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Runpod vs Zenlayer

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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

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do Runpod's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Runpod Runpod
$43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$11.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Runpod Runpod
$86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$52.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Runpod Runpod
$172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$104.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Runpod Runpod
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Load Balancer

Runpod Runpod
--
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

Free egress allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Zenlayer Zenlayer
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Runpod Runpod
Free and unlimited
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Runpod Runpod
On-DemandReservation
Zenlayer Zenlayer
On-Demand

Available Models

Runpod offers 35 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1.

Runpod Runpod
H100(11) H200(7) RTX PRO 6000(3) A100(10) L40S(7) B200(3) B300(4) RTX A6000(3) V100(3) RTX 5090(6)
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
T4(2)

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 Zenlayer offer:

Service Runpod Zenlayer
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Python Notebooks
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Runpod Runpod
www.runpod.io
Zenlayer Zenlayer
cloud.zenlayer.com
Headquarters
Runpod Runpod
United States of America US flag
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America US flag
Founded
Runpod Runpod
2022
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
Runpod Runpod
32
Zenlayer Zenlayer
22
Example Customers
Runpod Runpod
Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Sept. 11, 2026.