FlexStack
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- One-click deploy to AWS without complicated infrastructure or templates
- Easy-to-use dashboard and excellent documentation
- No vendor lock-in - uses your own AWS account and can "eject" anytime
- Generous free tier with affordable monthly plans
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | FlexStack | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Runpod offers 35 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from FlexStack. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | FlexStack | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $3.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
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-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | FlexStack | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | FlexStack | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 32 |
| Example customers | -- | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor |
| Website | flexstack.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for FlexStack was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 12, 2026.