Oblivus
vs
Vast.ai
Both rent A100 to H200 GPUs with spot pricing. Oblivus runs its own datacenters in Canada, Norway and the US with unmetered bandwidth, while Vast.ai lists a wider catalog from independent hosts at real-time rates.
What's good about each
- Unmetered bandwidth, up to 100 Gb/s per node
- Reservation terms of 1-36 months
- ISO 27001, SOC 1/2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant datacenters
- 3x replicated NVMe network storage
- Datacenters in Canada, Norway and the United States
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Oblivus | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | $83.52 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x4) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $167.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x8) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.09 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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
Oblivus offers 9 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 65. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Oblivus | Vast.ai | Difference |
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$3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$8.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 59% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $3.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | 35% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$1.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | 73% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$0.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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-- | $5.20 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Oblivus bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Oblivus | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Oblivus | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, data centers only | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | Data centers only | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Oblivus | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | Stanford University, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, University of Sydney, Bittensor, Akash, Prime Intellect, Shadeform, Strong Compute, RunComfy, VNG | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | oblivus.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Oblivus was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.