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Runpod vs Thalassa Cloud

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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

Thalassa Cloud logo Thalassa Cloud

  • European cloud with data residency in the Netherlands
  • Full Terraform support and API-first platform
  • Billed by the minute, with monthly invoicing in Euro
  • Direct engineer support in Dutch and English

Price comparison

How do Runpod's prices compare against Thalassa Cloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Runpod Runpod
$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$9.33 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Runpod Runpod
$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$124.55 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Runpod Runpod
$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$253.38 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Runpod Runpod
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$20.29 / mo 100 GB NVMe

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Runpod Runpod
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Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$16.99 / mo HA Network Load Balancer

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Runpod Runpod
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Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
$25.16 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium)

Free egress allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
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GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Runpod Runpod
$0.13/hr
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
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Billing Options

Runpod Runpod
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (12mo)
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
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Available Models

Runpod offers 22 GPU models.

Runpod Runpod
H100(48) A100(21) H200(24) L40S(6) RTX Pro 6000(24) B200(18) V100(3) RTX 4090(1) RTX 5090(8) RTX 6000 Ada(2)
View all 22 GPUs
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
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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 Thalassa Cloud offer:

Service Runpod Thalassa Cloud
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed PostgreSQL
Object Storage
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
thalassa.cloud
Headquarters
Runpod Runpod
United States of America
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
Netherlands
Founded
Runpod Runpod
2022
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
2024
Data Center Locations
Runpod Runpod
24
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
1
Example Customers
Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor
Thalassa Cloud Thalassa Cloud
ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide

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Our data for Runpod was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Feb. 12, 2026.