Hugging Face
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
- 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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hugging Face | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 8x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Included within the allowance | -- 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
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 62. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hugging Face | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 72 configs
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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H200
4 configs · 18 configs
|
$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | 35% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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A100
3 configs · 28 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | 83% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L40S
3 configs · 14 configs
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$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | 70% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L4
2 configs · 9 configs
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$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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T4
2 configs · 2 configs
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$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | 63% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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A10G
4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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H100
22 configs
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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B300
2 configs
|
-- | $4.87 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
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B200
6 configs
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-- | $7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand; 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 | Hugging Face | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hugging Face | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | Enterprise plan only | 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 | Hugging Face | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | huggingface.co | vast.ai |
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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 24, 2026.