OpenRelay
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | OpenRelay | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OpenRelay | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B200
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
1 config · 3 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 54% cheaper on OpenRelay |
MI355X
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
MI300X
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
MI325X
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B300
1 config
|
$8.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OpenRelay only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OpenRelay only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
OpenRelay bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | OpenRelay | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | openrelay.inc | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for OpenRelay was last updated on Nov. 9, 2026, and for Vultr on Nov. 9, 2026.