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Elastx vs Replicate

Elastx vs Replicate

What's good about each

Elastx

All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Elastx	Replicate
Small VM	$27.03 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk	-- Not listed
Medium VM	$130.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk	-- Not listed
Large VM	$261.60 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk	-- Not listed
Block storage	$29.30 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)	-- Not listed
Object storage	$56.74 /mo 1 TB stored	-- Not listed
PostgreSQL	$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk	-- Not listed
Redis	$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)	-- Not listed
Load balancer	$39.92 /mo v1-lb-1	-- Not listed
Egress	$51.58 /TB 1 TB external traffic	-- 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

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Replicate offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Elastx	Replicate	Difference
A100 2 configs · 4 configs	$3.78 /GPU/hr On-demand	$5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand	25% cheaper on Elastx
L40S 1 config · 4 configs	$2.31 /GPU/hr On-demand	$3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand	34% cheaper on Elastx
RTX PRO 6000 1 config	$2.91 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Elastx only
L4 1 config	$1.02 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	Elastx only
H100 4 configs	--	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
H200 4 configs	--	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
T4 1 config	--	$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only

All 4 GPUs on Elastx All 5 GPUs on Replicate

Elastx bills on-demand; Replicate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Salad

Access 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries, from $0.02/hour

Run RTX 50-series and 40-series cards without datacenter pricing

Pick a priority level to balance cost against interruptions

Per-second billing, with no charge for cold starts or image pulls

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Elastx	Replicate
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Fact	Elastx	Replicate
Founded	2012	2019
Headquarters	Sweden	USA
Locations	3	--
Example customers	--	BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Website	elastx.se	replicate.com

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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Replicate on Sept. 11, 2026.