Nova Cloud
vs
OpenRelay
What's good about each
- Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
- Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
- Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
- 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, from RTX 3090 to B300
- No egress fees, disk included in the hourly rate
- Whole GPUs passed through with root SSH access
- OpenAI-compatible inference API billed per token
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Nova Cloud | OpenRelay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while OpenRelay offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nova Cloud | OpenRelay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
RTX 5090
20 configs · 1 config
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 28% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
A100
1 config
|
-- | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX 3090
1 config
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | OpenRelay only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | OpenRelay only |
Nova Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months); OpenRelay bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Nova Cloud | OpenRelay |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes |
Company details
| Fact | Nova Cloud | OpenRelay |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | -- |
| Headquarters | Canada | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 3 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | nova-cloud.ai | openrelay.inc |
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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Nov. 9, 2026, and for OpenRelay on Nov. 9, 2026.