Runpod
vs
Sesterce
What's good about each
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
- Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
- Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Sesterce | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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
Runpod offers 35 GPU models, while Sesterce offers 23. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Sesterce | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
14 configs · 34 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.48 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 7% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
4 configs · 10 configs
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 39% cheaper on Sesterce |
|
H200
8 configs · 12 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs · 18 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs · 6 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Within 5% |
|
A100
10 configs · 44 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs · 7 configs
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
5 configs · 19 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Sesterce |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
3 configs · 9 configs
|
$0.84 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Runpod |
Runpod bills on-demand; Sesterce bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runpod | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 32 | 43 |
| Example customers | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor | -- |
| Website | www.runpod.io | www.sesterce.com |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Sesterce on Sept. 12, 2026.