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Vast.ai vs Vultr

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What's good about...

Vast.ai logo 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

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 Vast.ai's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

Vast.ai logo Vast.ai Pricing Details

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr
Vultr Vultr
$0.47/hr

Billing Options

Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandReserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Vast.ai offers 56 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(67) A100(110) H200(54) B200(24) RTX Pro 6000(149) V100(36) RTX A6000(8) L4(16) RTX 4090(280) B300(4)
View all 56 GPUs
Vultr Vultr
H100(2) A100(7) L40S(5) B200(1) MI300X(1) A40(2) MI355X(1) A16(5) GH200(1) MI325X(1)

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.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Vast.ai and Vultr offer:

Service Vast.ai 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
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Vultr Vultr
United States of America
Founded
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vultr Vultr
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Example Customers
Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Vast.ai was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Vultr on March 20, 2026.