Salad
vs
Spheron
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
- Aggregates GPU supply from five data center partners
- Blackwell B200 and B300 nodes offered on spot
- Partner facilities certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
- Regions in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East
GPUs
Salad offers 35 GPU models, while Spheron offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Salad | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX 4090
2 configs · 1 config
|
$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
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
4 configs
|
-- | $2.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Spheron only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $5.81 /GPU/hr Spot | Spheron only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $5.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Spheron only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Spheron only |
Salad bills on-demand and spot; Spheron bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Salad | Spheron |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Salad | Spheron |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Spheron |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | Singapore |
| Locations | -- | -- |
| Example customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | Prem AI, Wafer, Compute Desk, Baseten, Stanford University, UC Berkeley |
| Website | salad.com | www.spheron.ai |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Spheron on Sept. 23, 2026.