EmpirioLabs AI vs Salad

What's good about each

EmpirioLabs AI

Text, image, video, audio and 3D models on one account
Niche and research models alongside the mainstream ones
OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini request formats
On-demand Nvidia GPUs, from RTX 5090 to B200

Salad

60,000+ daily active GPUs across 190+ countries
Consumer cards from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
Four priority levels trade interruption risk against cost
SOC 2 Type I compliant, containers isolated by hypervisor
No charge while your container downloads and starts

GPUs

EmpirioLabs AI offers 19 GPU models, while Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	EmpirioLabs AI	Salad	Difference
RTX 5090 2 configs · 2 configs	$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand	55% cheaper on Salad
RTX 4090 2 configs · 2 configs	$0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand	56% cheaper on Salad
RTX 3090 1 config · 2 configs	$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand	57% cheaper on Salad
A5000 1 config · 2 configs	$0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand	64% cheaper on Salad
H100 6 configs	$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
B300 1 config	$17.00 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
B200 1 config	$10.40 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
RTX 5060 Ti 2 configs	--	$0.07 /GPU/hr Spot	Salad only
RTX 3060 4 configs	--	$0.03 /GPU/hr Spot	Salad only
RTX 5080 2 configs	--	$0.15 /GPU/hr Spot	Salad only

All 19 GPUs on EmpirioLabs AI All 35 GPUs on Salad

EmpirioLabs AI bills on-demand; Salad bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	EmpirioLabs AI	Salad
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	EmpirioLabs AI	Salad
SOC 2	--	Type I, platform only

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	EmpirioLabs AI	Salad
Founded	--	2018
Headquarters	USA	USA
Locations	6	--
Example customers	--	Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai
Website	empiriolabs.ai	salad.com

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Our data for EmpirioLabs AI was last updated on Sept. 29, 2026, and for Salad on Sept. 29, 2026.