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

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do Salad's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$11.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$52.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$104.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per 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
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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 Zenlayer offers 1.

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 Zenlayer offer:

Company details

Website
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Salad Salad
United States of America
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America
Founded
Salad Salad
2018
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
Salad Salad
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
22
Example Customers
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Our data for Salad was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Aug. 22, 2026.