What is the difference between Akash Network and Deep Infra?

Akash Network and Deep Infra are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Akash Network or Deep Infra?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Akash Network and Deep Infra?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 18 different GPU models across both Akash Network and Deep Infra, with 0 models available from both providers.

Akash Network vs Deep Infra

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Akash Network and Deep Infra. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Akash Network

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Akash Network GPUs

Deep Infra GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.85/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 18Both available: 4Akash Network: 17Deep Infra: 5

Showing 15 of 18 GPUs

Last updated: 10/6/2026, 6:24:57 PM

GPU Model ↑	Akash Network Price	Deep Infra Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$1.33/hr	$0.89/hr★ Best	↑+$0.44(+49.4%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash Network $1.33/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $0.89/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.44(+49.4%) Akash Network Deep Infra
B200 180GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$5.00/hr	$3.69/hr★ Best	↑+$1.31(+35.5%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
B200 180GB VRAM • Akash Network $5.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $3.69/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.31(+35.5%) Akash Network Deep Infra
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$2.72/hr	$2.20/hr★ Best	↑+$0.52(+23.6%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash Network $2.72/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $2.20/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.52(+23.6%) Akash Network Deep Infra
H200 141GB VRAM • Deep Infra	Not Available	$2.69/hr★ Best	—	Deep Infra
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Deep Infra $2.69/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Deep Infra
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$6.00/hr	$4.89/hr★ Best	↑+$1.11(+22.7%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Akash Network $6.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $4.89/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.11(+22.7%) Akash Network Deep Infra
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.17/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.17/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.25/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.25/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.25/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.25/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.15/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.15/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.68/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.68/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akash Network	$1.44/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akash Network $1.44/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$1.33/hr	$0.89/hr★ Best	↑+$0.44(+49.4%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash Network $1.33/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $0.89/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.44(+49.4%) Akash Network Deep Infra
B200 180GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$5.00/hr	$3.69/hr★ Best	↑+$1.31(+35.5%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
B200 180GB VRAM • Akash Network $5.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $3.69/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.31(+35.5%) Akash Network Deep Infra
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$2.72/hr	$2.20/hr★ Best	↑+$0.52(+23.6%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Akash Network $2.72/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $2.20/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.52(+23.6%) Akash Network Deep Infra
H200 141GB VRAM • Deep Infra	Not Available	$2.69/hr★ Best	—	Deep Infra
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Deep Infra $2.69/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Deep Infra
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Akash NetworkDeep Infra	$6.00/hr	$4.89/hr★ Best	↑+$1.11(+22.7%)	Akash Network Deep Infra
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Akash Network $6.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Deep Infra $4.89/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.11(+22.7%) Akash Network Deep Infra
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3060 12GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.14/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.17/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.17/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.25/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.25/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.25/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.25/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.15/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.15/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Akash Network	$0.68/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Akash Network $0.68/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akash Network	$1.44/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Akash Network
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Akash Network $1.44/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Akash Network

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 76Both available: 0Akash Network: 0Deep Infra: 76

Showing 15 of 76 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/6/2026, 6:24:56 PM

Model ↑	Akash Network	Deep Infra	Input Diff ↕
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic	Not available	$10.00 in $50.00 out	—
Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$1.00 in $5.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$4.00 in $20.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.500 in $2.15 out	—
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.320 in $0.890 out	—
DeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.250 in $0.950 out	—
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.260 in $0.380 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.060 in $0.180 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision DeepSeek	Not available	$0.440 in $1.32 out	—

Features Comparison

Akash Network

Automated Bidding
Independent infrastructure providers automatically submit competitive bids in real time for workload requests.
No Refactoring Required
Applications running in containers can be directly migrated to the Akash platform without code changes.
1-Click Templates
Pre-configured environments for popular AI models can be launched quickly.
Global Access to Hardware
Enterprise-grade GPUs and consumer-grade GPUs are accessible for various compute needs.
Operational Autonomy
Users maintain control over network routing and data residency.

