Hikube
vs
Runcrate
What's good about each
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
- 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 | Hikube | Runcrate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- 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
Hikube offers 6 GPU models, while Runcrate offers 18. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Runcrate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
A100
1 config · 2 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 51% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
L4
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Hikube |
|
RTX 5090
1 config
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
Hikube bills on-demand; Runcrate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Hikube | Runcrate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | hikube.cloud | www.runcrate.ai |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Runcrate on Sept. 23, 2026.