What's good about...

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
  • Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
  • Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.

Thunder Compute logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Thunder Compute's prices compare against Vultr?

Example configuration Thunder Compute Vultr
VM Small -- $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium -- $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large -- $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $6.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance -- 2 TB / mo for most services
1 TB of egress beyond allowance -- $10.00 $0.01 / GB

Thunder Compute GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
Tesla T4 1x T4 16GB 4 32GB $0.27 Source
A100 (40GB) 1x A100 40GB 4 32GB $0.57 Source
A100 (80GB) 1x A100 80GB 4 32GB $0.78 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB 4 32GB $1.47 Source

Vultr GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A16 1x A16 16GB 6 64GB $0.51 Source
A16 2x A16 96GB 12 128GB $1.02 Source
A40 1x A40 48GB 24 120GB $1.86 Source
A16 4x A16 192GB 24 256GB $2.05 Source
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 16 240GB $2.23 Source
A100 80GB 1x A100 80GB 12 120GB $2.60 Source
GH200 1x GH200 96GB 72 480GB $3.32 Source
A16 8x A16 384GB 48 486GB $4.09 Source
A40 4x A40 192GB 96 480GB $7.44 Source
A16 16x A16 768GB 96 960GB $9.19 Source
HGX A100 8x A100 5120GB 112 2048GB $12.90 Source
H100 8x H100 640GB 112 2048GB $18.40 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Thunder Compute and Vultr offer:

Service Thunder Compute Vultr
Block Storage
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Thunder Compute
Website thundercompute.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2024
Data Center Locations 1
Example Customers KronosAI, Abbvie
Vultr
Website www.vultr.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2014
Data Center Locations 32
Example Customers Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Thunder Compute was last updated on June 7, 2025, and for Vultr on Sept. 28, 2024.