Runpod
vs
Together AI
Both rent H100 to B300 GPUs. Runpod adds A100, workstation cards, containers, notebooks and community hosts across a wider catalog, while Together AI adds GB200 to GB300 clusters, reserved contracts and an open-model inference API.
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
- Per-minute billing with transparent pricing
- High-performance GPUs including H100, H200, and GB200
- Support for 200+ open-source AI models
- Both serverless and dedicated cluster options
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Together AI | 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 Together AI offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
16 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Together AI |
|
B300
3 configs · 1 config
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
B200
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Together AI |
|
H200
7 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Together AI |
|
RTX PRO 6000
7 configs
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
6 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
A100
11 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
5 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
Runpod bills on-demand; Together AI bills on-demand and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runpod | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 26 |
| Example customers | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit | Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI |
| Website | www.runpod.io | together.ai |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Together AI on Sept. 17, 2026.