What is the difference between Novita AI and Runpod?

Novita AI and Runpod 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: Novita AI or Runpod?

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 Novita AI and Runpod?

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 38 different GPU models across both Novita AI and Runpod, with 0 models available from both providers.

Novita AI vs Runpod

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Novita AI and Runpod. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Novita AI

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Novita AI GPUs

Runpod GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.39/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 38Both available: 4Novita AI: 4Runpod: 38

Showing 15 of 38 GPUs

Last updated: 10/13/2026, 1:22:36 PM

GPU Model ↑	Novita AI Price	Runpod Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.19/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.19/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.39/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.39/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.00/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.00/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A40 48GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
B200 180GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$5.98/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $5.98/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$2.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $2.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.99/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.99/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AIRunpod	$1.70/hr★ Best	$2.69/hr	↓$0.99(36.8%)	Novita Market API Runpod API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AI $1.70/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod $2.69/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.99(36.8%) Novita Market API Runpod API
H200 141GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$3.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $3.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$3.79/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $3.79/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$6.94/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $6.94/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L4 24GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L40 40GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.69/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.69/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AIRunpod	$0.55/hr★ Best	$0.79/hr	↓$0.24(30.4%)	Novita Market API Runpod API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.55/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod $0.79/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.24(30.4%) Novita Market API Runpod API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$2.39/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $2.39/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API

A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.19/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.19/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.39/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.39/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.00/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.00/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
A40 48GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
B200 180GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$5.98/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $5.98/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$2.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $2.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$1.99/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $1.99/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AIRunpod	$1.70/hr★ Best	$2.69/hr	↓$0.99(36.8%)	Novita Market API Runpod API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AI $1.70/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod $2.69/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.99(36.8%) Novita Market API Runpod API
H200 141GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$3.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H200 141GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $3.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$3.79/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $3.79/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$6.94/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $6.94/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L4 24GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.59/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.59/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L40 40GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$0.69/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $0.69/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AIRunpod	$0.55/hr★ Best	$0.79/hr	↓$0.24(30.4%)	Novita Market API Runpod API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.55/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod $0.79/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.24(30.4%) Novita Market API Runpod API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Runpod	Not Available	$2.39/hr★ Best	—	Runpod API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Runpod $2.39/hour Updated: 10/13/2026 ★Best Price Runpod API

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 59Both available: 0Novita AI: 58Runpod: 1

Showing 15 of 59 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/13/2026, 1:22:36 PM

Model ↑	Novita AI	Runpod	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek	$0.700 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B DeepSeek	$0.060 in $0.090 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	$0.440 in $1.32 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	$1.32 in $3.96 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	$0.300 in $1.20 out	Not available	—
ERNIE 4.5 21B Baidu	$0.070 in $0.280 out	Not available	—
Gemma 3 12B Google	$0.050 in $0.100 out	Not available	—
Gemma 3 27B Google	$0.119 in $0.200 out	Not available	—
Gemma 4 26B Google	$0.130 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
Gemma 4 31B Google	$0.140 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
GLM 4.7 Flash Zhipu	$0.070 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.5 Air Zhipu	$0.130 in $0.850 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.5V Z AI	$0.600 in $1.80 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.6 Zhipu	$0.550 in $2.20 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.6V Z AI	$0.300 in $0.900 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Novita AI

OpenAI-Compatible Model API
One endpoint for 200+ text, image, audio and video models, callable with existing OpenAI client libraries
Open-Weight Catalogue
Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, Llama, Gemma and Nemotron families served serverlessly with per-token billing
Prompt Caching
Cache-read pricing published separately from standard input pricing on most chat models
Serverless and Dedicated GPUs
Per-second serverless GPU jobs, on-demand instances, and bare-metal clusters with H100 and H200 hardware
Private Endpoints
Dedicated deployments for workloads that need reserved capacity rather than shared serverless throughput
Agent Sandbox
Isolated runtimes for agent workloads that call models and execute tools, billed per second

Runpod

Secure Cloud GPUs
Access to a wide range of GPU types with enterprise-grade security
Pay-as-you-go
Only pay for the compute time you actually use
API Access
Programmatically manage your GPU instances via REST API
Fast cold-starts
Pods typically ready in 20-30 s
Hot-reload dev loop
SSH & VS Code tunnels built-in
Spot-to-on-demand fallback
Automatic migration on pre-empt

Pros & Cons

Novita AI

Advantages

Broad open-weight model coverage under one API, so several model families can be compared without changing providers
Catalogue endpoint publishes per-model pricing openly, with no account required
Prompt caching rates published alongside standard input rates
Both token-billed inference and GPU rental available from one account

Considerations

Model catalogue turns over quickly, and retired models stay listed with a status flag rather than being removed
A few models use tiered billing where the rate depends on prompt length
Headquarters and data-centre regions are not published on the marketing site

Runpod

Advantages

Competitive pricing with pay-per-second billing
Wide variety of GPU options
Simple and intuitive interface

Considerations

GPU availability can vary by region
Some features require technical knowledge

Compute Services

Novita AI

Model APIs

Serverless per-token inference across text, image, audio and video models through an OpenAI-compatible API

GPU Instances

On-demand and serverless GPU compute, plus bare-metal clusters for larger deployments

Runpod

Pods

On‑demand single‑node GPU instances in Secure Cloud (data‑center hosted) or lower‑cost Community Cloud, with flexible templates and storage.

Serverless

Pay‑per‑second endpoints with automatic scaling for production AI/ML applications.

Instant Clusters

Fully managed multi‑node GPU clusters with high‑speed networking between nodes.

Pricing Options

Novita AI

Runpod

Secure Cloud

Pods hosted in vetted data centers; higher reliability tier

Community Cloud

Pods on vetted community hosts at lower rates than Secure Cloud

Spot

Interruptible capacity at reduced prices

Serverless

Pay-per-second billing for endpoint execution time, with automatic scaling and no charge when idle

Clusters

Per-hour or per-second billing for multi-node GPU clusters with no commitment, scaling up to 64 GPUs

Reserved Clusters

Discounted rates for 1, 3, 6, or 12+ month commitments on dedicated clusters with guaranteed availability and SLA-backed uptime; quoted by sales

Public Endpoints

Usage-based billing for pre-deployed model APIs, charged per request, per token, or per 1000 characters depending on the model

Getting Started

Novita AI

Get Started

1
Sign up at novita.ai and generate an API key from the dashboard
2
Set the base URL to Novita's OpenAI-compatible endpoint and pass the API key as the bearer token
3
Browse the model library for the model id, then pass it as the model parameter
4
Move to a private endpoint or dedicated GPU instance when shared serverless throughput is not enough

Runpod

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up for Runpod using your email or GitHub account
2
Add payment method
Add a credit card or cryptocurrency payment method
3
Launch your first pod
Select a template and GPU type to launch your first instance

Support & Global Availability

Novita AI

Global Regions

Regional availability is not published on the marketing site.

Support

Documentation site, dashboard guidance, and email support at support@novita.ai.

Runpod

Global Regions

31 global regions worldwide

Support

Documentation site, support request form, public status page, and a community Discord