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Salad vs Thunder Compute

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What's good about...

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
  • Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
  • Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
  • Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • Offers fast GPUs at low prices, including A100 and H100 instances
  • Simple, pay-as-you-go, transparent pricing model
  • Customizable instance specs (CPUs, RAM, disk)

Price comparison

How do Salad's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Salad Salad
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$10.00 / mo 100 GB · $0.1 per GB/month

Salad logo Salad Pricing Details

Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Salad Salad
On-Demand
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Salad offers 33 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Salad Salad
RTX 4090(1) RTX 5090(1) A5000(1) RTX 3090(1) RTX 3080 Ti(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 3070(1) RTX 3060 Ti(1) RTX 3080(1) RTX 5080(1)
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Salad and Thunder Compute offer:

Service Salad Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Salad Salad
salad.com
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Salad Salad
United States of America
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America
Founded
Salad Salad
2018
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Salad Salad
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Example Customers
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Salad was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Aug. 22, 2026.