OpenRelay vs Replicate

What's good about each

OpenRelay

Nvidia and AMD GPUs, from RTX 3090 to B300
No egress fees, disk included in the hourly rate
Whole GPUs passed through with root SSH access
OpenAI-compatible inference API billed per token

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	OpenRelay	Replicate	Difference
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

OpenRelay offers 15 GPU models, while Replicate offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	OpenRelay	Replicate	Difference
H100 2 configs · 4 configs	$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	60% cheaper on OpenRelay
A100 1 config · 4 configs	$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand	$5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand	78% cheaper on OpenRelay
B300 1 config	$8.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	OpenRelay only
B200 1 config	$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	OpenRelay only
RTX PRO 6000 1 config	$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	OpenRelay only
RTX 5090 1 config	$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	--	OpenRelay only
RTX 4090 1 config	$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out	--	OpenRelay only
H200 4 configs	--	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
L40S 4 configs	--	$3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
T4 1 config	--	$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only

All 15 GPUs on OpenRelay All 5 GPUs on Replicate

OpenRelay bills on-demand; Replicate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Lium

Built for agents: CLI, SDK and MCP server. Your agent rents and runs GPUs itself.

A permissionless marketplace. 1000+ nodes from independent providers worldwide.

Hard to find nodes available; B200 and B300 Blackwell nodes listed now.

Consumer + DC grade cards for cheap. H100s from $1/hr, RTX 5090s from $0.35/hr.

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	OpenRelay	Replicate
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes

Company details

Fact	OpenRelay	Replicate
Founded	--	2019
Headquarters	USA	USA
Locations	3	--
Example customers	--	BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Website	openrelay.inc	replicate.com

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Our data for OpenRelay was last updated on Nov. 9, 2026, and for Replicate on Nov. 9, 2026.