What is the difference between Gcore and Vast.ai?

Gcore and Vast.ai 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: Gcore or Vast.ai?

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 Gcore and Vast.ai?

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 33 different GPU models across both Gcore and Vast.ai, with 0 models available from both providers.

Gcore vs Vast.ai GPU Cloud Pricing 2026

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 33Both available: 0Gcore: 0Vast.ai: 33

Showing 15 of 33 GPUs

Last updated: 5/12/2026, 11:12:51 PM

GPU Model ↑	Gcore Price	Vast.ai Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.15/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.15/hour Updated: 5/8/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.48/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.48/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.47/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.47/hour Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.29/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.29/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.13/hour Updated: 4/28/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.58/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.58/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40S 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.56/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.56/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 5/9/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 4/30/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.09/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.14/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.14/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.20/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.14/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.14/hour Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/8/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.15/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.15/hour Updated: 5/8/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.48/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.48/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.47/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.47/hour Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.29/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.29/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.13/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.13/hour Updated: 4/28/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.58/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.58/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40S 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.56/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.56/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 5/9/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 4/30/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.09/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.14/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.14/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.20/hour Updated: 5/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.14/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.14/hour Updated: 5/11/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 5/8/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

Features Comparison

Gcore

Global Edge Footprint
GPU and inference workloads deployable across Gcore's worldwide edge points of presence
GB200 Capacity
Blackwell-generation GB200 systems available alongside H100 and H200
Inference at the Edge
Managed inference platform that serves models from regions closest to users
Bare-Metal and Cloud GPUs
Both managed cloud GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal nodes

Vast.ai

Real-Time GPU Pricing
Prices set by supply and demand across the platform with no list prices or hidden fees
Three Deployment Options
GPU Cloud for full control, Serverless for zero-ops inference, Clusters for large-scale training
Developer-Focused Tools
CLI, Python SDK, and REST API for programmatic GPU provisioning
Flexible Infrastructure
Scale from $5 to 20,000 GPUs across 40+ data centers without contracts or minimums

Pros & Cons

Gcore

Advantages

Wide global edge presence beyond typical neocloud regions
Access to Blackwell-generation GB200 systems
Combined CDN, networking and GPU stack from a single provider

Considerations

Catalog spans many products beyond GPU compute, which can complicate pricing
GPU SKU availability varies meaningfully by region
Less GPU-specialized than dedicated training neoclouds

Vast.ai

Advantages

Significant cost savings with supply-demand pricing
Flexible pricing with on-demand, interruptible, and reserved options
Real-time transparent pricing with no hidden fees
Docker ecosystem for quick software deployment

Considerations

Primarily focused on Linux-based Docker instances
Performance may vary across different community providers
Learning curve for users unfamiliar with marketplace-based pricing

Compute Services

Gcore

Vast.ai

GPU Cloud

On-demand instances across 40+ data centers and 20,000+ GPUs

Serverless

Deploy models as endpoints with autoscaling to zero

Clusters

Dedicated multi-node GPU clusters with InfiniBand networking

Pricing Options

Gcore

On-Demand Cloud GPUs

Hourly billing for self-serve GPU virtual machines

Bare-Metal Clusters

Dedicated bare-metal GPU servers, typically reservation-led

Inference Platform

Per-request or per-second billing for hosted model endpoints at the edge

Vast.ai

On-Demand

Guaranteed uptime with per-second billing. Best for production workloads.

Interruptible

50%+ cheaper preemptible instances. Best for fault-tolerant batch training.

Reserved

Up to 50% off with 1, 3, or 6 month commitments. Guaranteed capacity with volume discounts.

Getting Started

Gcore

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at the Gcore customer portal
2
Select GPU product
Choose between cloud GPU instances, bare-metal clusters, or the inference platform
3
Provision and connect
Launch via the portal or API and connect over SSH or supported orchestrators

Vast.ai

Get Started

1
Add Credit
Start with as little as $5. No contracts, no minimums.
2
Search GPUs
Filter by model, VRAM, price, and availability across the platform
3
Deploy
Launch instances in seconds. Scale up or down anytime.

Support & Global Availability

Gcore

Global Regions

Global edge presence across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East

Support

Documentation, support tickets and enterprise contracts

Vast.ai

Global Regions

40+ data centers with global coverage including community and enterprise providers

Support

24/7 expert support, comprehensive documentation, Discord community, CLI and SDK tools