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Nova Cloud vs Runpod

Nova Cloud rents RTX-class GPUs from its own datacenters in Western Canada, while Runpod offers a broader range of data center GPUs across 30+ global regions with built-in container deployment and autoscaling.

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What's good about...

Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

  • 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

Runpod logo Runpod

  • 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

How do Nova Cloud's prices compare against Runpod?

VM Small

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
$43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Medium

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
$86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

VM Large

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
$172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)

Block Storage

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
$10.00 /mo 100 GB

Free egress allowance

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Runpod Runpod
RTX PRO 6000 $1.26 $2.09 RTX 5090 $0.63 $0.69

Billing Options

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)
Runpod Runpod
On-DemandReservation

Available Models

Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Runpod offers 35.

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000(20) RTX 5090(20)
Runpod Runpod
H100(9) H200(5) A100(6) RTX PRO 6000(3) B200(3) L40S(3) B300(4) RTX A6000(3) RTX 5090(3) V100(2)
View all 35 GPUs →

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Nova Cloud and Runpod offer:

Service Nova Cloud Runpod
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
nova-cloud.ai
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Headquarters
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Canada CA flag
Runpod Runpod
United States of America US flag
Founded
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
2018
Runpod Runpod
2022
Data Center Locations
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
1
Runpod Runpod
32
Example Customers
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Runpod on Sept. 11, 2026.