What's good about...
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
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
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
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Runpod
Vultr
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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Vultr
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Vultr
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
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Vultr
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Runpod
Vultr
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
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Vultr
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
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Vultr
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Vultr
Free egress allowance
Runpod
Vultr
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Vultr
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Billing Options
Runpod
On-DemandReservation
Vultr
On-DemandSpotCustom
Available Models
Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.Runpod offers 34 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.
MI300XHeads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Runpod and Vultr offer:
Company details
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Vultr
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| Website | www.runpod.io | www.vultr.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2022 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 30 | 32 |
| Example Customers | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
Website
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Headquarters
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Founded
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Data Center Locations
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Example Customers
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Vultr on Aug. 22, 2026.