Spheron
vs
Vast.ai
Both rent A100 to H200 and B200 GPUs from other people's hardware with spot pricing. Spheron sources from Tier 3 and 4 partner datacenters, while Vast.ai also lists consumer cards from independent hosts.
What's good about each
- Aggregates GPU supply from five data center partners
- Blackwell B200 and B300 nodes offered on spot
- Partner facilities certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
- Regions in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
Spheron offers 10 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 58. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Spheron | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 31 configs
|
$2.21 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.36 /GPU/hr Spot | 84% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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B300
2 configs · 5 configs
|
$5.81 /GPU/hr Spot | $7.50 /GPU/hr Spot | 23% cheaper on Spheron |
|
B200
4 configs · 6 configs
|
$9.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $9.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 72 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.38 /GPU/hr Spot | 70% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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H200
2 configs · 27 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.86 /GPU/hr Spot | 74% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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A100
1 config · 43 configs
|
$1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.13 /GPU/hr Spot | 89% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 4090
1 config · 109 configs
|
$0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L40S
12 configs · 12 configs
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$1.07 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.47 /GPU/hr Spot | 56% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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RTX A6000
1 config · 23 configs
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$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L40
2 configs · 6 configs
|
$0.88 /GPU/hr Spot | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | 54% cheaper on Vast.ai |
Spheron bills on-demand and spot; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Spheron | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Spheron | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier 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 | Spheron | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Singapore | USA |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Prem AI, Wafer, Compute Desk, Baseten, Stanford University, UC Berkeley | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.spheron.ai | vast.ai |
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Our data for Spheron was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 23, 2026.