RunPod vs Vultr

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

RunPod

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

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?

Example configuration	RunPod	Vultr
VM Small	$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium	$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large	$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)	$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage	$10.00 / mo 100 GB	$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$6.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	--	$10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance	--	2 TB / mo for most services
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free and unlimited	$10.00 $0.01 / GB

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
A6000 Ada	1x A6000	48GB	14	58GB	$0.88	Source
L40	1x L40S	48GB	16	250GB	$0.99	Source
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	12	62GB	$1.03	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	24	188GB	$2.69	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

Vultr offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A16	1x A16	16GB	6	64GB	$0.51	Launch
A16	2x A16	96GB	12	128GB	$1.02	Launch
A40	1x A40	48GB	24	120GB	$1.86	Launch
A16	4x A16	192GB	24	256GB	$2.05	Launch
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	16	240GB	$2.23	Source
A100 80GB	1x A100	80GB	12	120GB	$2.60	Launch
GH200	1x GH200	96GB	72	480GB	$3.32	Source
A16	8x A16	384GB	48	486GB	$4.09	Launch
A40	4x A40	192GB	96	480GB	$7.44	Launch
A16	16x A16	768GB	96	960GB	$9.19	Launch
HGX A100	8x A100	5120GB	112	2048GB	$12.90	Source
H100	8x H100	640GB	112	2048GB	$18.40	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 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	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	RunPod	Vultr
Website	www.runpod.io	www.vultr.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2022	2014
Data Center Locations	24	32
Example Customers	AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu	Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

	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

	Vultr
Website	www.vultr.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2014
Data Center Locations	32
Example Customers	Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield