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Render vs Vast.ai

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What's good about...

Render logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Vast.ai logo Vast.ai

  • Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
  • Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
  • Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
  • Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow

Price comparison

How do Render's prices compare against Vast.ai?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Render Render
$25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Render Render
$175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Render Render
$450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Render Render
$25.00 / mo 100 GB
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Render Render
Included in plan
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Render Render
$95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Render Render
$32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Free egress allowance

Render Render
100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Render Render
$300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vast.ai logo Vast.ai Pricing Details

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Render Render
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Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr

Billing Options

Render Render
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Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)

Available Models

Vast.ai offers 57 GPU models.

Render Render
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Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(40) A100(106) H200(56) B200(20) RTX Pro 6000(145) V100(28) RTX A6000(8) L4(11) RTX 4090(291) B300(6)
View all 57 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Render and Vast.ai offer:

Service Render Vast.ai
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Serverless Cron Jobs
Static Sites

Company details

Website
Render Render
render.com
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
Render Render
United States of America
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Founded
Render Render
2018
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
Render Render
4
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Example Customers
Render Render
Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt
Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch

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Our data for Render was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Vast.ai on June 19, 2026.