Hikube
vs
Runpod
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hikube | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 33% cheaper on Hikube |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 25% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 25% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 54% cheaper on Runpod |
| 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 allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Hikube offers 6 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 13 configs
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 6 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
1 config · 6 configs
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
1 config · 11 configs
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 67% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
1 config · 7 configs
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L4
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
7 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Hikube bills on-demand; Runpod 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | hikube.cloud | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 23, 2026.