Novita
vs
Zenlayer
What's good about each
- Wide range of GPU options from RTX 3090 to H200
- Spot pricing available for up to 50% cost savings
- Offers serverless endpoints, bare metal, and cloud instances
- 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
- Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
- Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
- Competitive GPU pricing
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Novita | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $52.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $104.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $8.00 /mo 100 GB volume | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $32.70 /mo 1 TB estimated usage | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $4.50 /TB Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month |
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
Novita offers 6 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Novita | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs
|
$1.70 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Novita only |
|
RTX 5090
20 configs
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Novita only |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Novita only |
|
RTX 4090
20 configs
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Novita only |
|
L40S
8 configs
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Novita only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
20 configs
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Novita only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | Zenlayer only |
Novita bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); Zenlayer bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Novita | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Novita | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 22 |
| Example customers | beBee, Fish Audio, Gizmo, Wiz.ai | -- |
| Website | novita.ai | cloud.zenlayer.com |
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Our data for Novita was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Sept. 12, 2026.