Runpod
vs
Zerops
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
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- Agent workspace runs inside the project's private network
- Bring your own agent subscription, no seat fees
- Root access and SSH inside full Linux system containers
- AMD EPYC bare metal in Prague, New York and Seattle
- ISO 27001 certified, GDPR and DPA compliant
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 12x more expensive on Runpod |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $26.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 3.3x more expensive on Runpod |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $52.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 3.3x more expensive on Runpod |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Identical |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $13.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $18.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 100 GB / mo on the free plan, 3 TB / mo on the paid plan | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / 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. We track no GPU listings from Zerops. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
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$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
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$0.79 /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.
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | Zerops |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Czechia |
| Locations | 32 | 3 |
| Example customers | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor | -- |
| Website | www.runpod.io | zerops.io |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Zerops on Aug. 25, 2026.