Nebius
vs
Runpod
Both rent H100 to B300 GPUs. Nebius runs managed Kubernetes, Postgres and object storage, while Runpod runs serverless endpoints and community hosts.
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- 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 | Nebius | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 17% cheaper on Nebius |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 17% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 17% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 29% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | 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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 3 configs
|
$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H100
1 config · 12 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
1 config · 5 configs
|
$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 7 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
1 config · 7 configs
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 49% cheaper on Runpod |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX 5090
7 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
A100
10 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Nebius | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 33 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | nebius.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 5, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 6, 2026.