TheAI Cloud
vs
Vultr
What's good about each
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms from 1 to 24 months
- 400G InfiniBand per GPU on B300 nodes
- 3TB DDR5 per node, up to 32TB local NVMe
- 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 | TheAI Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| 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
TheAI Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | TheAI Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$4.50 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
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$5.30 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | TheAI Cloud only |
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-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
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-- | -- On request | Vultr only |
TheAI Cloud bills reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 months); 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 | TheAI Cloud | 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 | TheAI Cloud | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2014 |
| Headquarters | UAE | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | cloud.theai.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for TheAI Cloud was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.