 1x H100 80GB 16 125GB $2.99 Source
MI300X 1x MI300X 192GB 24 283GB $2.99 Source
H200 SXM 1x H200 141GB -- -- $3.99 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Civo and RunPod offer:

Service Civo RunPod
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Civo
Website civo.com
Headquarters United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded 2015
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
RunPod
Website www.runpod.io
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2022
Data Center Locations 24
Example Customers AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 16, 2024, and for RunPod on Nov. 9, 2024.