What's good about...

Elastx logo Elastx

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with four 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

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
  • Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
  • Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
  • Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs

Price comparison

How do Elastx's prices compare against Salad?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Elastx Elastx
$25.17 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Salad Salad
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Elastx Elastx
$121.93 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk
Salad Salad
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Elastx Elastx
$243.76 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk
Salad Salad
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Elastx Elastx
$27.28 / mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)
Salad Salad
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Elastx Elastx
$52.88 / mo 1 TB stored
Salad Salad
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Elastx Elastx
$40.93 / mo v1-lb-1
Salad Salad
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Elastx Elastx
$176.82 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk
Salad Salad
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Elastx Elastx
$176.82 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)
Salad Salad
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Elastx Elastx
$52.88 1 TB external traffic
Salad Salad
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Salad logo Salad Pricing Details

Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Elastx Elastx
On-Demand
Salad Salad
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Elastx Elastx
elastx.se
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Elastx Elastx
Sweden
Salad Salad
United States of America
Founded
Elastx Elastx
2012
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Elastx Elastx
4
Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Elastx Elastx
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Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

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Our data for Elastx was last updated on April 13, 2026, and for Salad on Aug. 22, 2026.