TensorDock
vs
Vultr
What's good about each
- Marketplace model with competitive pricing
- Pay-per-second billing with no minimum commitments
- No waitlists or quotas for GPU access
- Global coverage across 100+ locations
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | TensorDock | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.80 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 54% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $20.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 48% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Large VM | $41.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 74% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Block storage | $0.01 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 99% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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
TensorDock offers 9 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | TensorDock | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 33% cheaper on TensorDock |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
$0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 3090
1 config
|
$0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | TensorDock only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | TensorDock only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
TensorDock bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | TensorDock | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | TensorDock | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Florida State University, Creavite, airgpu, ELBO | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.tensordock.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for TensorDock was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.