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Civo vs Runpod

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What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Kubernetes clusters deploy in under 90 seconds
  • Simple CLI and API with straightforward tooling
  • Transparent, predictable pricing with no hidden fees
  • GPU infrastructure including NVIDIA B200 for AI training and inference
  • UK-headquartered with data residency options
  • LLM inference with pay-per-token access to open-source models (GPT-OSS-120b, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi-K25) with up to 500k context windows

Runpod logo Runpod

  • 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

How do Civo's prices compare against Runpod?

VM Small

Civo Civo
$5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Runpod Runpod
$43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Medium

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
Runpod Runpod
$86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Large

Civo Civo
$86.91 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Runpod Runpod
$172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

Block Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 100 GB
Runpod Runpod
$10.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Runpod Runpod
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Load Balancer

Civo Civo
$10.86 /mo Single node
Runpod Runpod
--

Managed PostgreSQL

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Runpod Runpod
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Managed Redis®*

Civo Civo
$20.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Runpod Runpod
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Free egress allowance

Civo Civo
--
Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Civo Civo
Free and unlimited
Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Civo Civo
Runpod Runpod
H100 $2.99 $3.19 B300 $7.49 $7.89 H200 $3.49 $4.59 A100 $1.09 $1.39

Billing Options

Civo Civo
On-DemandReserved (6mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)
Runpod Runpod
On-DemandReservation

Available Models

Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35.

Civo Civo
H100(10) H200(10) A100(40) B200(3) L40S(20) B300(4)
Runpod Runpod
H100(10) H200(7) A100(6) RTX PRO 6000(3) B200(3) L40S(3) B300(4) RTX A6000(3) RTX 5090(3) V100(2)
View all 35 GPUs →

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Civo Civo
civo.com
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Headquarters
Civo Civo
United Kingdom GB flag
Runpod Runpod
United States of America US flag
Founded
Civo Civo
2015
Runpod Runpod
2022
Data Center Locations
Civo Civo
5
Runpod Runpod
32
Example Customers
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 11, 2026.