Fluidstack
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- Managed Slurm and Kubernetes clusters on bare metal
- Active and passive cluster health checks with observability
- ClusterMAX Gold rating from SemiAnalysis
- Custom data centers built for a single customer's workload
- 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 | Fluidstack | 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 Fluidstack. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Fluidstack | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
14 configs
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
-- | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
A100
10 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
L40S
5 configs
|
-- | $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 | Fluidstack | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Fluidstack | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 32 |
| Example customers | -- | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor |
| Website | www.fluidstack.io | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Fluidstack was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 12, 2026.