What's good about...
TheAI Cloud
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Per-minute billing, no minimum order
- Reserved terms of 1-12 months
- NVLink 5 and InfiniBand for multi-node training
Vast.ai
- Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
- Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
- Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
- Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow
Price comparison
TheAI Cloud Pricing
TheAI Cloud offers two billing models:
- Pay-as-you-go: billed per minute against a prepaid balance, with no minimum order. Opens with capacity in Q4 2026.
- Reserved: terms of 1-12 months, with longer commitments priced lower. 30% prepayment required.
Vast.ai Pricing
Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:
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Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.
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Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).
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Bandwidth costs for data transfer.
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
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Billing Options
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Available Models
TheAI Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 54.
B300Heads 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 TheAI Cloud and Vast.ai offer:
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| GPU-powered Servers |
Company details
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| Website | cloud.theai.com | vast.ai |
| Headquarters | United Arab Emirates | United States of America |
| Founded | -- | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | -- |
| Example Customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
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Our data for TheAI Cloud was last updated on Aug. 3, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Aug. 3, 2026.