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Runpod vs Salad

Both Runpod and Salad offer a mix of secure and community GPUs. RunPod provides more granular control with both container and VM options, while Salad focuses on a streamlined container engine experience.

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What's good about...

Runpod logo Runpod

  • Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
  • Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
  • Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
  • Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring

Salad logo Salad

  • Wide range of affordable GPUs
  • Deploy to thousands of instances worldwide
  • Built-in object storage and managed databases

Price comparison

How do Runpod's prices compare against Salad?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Runpod Runpod
$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Salad Salad
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Runpod Runpod
$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Salad Salad
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Runpod Runpod
$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Salad Salad
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Runpod Runpod
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Salad Salad
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Free egress allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Salad Salad
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Salad Salad
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Runpod Runpod
$0.13/hr
Salad Salad
$0.03/hr

Billing Options

Runpod Runpod
On-DemandSpotReserved (3mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (6mo)
Salad Salad
On-Demand

Available Models

Runpod offers 25 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.

Runpod Runpod
H100(42) A100(32) H200(24) L40S(24) B200(12) RTX Pro 6000(24) V100(2) RTX A6000(5) L4(16) RTX 4090(5)
View all 25 GPUs
Salad Salad
RTX 4090(1) RTX 5090(1) A5000(1) RTX 3090(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 3070(1) RTX 3080 Ti(1) RTX 3060 Ti(1) RTX 5080(1) RTX 2060(1)
View all 33 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 Runpod and Salad offer:

Service Runpod Salad
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Runpod Runpod
United States of America
Salad Salad
United States of America
Founded
Runpod Runpod
2022
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Runpod Runpod
24
Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Runpod was last updated on June 21, 2026, and for Salad on June 21, 2026.