What's good about...

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai

  • Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
  • Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Offers both serverless GPU instances

Fal.ai logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Vultr?

Example configuration Fal.ai Vultr
VM Small -- $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium -- $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large -- $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage -- $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $6.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance -- 2 TB / mo for most services
1 TB of egress beyond allowance -- $10.00 $0.01 / GB

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

  • GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
  • Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

Fal.ai GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A6000 1x A6000 48GB -- -- $0.60 Source
A100 1x A100 40GB -- -- $0.99 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- $1.89 Source
H200 1x H200 141GB -- -- $2.10 Source
B200 1x B200 184GB -- -- On Request Source

Vultr GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A16 1x A16 16GB 6 64GB $0.51 Source
A16 2x A16 96GB 12 128GB $1.02 Source
A40 1x A40 48GB 24 120GB $1.86 Source
A16 4x A16 192GB 24 256GB $2.05 Source
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 16 240GB $2.23 Source
A100 80GB 1x A100 80GB 12 120GB $2.60 Source
GH200 1x GH200 96GB 72 480GB $3.32 Source
A16 8x A16 384GB 48 486GB $4.09 Source
A40 4x A40 192GB 96 480GB $7.44 Source
A16 16x A16 768GB 96 960GB $9.19 Source
HGX A100 8x A100 5120GB 112 2048GB $12.90 Source
H100 8x H100 640GB 112 2048GB $18.40 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Fal.ai and Vultr offer:

Service Fal.ai Vultr
Block Storage --
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Fal.ai
Website fal.ai
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2021
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra
Vultr
Website www.vultr.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2014
Data Center Locations 32
Example Customers Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Fal.ai was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for Vultr on Sept. 28, 2024.