Salad
vs
Thunder Compute
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Salad | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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 Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Salad | Thunder Compute | 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 |
|
H100
4 configs
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Thunder Compute only |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
L40
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
Salad bills on-demand and spot; Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Salad | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Salad | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I, platform only | -- |
| 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 | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai | Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health |
| Website | salad.com | www.thundercompute.com |
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 2, 2026.