CUDO
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- NVIDIA Cloud Partner operating dedicated H100, H200 and Blackwell clusters
- Full-stack delivery: power, GPU compute, storage and networking, with 24/7 SRE operations
- High-performance storage via VAST, Weka and DDN, with InfiniBand or Ethernet networking
- Regional deployments across North America, Europe, the UK and MENA
- 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
GPUs
CUDO offers 5 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 63. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CUDO | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 23 configs
|
-- On request | $0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
-- On request | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
B200
1 config · 8 configs
|
-- On request | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
H200
1 config · 31 configs
|
-- On request | $0.47 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | CUDO only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
97 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
158 configs
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
107 configs
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
175 configs
|
-- | $0.19 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
28 configs
|
-- | $0.59 /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.
| Service | CUDO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | CUDO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | CUDO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.cudocompute.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for CUDO was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 1, 2026.