Runcrate
vs
Vast.ai
Runcrate runs its own aggregated fleet at fixed published rates, while Vast.ai is a marketplace where third-party hosts set prices, often undercutting traditional clouds in exchange for variable reliability.
What's good about each
- Per-second GPU billing with no minimum commitment
- Eight global regions across North America, Europe, and Asia
- Full root access with SSH, Docker, and custom images
- OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source models
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
Runcrate offers 16 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 32. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runcrate | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 43 configs
|
$2.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H200
1 config · 40 configs
|
$4.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 70 configs
|
$2.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.3x more expensive on Runcrate |
|
A100
2 configs · 28 configs
|
$1.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 4090
1 config · 21 configs
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
V100
2 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17x more expensive on Runcrate |
|
A4000
1 config · 2 configs
|
$0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Runcrate |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runcrate only |
|
B300
10 configs
|
-- | $6.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Runcrate bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runcrate | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Company details
| Fact | Runcrate | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.runcrate.ai | vast.ai |
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Our data for Runcrate was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 12, 2026.