Hexabyte vs Runcrate

What's good about each

Hexabyte

Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
Offers dedicated servers
EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage

Runcrate

Per-second GPU billing with no minimum commitment
Eight global regions across North America, Europe, and Asia
Full root access with SSH, Docker, and custom images
OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Hexabyte	Runcrate
Small VM	$4.39 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe	-- Not listed
Medium VM	$11.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe	-- Not listed
Large VM	$20.01 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe	-- Not listed
Object storage	$6.81 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees)	-- Not listed
Egress allowance	20 TB / mo per instance	-- Not listed
Egress	$1.14 /TB per TB	-- Not listed

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

Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model, while Runcrate offers 16. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Hexabyte	Runcrate	Difference
L4 4 configs · 1 config	$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand	$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand	67% cheaper on Hexabyte
H100 1 config	--	$3.55 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
RTX PRO 6000 1 config	--	$2.85 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
H200 1 config	--	$4.24 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
RTX 5090 1 config	--	$0.85 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
A100 2 configs	--	$1.76 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
L40S 1 config	--	$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
RTX 6000 Ada 1 config	--	$1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
RTX A6000 1 config	--	$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only
V100 2 configs	--	$3.04 /GPU/hr On-demand	Runcrate only

All 1 GPU on Hexabyte All 16 GPUs on Runcrate

Hexabyte bills on-demand; Runcrate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Lium

Built for agents: CLI, SDK and MCP server. Your agent rents and runs GPUs itself.

A permissionless marketplace. 1000+ nodes from independent providers worldwide.

Hard to find nodes available; B200 and B300 Blackwell nodes listed now.

Consumer + DC grade cards for cheap. H100s from $1/hr, RTX 5090s from $0.35/hr.

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Hexabyte	Runcrate
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Fact	Hexabyte	Runcrate
Founded	2016	2024
Headquarters	Sweden	USA
Locations	1	--
Example customers	Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce	--
Website	hexabyte.se	www.runcrate.ai

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Our data for Hexabyte was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Runcrate on Oct. 1, 2026.