HIGHRESO
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- GPUs from A4000 and A100 to H200 and B200
- Four company-owned GPU datacenters across Japan
- Data transfer included in instance pricing
- Japanese-language engineering support
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
HIGHRESO offers 4 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 61. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | HIGHRESO | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B200
1 config · 8 configs
|
-- On request | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
H200
1 config · 25 configs
|
-- On request | $0.65 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
A100
4 configs · 63 configs
|
-- On request | $0.14 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
A4000
1 config · 27 configs
|
-- On request | $0.06 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
H100
23 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
94 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
176 configs
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
176 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
32 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | HIGHRESO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | HIGHRESO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | HIGHRESO | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Japan | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 10 |
| Example customers | Senju Pharmaceutical, Nagase & Co., Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Waseda University, NTT PC Communications | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | highreso.jp | vast.ai |
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Our data for HIGHRESO was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 28, 2026.