Nova Cloud vs Salad
Nova Cloud provides dedicated GPU virtual machines from its own datacenters, whereas Salad runs containerized workloads across a distributed network of idle consumer and data center GPUs, trading some reliability for lower cost.
What's good about...
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
Price comparison
Salad Pricing
Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
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Available Models
Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.
Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Nova Cloud and Salad offer:
Company details
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| Website | nova-cloud.ai | salad.com |
| Headquarters | Canada | United States of America |
| Founded | 2018 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example Customers | -- | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Salad on Aug. 21, 2026.