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Civo vs Vast.ai

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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

Vast.ai logo Vast.ai

  • Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
  • On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
  • SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
  • Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
  • REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins

Price comparison

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

VM Small

Civo Civo
$5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Medium

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Large

Civo Civo
$86.91 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Block Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 100 GB
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Object Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Load Balancer

Civo Civo
$10.86 /mo Single node
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed PostgreSQL

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed Redis®*

Civo Civo
$20.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

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

Hosts set their own rates. Compute is billed per second from prepaid credits. Storage charges continue while an instance is stopped, and bandwidth fees vary by host.

  • On-demand: Fixed rates for the offer's maximum duration.
  • Interruptible: Bid for capacity. Instances pause if you're outbid or an on-demand renter takes the machine.
  • Reserved: Prepay for a fixed term, with larger discounts for longer commitments.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Civo Civo
Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100 $2.99 $2.13 B300 $7.49 $12.13 H200 $3.49 $3.97 A100 $1.09 $0.91

Billing Options

Civo Civo
On-DemandReserved (6mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)

Available Models

Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 23.

Civo Civo
H100(10) H200(10) A100(40) B200(3) L40S(20) B300(4)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(12) H200(3) A100(9) RTX PRO 6000(16) B200(8) B300(2) V100(1) RTX 5090(16) L4(6) RTX 4090(1)
View all 23 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 Vast.ai offer:

Service Civo Vast.ai
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

Website
Civo Civo
civo.com
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
Civo Civo
United Kingdom GB flag
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America US flag
Founded
Civo Civo
2015
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
Civo Civo
5
Vast.ai Vast.ai
10
Example Customers
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch

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