Deep Infra

Drop-in OpenAI Replacement
OpenAI-compatible API for 100+ models including DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama 4, Claude, and Gemini families with autoscaling
Dedicated GPU Rentals
B200 instances with SSH access spin up in about 10 seconds and bill hourly
Custom LLM Deployments
Deploy your own Hugging Face models onto dedicated A100, H100, H200, B200, or B300 GPUs
Transparent GPU Pricing
Published per-GPU hourly rates for A100, H100, H200, B200, and B300 with competitive pricing
Owned Inference Infrastructure
Runs on its own inference-optimized hardware in US-based data centers rather than rented capacity
Comprehensive AI APIs
Support for text generation, vision and OCR, embeddings and reranking, image, video and music generation, and speech recognition and synthesis

Pros & Cons

Akash Network

Advantages

Decentralized infrastructure reduces dependency on single providers.
Potential for lower costs compared to traditional cloud providers.
Supports a wide variety of containerized applications.

Considerations

Limited awareness compared to larger cloud providers.
Potential complexity in understanding the decentralized model for new users.

Deep Infra

Advantages

Simple OpenAI-compatible API alongside controllable GPU rentals
Competitive hourly rates for flagship NVIDIA GPUs including latest B200 and B300
Fast provisioning with SSH access for dedicated instances (ready in ~10 seconds)
Supports custom deployments in addition to hosted public models

Considerations

Infrastructure is US-based only, with no published international regions
Primarily focused on inference and GPU rentals rather than broader cloud services
Newer player compared to established cloud providers

Compute Services

Akash Network

Deep Infra

Serverless Inference

Hosted model APIs with autoscaling on Deep Infra's own inference infrastructure.

Drop-in OpenAI replacement - swap base URL, keep existing code
100+ models including the DeepSeek V4, Qwen 3.7, Llama 4, Claude 5, Gemini 3.5, Gemma 4, GLM-5, Kimi K2.7, and Nemotron 3 families

Dedicated GPU Instances

On-demand GPU nodes with SSH access for custom workloads.

GPU Clusters

Multi-node B200 and B300 clusters with SSH access for training and full-control workloads.

Rent a B200 or B300 cluster and run arbitrary workloads
On-demand DGX B300 configurations billed per instance-hour

Pricing Options

Akash Network

Deep Infra

Serverless pay-per-token

OpenAI-compatible inference APIs billed per input and output token, with no idle GPU time or minimums

Dedicated GPU hourly rates

Published transparent hourly pricing for A100, H100, H200, B200, and B300 GPUs with pay-as-you-go billing

Per-execution-time billing

Non-LLM models are billed for inference execution time rather than per token

Cached input pricing

Prompt-cached input tokens are billed at a lower rate than uncached input tokens

No long-term commitments

Flexible hourly billing for dedicated instances with no prepayments, contracts, or minimums required

Getting Started

Akash Network

Get Started

1
Sign Up
Create an account on the Akash console.
2
Choose a Deployment Method
Select to launch an AI workload or deploy a container.
3
Configure Resources
Specify required resources such as GPUs, memory, and region.
4
Deploy
Finalize deployment and authorize the request.

Deep Infra

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up (GitHub-supported) and open the Deep Infra dashboard
2
Enable billing
Add a payment method to unlock GPU rentals and API usage
3
Pick a GPU option
Choose serverless APIs or dedicated A100, H100, H200, B200, or B300 instances
4
Launch and connect
Start instances with SSH access or call the OpenAI-compatible API endpoints
5
Monitor usage
Track spend and instance status from the dashboard and shut down when idle

Support & Global Availability

Akash Network

Global Regions

Global availability for GPU resources

Support

Documentation available online; support requests can be initiated through the platform.

Deep Infra

Global Regions

Runs on self-operated, inference-optimized infrastructure in US-based data centers; no international region list is published.

Support

Documentation site, dashboard guidance, Discord community, feedback email (feedback@deepinfra.com), and contact-sales options.