Runpod
vs
Thalassa Cloud
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
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $9.20 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM | 79% cheaper on Thalassa Cloud |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $122.83 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $249.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 31% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $20.01 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 50% cheaper on Runpod |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $24.81 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.75 /mo HA Network Load Balancer | |
| 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. We track no GPU listings from Thalassa Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
14 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
7 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
H200
8 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
|
A100
11 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
$2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
|
L40S
8 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
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 | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 33 | 1 |
| Example customers | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit | ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide |
| Website | www.runpod.io | thalassa.cloud |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Sept. 18, 2026.