GPU instances

RunPod vs Vultr Cloud GPU

Choose RunPod when the job is a pod or a burst of serverless inference and the cheapest community-cloud card is acceptable. Choose Vultr Cloud GPU when you want the GPU in the same account and cities as the rest of a Vultr deployment.

RunPod

GPU pods and serverless inference, priced by the hour

Hourly, by GPU

Strengths

  • Community Cloud is usually cheaper than a single-tenant GPU
  • Serverless workers fit bursty inference

Limits

  • Community Cloud shares machines and the rate moves with the card
  • Secure Cloud costs more than Community Cloud for the same GPU

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Vultr Cloud GPU

NVIDIA and AMD GPUs as VMs, bare metal, or clusters

Hourly, by GPU

Strengths

  • You can deploy a single GPU VM or a self-service cluster
  • GPUs are available in many of the same cities as Vultr compute

Limits

  • The card you pick changes the hourly rate
  • Reserved servers and on-demand VMs are different products

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