Salad
vs
TensorWave
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
- MI300X, MI325X and MI355X, with MI455X reservable
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm on bare metal
- Parallel network storage with NFS and S3 access
GPUs
Salad offers 35 GPU models, while TensorWave offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Salad | TensorWave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs
|
$0.16 /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 |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.95 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.71 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.25 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | TensorWave only |
Salad bills on-demand and spot; TensorWave bills custom. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Salad | TensorWave |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Salad | TensorWave |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I, platform only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
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 | TensorWave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 2 |
| Example customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | -- |
| Website | salad.com | tensorwave.com |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for TensorWave on Sept. 22, 2026.