Salad
vs
TensorDock
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
- Marketplace model with competitive pricing
- Pay-per-second billing with no minimum commitments
- No waitlists or quotas for GPU access
- Global coverage across 100+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Salad | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $10.80 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $20.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $41.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $0.01 /mo 100 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
Salad offers 35 GPU models, while TensorDock offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Salad | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX 4090
2 configs · 1 config
|
$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs · 1 config
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Salad |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
$0.25 /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
1 config
|
-- | $2.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
Salad bills on-demand and spot; TensorDock bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Salad | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Salad | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | -- |
| Example customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | Florida State University, Creavite, airgpu, ELBO |
| Website | salad.com | www.tensordock.com |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for TensorDock on Sept. 18, 2026.