Nova Cloud
vs
Runcrate
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
- Per-second billing on most GPUs, with booting not billed
- GPU locations across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Container and VM instance types
- OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
GPUs
Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Runcrate offers 21. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nova Cloud | Runcrate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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$1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Nova Cloud |
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$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | Identical |
|
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-- | $17.02 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runcrate only |
|
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-- | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
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-- | $13.59 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runcrate only |
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-- | $5.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
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-- | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
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-- | $0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
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-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
|
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-- | $3.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runcrate only |
Nova Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months); Runcrate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Nova Cloud | Runcrate |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers |
Company details
| Fact | Nova Cloud | Runcrate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | Canada | USA |
| Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | nova-cloud.ai | www.runcrate.ai |
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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Nov. 10, 2026, and for Runcrate on Nov. 11, 2026.