Runpod
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 88% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 54% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 7% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | Identical |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs · 1 config
|
$2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
9 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 58% cheaper on Runpod |
MI300X
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
L40S
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 53% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
H200
7 configs
|
$4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Runpod bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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.
| Framework | Runpod | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 33 |
| Example customers | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.runpod.io | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.