Runpod
vs
Wasabi
What's good about each
- 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
- Simple, predictable pricing
- No fees for API requests
- Free egress within fair-use limits (up to 1x stored volume per month)
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Wasabi | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $7.99 /mo 1 TB, data transfer within fair-use policy | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free within fair-use policy |
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. We track no GPU listings from Wasabi. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Wasabi | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
14 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
H200
8 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
|
A100
10 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
$2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
|
L40S
5 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runpod | Wasabi |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | Wasabi |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 32 | 15 |
| Example customers | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor | BBC, Legendary Entertainment, Boston Red Sox, Toshiba |
| Website | www.runpod.io | wasabi.com |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Wasabi on Aug. 11, 2026.