Elastx
vs
Runpod
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Elastx | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 40% cheaper on Elastx |
| Medium VM | $126.43 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 32% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $252.86 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 32% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $28.32 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 65% cheaper on Runpod |
| Object storage | $69.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $38.59 /mo v1-lb-1 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $49.85 /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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 5 configs
|
$2.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
2 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 72% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
1 config · 6 configs
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L4
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H100
12 configs
|
-- | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
7 configs
|
-- | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Elastx bills on-demand; Runpod 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | elastx.se | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.