What is the difference between Google Cloud and Vast.ai?

Google Cloud 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: Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud 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 31 different GPU models across both Google Cloud and Vast.ai, with 0 models available from both providers.

Google Cloud vs Vast.ai GPU Cloud Pricing 2026

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 31Both available: 1Google Cloud: 2Vast.ai: 30

Showing 15 of 31 GPUs

Last updated: 4/22/2026, 1:51:02 AM

GPU Model ↑	Google Cloud Price	Vast.ai Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.20/hour Updated: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.29/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.29/hour Updated: 3/30/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.32/hour Updated: 4/15/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.34/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.34/hour Updated: 4/4/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.34/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.34/hour Updated: 3/25/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.04/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.04/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.09/hour Updated: 4/18/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/21/2026 ★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: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.11/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.18/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.18/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.12/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.12/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 4/10/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 4/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4070 Ti 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4070 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.20/hour Updated: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.29/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.29/hour Updated: 3/30/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.32/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.32/hour Updated: 4/15/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.34/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.34/hour Updated: 4/4/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.34/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.34/hour Updated: 3/25/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.04/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.04/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.09/hour Updated: 4/18/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/21/2026 ★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: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.11/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/20/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.18/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.18/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.12/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.12/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 4/10/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 4/12/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
RTX 4070 Ti 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
RTX 4070 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.08/hour Updated: 4/21/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

Features Comparison

Google Cloud

Compute Engine
Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless compute platform.
Cloud Run
Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.
Vertex AI
Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.
Preemptible VMs
Short-lived compute instances at a significant discount, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads.

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

Google Cloud

Advantages

Flexible pricing options, including sustained use discounts
Strong AI and machine learning tools (Vertex AI)
Good integration with other Google services
Cutting-edge Kubernetes implementation (GKE)

Considerations

Limited availability in some regions compared to AWS
Complexity in managing resources
Support can be costly

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

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

Offers customizable virtual machines running in Google's data centers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Managed Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.

Automated Kubernetes operations
Integration with Google Cloud services

Cloud Functions

Serverless compute platform for running code in response to events.

Automatic scaling and high availability
Pay only for the compute time consumed

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

Google Cloud

On-Demand

Pay for compute capacity per hour or per second, with no long-term commitments.

Sustained Use Discounts

Automatic discounts for running instances for a significant portion of the month.

Committed Use Discounts

Save up to 57% with a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a minimum level of resource usage.

Preemptible VMs

Save up to 80% for fault-tolerant workloads that can be interrupted.

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

Google Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a Google Cloud project
Set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.
2
Enable billing
Set up a billing account to pay for resource usage.
3
Choose a compute service
Select Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run based on your needs.
4
Create and configure an instance
Launch a VM instance, configure a Kubernetes cluster, or deploy a function/application.
5
Manage resources
Use the Cloud Console, command-line tools, or APIs to manage your resources.

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

Google Cloud

Global Regions

40+ regions and 120+ zones worldwide.

Support

Role-based (free), Standard, Enhanced and Premium support plans. Comprehensive documentation, community forums, and training resources.

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