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Runpod vs Vultr

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What's good about...

Runpod logo Runpod

  • Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
  • Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
  • SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
  • Multi-node Clusters scale to thousands of GPUs
  • Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring

Vultr logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Runpod's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Runpod Runpod
$43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Runpod Runpod
$86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Runpod Runpod
$172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Runpod Runpod
$10.00 /mo 100 GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Runpod Runpod
--
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 /mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Runpod Runpod
--
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 /mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Runpod Runpod
--
Vultr Vultr
$60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Runpod Runpod
--
Vultr Vultr
$15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Runpod Runpod
Vultr Vultr
A100 $1.00 $2.40 L40S $0.79 $1.67

Billing Options

Runpod Runpod
On-DemandReservation
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandSpotCustom

Available Models

Runpod offers 35 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Runpod Runpod
H100(12) RTX PRO 6000(3) H200(6) A100(11) L40S(5) B200(4) B300(4) V100(2) RTX A6000(4) RTX 5090(5)
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Vultr Vultr
H100(1) A100(3) L40S(4) B200(1) MI300X(1) MI455X(1) MI325X(1) GH200(1) MI355X(1) A16(3)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Runpod and Vultr offer:

Service Runpod Vultr
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Runpod Runpod
United States of America US flag
Vultr Vultr
United States of America US flag
Founded
Runpod Runpod
2022
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Runpod Runpod
32
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 11, 2026.