Runcrate
vs
TheAI
What's good about each
- Per-second billing on most GPUs, with booting not billed
- GPU locations across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Container and VM instance types
- OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Sites in Iowa, Mexico City, London and Luxembourg
- A network port per GPU on B300 and H100 nodes
GPUs
Runcrate offers 21 GPU models, while TheAI offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runcrate | TheAI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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$18.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr Reserved (60 mo) | Different terms |
|
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$3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.30 /GPU/hr Reserved (6 mo) | Different terms |
|
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$5.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.55 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Different terms |
|
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$9.33 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$1.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
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$0.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
Runcrate bills on-demand; TheAI bills reserved (6, 12, 18, 24, 36 or 60 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runcrate | TheAI |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers |
Company details
| Fact | Runcrate | TheAI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | UAE |
| Locations | -- | 4 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | www.runcrate.ai | cloud.theai.com |
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Our data for Runcrate was last updated on Nov. 12, 2026, and for TheAI on Nov. 12, 2026.