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GPU.ai vs Render

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What's good about...

GPU.ai logo GPU.ai

  • Per-second billing with no minimum commitment
  • Aggregates capacity across 14+ upstream providers on three continents
  • Public pricing API exposing live per-region availability counts
  • No egress or networking fees

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  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery and high availability
  • Flat workspace fee with unlimited team members, no per-seat billing
  • Free tier covers web services, Postgres and Key Value

Price comparison

How do GPU.ai's prices compare against Render?

VM Small

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$25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Medium

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$175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Large

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$450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)

Block Storage

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$25.00 / mo 100 GB

Load Balancer

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Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

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$90.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Basic-4gb) · $75 instance + 50 GB storage at $0.30 / GB

Managed Redis®*

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$32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM (Key Value Standard)

Free egress allowance

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5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale)

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

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$150.00 $0.15 / GB

GPU.ai logo GPU.ai Pricing Details

Billed per second, from the moment an instance reaches SSH-ready until it is stopped, with no minimums and no idle reservation fees. On-demand rates vary by region and upstream provider, and the platform routes each launch to the cheapest one with stock. Reserved capacity is quote-only and arranged with sales.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

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On-Demand
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Available Models

GPU.ai offers 22 GPU models.

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H100(11) H200(6) RTX PRO 6000(4) A100(8) L40S(4) B200(3) B300(2) RTX A6000(4) RTX 4090(3) RTX 5090(5)
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that GPU.ai and Render offer:

Service GPU.ai Render
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Serverless Cron Jobs
Static Sites

Company details

Website
GPU.ai GPU.ai
gpu.ai
Render Render
render.com
Headquarters
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United Arab Emirates AE flag
Render Render
United States of America US flag
Founded
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2018
Data Center Locations
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4
Example Customers
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Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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Our data for GPU.ai was last updated on Sept. 10, 2026, and for Render on July 27, 2026.