Runpod
vs
Spheron
Both rent A100 to H200 and B200 GPUs on demand. Runpod adds containers, notebooks, block storage and community hosts, while Spheron sources VMs and bare metal from vetted partner datacenters with spot pricing.
What's good about each
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
- Aggregates GPU supply from five data center partners
- Blackwell B200 and B300 nodes offered on spot
- Partner facilities certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
- Regions in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Spheron | 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 Spheron offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
13 configs · 9 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $9.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
5 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
7 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
4 configs · 19 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | 62% cheaper on Runpod |
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RTX A6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
L40
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
Runpod bills on-demand; Spheron bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runpod | Spheron |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | Spheron |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | Singapore |
| Locations | 33 | -- |
| Example customers | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit | Prem AI, Wafer, Compute Desk, Baseten, Stanford University, UC Berkeley |
| Website | www.runpod.io | www.spheron.ai |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Spheron on Sept. 23, 2026.