Hot Aisle
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- Single-GPU MI300X VMs, billed per minute
- Full 8x MI300X bare metal with root access
- 3.2 Tb/s RoCEv2 networking on bare metal nodes
- Datacenter powered by 100% renewable energy
- 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
Hot Aisle offers 1 GPU model, while Vast.ai offers 66. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hot Aisle | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
MI300X
7 configs
|
$3.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Hot Aisle only |
H100
49 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
6 configs
|
-- | $5.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
90 configs
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
34 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
181 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
86 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
177 configs
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
43 configs
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Hot Aisle bills on-demand and reserved (1 months); 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 | Hot Aisle | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hot Aisle | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | Yes | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Hot Aisle | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | hotaisle.xyz | vast.ai |
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Our data for Hot Aisle was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.