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Thunder Compute vs Vultr

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What's good about...

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Vultr 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?

VM Small

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$21.60 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Free and unlimited
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Vultr Vultr
A100 $1.09 $2.40

Billing Options

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandSpotCustom

Available Models

Thunder Compute offers 4 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)
Vultr Vultr
H100(1) A100(3) L40S(4) B200(1) MI300X(1) MI455X(1) MI325X(1) GH200(1) MI355X(1) A16(3)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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

Website
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Vultr Vultr
United States of America US flag
Founded
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
1
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Thunder Compute was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 11, 2026.