Elastx
vs
OpenRelay
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, from RTX 3090 to B300
- No egress fees, disk included in the hourly rate
- Whole GPUs passed through with root SSH access
- OpenAI-compatible inference API billed per token
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Elastx | OpenRelay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.53 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $128.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $256.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $28.76 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $70.95 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $185.61 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $185.61 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $39.19 /mo v1-lb-1 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $50.63 /TB 1 TB external traffic | Free and unlimited |
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
Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while OpenRelay offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | OpenRelay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
A100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$3.65 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | 70% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
L4
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 57% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$2.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
-- | $0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX 3090
1 config
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
Elastx bills on-demand; OpenRelay bills on-demand. 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.
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 | Elastx | OpenRelay |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | -- |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | elastx.se | openrelay.inc |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for OpenRelay on Nov. 9, 2026.