OpenRelay
vs
Thunder Compute
What's good about each
- 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
- Per-minute billing, nothing charged while an instance is stopped
- Per-second GPU sandboxes, each its own Firecracker microVM
- MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
- 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | OpenRelay | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $21.90 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free and unlimited |
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 Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OpenRelay | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 31% cheaper on OpenRelay |
|
A100
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
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 |
|
RTX 3090
1 config
|
$0.18 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
L40
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
OpenRelay bills on-demand; Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | OpenRelay | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | OpenRelay | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | NYU Langone Health, MIT, ETH Zürich, UC Berkeley, Theseus, Conduit, InstaLILY |
| Website | openrelay.inc | www.thundercompute.com |
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Our data for OpenRelay was last updated on Nov. 9, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Nov. 9, 2026.