Vast.ai
vs
Zenlayer
What's good about each
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
- 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
- Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
- Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
- Competitive GPU pricing
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Vast.ai | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $52.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $104.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $8.00 /mo 100 GB volume | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $32.70 /mo 1 TB estimated usage | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $4.50 /TB Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month |
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
Vast.ai offers 66 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Vast.ai | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
T4
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | 73% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H100
17 configs
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
6 configs
|
$4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
$7.13 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
44 configs
|
$1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
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RTX PRO 6000
66 configs
|
$0.26 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
181 configs
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
91 configs
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
165 configs
|
$0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
30 configs
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Vast.ai only |
Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months); Zenlayer bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Vast.ai | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Vast.ai | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, platform only | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | Secure Cloud tier only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
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 | Vast.ai | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 22 |
| Example customers | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch | -- |
| Website | vast.ai | cloud.zenlayer.com |
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Our data for Vast.ai was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Oct. 2, 2026.