Cleura
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cleura | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $88.02 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $176.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $33.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $39.11 /mo Octavia LBaaS | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $32.65 /TB €0.02875 / GB | -- Not listed |
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
Vast.ai offers 65 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cleura. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cleura | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
39 configs
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
10 configs
|
-- | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
90 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
36 configs
|
-- | $0.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
177 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
89 configs
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
186 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
34 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 3090
108 configs
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). 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.
| Framework | Cleura | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
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 | Cleura | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 10 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | cleura.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 1, 2026.