Impossible Cloud
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- Flat per-TB storage pricing with no egress fees
- European jurisdiction and data sovereignty, GDPR compliant
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS certified data centers
- Bare metal NVIDIA DGX GPU servers
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Impossible Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $7.99 /mo 1 TB stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | No egress fees | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free No egress or API request charges | 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
Impossible Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Impossible Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 15 configs
|
$2.87 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
9 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
|
B200
1 config · 4 configs
|
$4.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
8 configs
|
-- | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
5 configs
|
-- | $0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
A100
10 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
5 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
L40S
7 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Impossible Cloud bills reserved (12, 18, 24, 36 or 60 months); Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Impossible Cloud | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Impossible Cloud | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 32 |
| Example customers | -- | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor |
| Website | www.impossiblecloud.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Impossible Cloud was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 12, 2026.