What's good about...

RunPod logo RunPod

  • Affordable GPUs in various configurations
  • Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
  • Available in 30+ regions across the world

RunPod logo Vercel

  • Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
  • First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
  • Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
  • Very active community and plenty of learning resources

Price comparison

How do RunPod's prices compare against Vercel?

Example configuration RunPod Vercel
VM Small $43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) --
VM Medium $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) --
VM Large $172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) --
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB --
Managed PostgreSQL -- $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo
Managed Redis®* -- $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs
Serverless 25M Executions -- $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance -- 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge)

RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A30 1x A30 24GB 8 31GB $0.22 Source
RTX A4000 1x A4000 16GB 4 20GB $0.32 Source
A4500 1x A4500 20GB 4 29GB $0.34 Source
A5000 1x A5000 24GB 4 24GB $0.36 Source
A40 1x A40 48GB 9 50GB $0.39 Source
RTX4090 1x RTX 4090 24GB 5 30GB $0.69 Source
A6000 1x A6000 48GB 8 62GB $0.76 Source
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 12 62GB $0.86 Source
A6000 Ada 1x A6000 48GB 14 58GB $0.88 Source
L40 1x L40S 48GB 8 94GB $0.99 Source
A100 PCIe 1x A100 80GB 8 117GB $1.64 Source
A100 SXM 1x A100 80GB 16 125GB $1.89 Source
MI250 1x MI250 128GB -- -- $2.10 Source
H100 PCIe 1x H100 80GB 16 188GB $2.39 Source
H100 SXM 1x H100 80GB 16 125GB $2.99 Source
MI300X 1x MI300X 192GB 24 283GB $2.99 Source
H200 SXM 1x H200 141GB -- -- $3.99 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that RunPod and Vercel offer:

Service RunPod Vercel
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
GPU-powered Servers --
Managed Containers --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

RunPod
Website www.runpod.io
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2022
Data Center Locations 24
Example Customers AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu
Vercel
Website vercel.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2015
Data Center Locations 18
Example Customers Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post

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Our data for RunPod was last updated on Nov. 9, 2024, and for Vercel on Sept. 28, 2024.