Salad
vs
Sesterce
What's good about each
- 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 190+ countries
- Consumer cards from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
- Four priority levels trade interruption risk against cost
- SOC 2 Type I compliant, containers isolated by hypervisor
- No charge while your container downloads and starts
- Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
- Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
- Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
GPUs
Salad offers 35 GPU models, while Sesterce offers 23. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Salad | Sesterce | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX 5090
2 configs · 6 configs
|
$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 30% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs · 7 configs
|
$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Salad |
|
A5000
2 configs · 7 configs
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | 84% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs
|
$0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
2 configs
|
$0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
RTX 3060
4 configs
|
$0.03 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
RTX 5080
2 configs
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
H100
34 configs
|
-- | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
B300
6 configs
|
-- | $4.95 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
|
B200
10 configs
|
-- | $4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
Salad bills on-demand and spot; Sesterce bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Salad | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Salad | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I, platform only | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Salad | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | -- | 43 |
| Example customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | -- |
| Website | salad.com | www.sesterce.com |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Sesterce on Oct. 2, 2026.