Vast.ai Our sponsor
Cloud GPU marketplace · Real-time pricing · Per-second billing
Our sponsorFounded in 2018, Vast.ai is a cloud GPU platform for AI & ML. The service connects data centers and individuals running their hosting software with users who can quickly find deals for AI compute according to their specific requirements. Vast.ai claims their GPUs are 80% cheaper than traditional clouds.
Example customers include IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch.
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What's good about 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
Vast.ai pricing examples
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.
Vast.ai GPUs
Based on our data, Vast.ai may have GPUs in the following configurations:
| GPU | Total VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Billing | $/GPU/h | Total/h | |
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80GB | 112 | 258GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $2.00 | $2.00 | View |
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40GB | 96 | 96GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.54 | $0.54 | View |
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141GB | 224 | 257GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $2.85 | $2.85 | View |
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183GB | 256 | 290GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $4.07 | $4.07 | View |
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96GB | 48 | 257GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $1.00 | $1.00 | View |
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16GB | 80 | 44GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.11 | $0.11 | View |
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46GB | 48 | 48GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.37 | $0.37 | View |
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23GB | 48 | 32GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.34 | $0.34 | View |
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24GB | 12 | 32GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.36 | $0.36 | View |
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48GB | 48 | 120GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.47 | $0.47 | View |
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Heads 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. You can find Vast.ai's latest pricing here.
Which services does Vast.ai offer
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Alternatives to Vast.ai
Compare Vast.ai against other cloud providers:
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Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud platform offering a vast array of services, including GPU instances for machine learning and HPC.
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Runpod
RunPod is a cloud platform for AI/ML. It also offers affordable GPU instances, with a focus on ease of use and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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Lambda Labs
Lambda Labs provides cloud GPUs and on-premise hardware specifically for training and fine-tuning AI models.
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Salad
Salad is a distributed cloud network that leverages idle consumer and data center GPUs for running containerized AI/ML workloads.
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Google Cloud
Google Cloud is a comprehensive cloud platform offering compute, storage, and AI/ML services
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TensorDock
TensorDock is another GPU cloud marketplace with pay-per-second billing.
Our data for Vast.ai was last updated on June 22, 2026.