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Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Runcrate and Salad Cloud. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.
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Average Price Difference: $0.76/hour between comparable GPUs
| GPU Model ↑ | Runcrate Price | Salad Cloud Price | Price Diff ↕ | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A10 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
A16 64GB VRAM • Runcrate | 2x GPU | Not Available | — | |
A16 64GB VRAM • $0.56/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
A40 48GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A40 48GB VRAM • | ||||
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • $1.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
GH200 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
GH200 96GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1050 Ti 4GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1050 Ti 4GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1060 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1060 6GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • Runcrate | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H200 141GB VRAM • $4.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
L4 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L4 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A10 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
A16 64GB VRAM • Runcrate | 2x GPU | Not Available | — | |
A16 64GB VRAM • $0.56/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
A40 48GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A40 48GB VRAM • | ||||
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • $1.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
GH200 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
GH200 96GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1050 Ti 4GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1050 Ti 4GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1060 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1060 6GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Salad Cloud | Not Available | — | ||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • Runcrate | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H200 141GB VRAM • $4.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
L4 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L4 24GB VRAM • | ||||
| Model ↑ | Runcrate | Salad Cloud | Input Diff ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek | $0.240 in $0.900 out | Not available | — |
DeepSeek | $0.270 in $1.00 out | Not available | — |
DeepSeek | $0.260 in $0.380 out | Not available | — |
Google | $0.150 in $1.25 out | Not available | — |
Google | $0.090 in $0.340 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $0.037 in $0.170 out | Not available | — |
Kimi | $0.750 in $3.50 out | Not available | — |
Meta | $0.340 in $0.340 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.120 in $0.240 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.080 in $0.280 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.260 in $2.60 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.320 in $3.20 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.360 in $0.400 out | Not available | — |
Alibaba | $0.090 in $1.10 out | Not available | — |
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Token-billed API calls and GPU hours draw on one credit balance with a single invoice, auto-recharge, and credits that do not expire
Chat, image, video, text-to-speech, speech-to-text and embedding models served behind OpenAI-compatible REST endpoints, so existing clients switch by changing the base URL
Bare-metal instances with SSH, Docker and custom images, provisioned in about 60 seconds
An unauthenticated endpoint publishes the live GPU rate card, refreshed every few minutes
Reserved bare-metal from 16 to 128+ nodes with NVLink fabric and managed Slurm job submission
Python and TypeScript SDKs, a Vercel AI SDK provider, a CLI for instance and volume management, and an MCP server for controlling the platform from AI assistants
Community-powered consumer GPUs for stateless and high-volume workloads with very competitive pricing.
Data center-grade A100, L40S, and H100 NVL capacity with managed orchestration for compliant workloads.
Deploy containers without managing nodes; scale replicas across thousands of GPUs via the Salad portal.
Public pricing calculator shows hourly rates for all GPU types across both Community and Secure tiers.
Portal access, Developer Hub, and product documentation at docs.salad.com.
Self-service bare-metal GPU instances with root access, custom images and persistent volumes, deployable in about 60 seconds and scalable from 1 to 128 nodes
Reserved bare-metal clusters from 16 to 128+ nodes with NVLink fabric and managed Slurm, aimed at multi-node pre-training and fine-tuning
Managed container orchestration on data center GPUs such as H100 NVL, A100, and L40S with competitive hourly pricing.
Community-powered GPU pool for flexible, stateless workloads with very competitive pricing.
Published per-million-token input and output rates on every model in the catalog, with no minimum and no commitment
GPU instances metered while running with no minimum commitment — stopping the instance stops the meter
Reserved GPU capacity sized to traffic in exchange for a monthly minimum, priced 40–60% below the public rate card and carrying a 99.9% uptime SLA
Custom contract pricing with bring-your-own-cloud and self-hosted deployments, region pinning, and 99.95%/99.99% SLAs with service credits
Extremely cost-effective community tier with consumer GPUs for stateless and fault-tolerant workloads.
Competitive hourly rates for data center-grade H100 NVL, A100, and L40S GPUs with managed orchestration.
Hourly billing via the Salad portal and calculator with no prepayments or long-term commitments required.
Public pricing calculator available showing all GPU types and hourly rates across both tiers.
Sign up through the console and generate an API key
Fund one balance used by both API calls and GPU hours, optionally with auto-recharge
Point an OpenAI-compatible client at the inference endpoint, or launch a GPU instance from the console or CLI
Sign up and log in at portal.salad.com to access the dashboard and calculator.
Pick Community for the lowest-cost consumer GPUs or Secure for data center-grade H100/A100/L40S clusters.
Use the pricing calculator to pick a GPU SKU (e.g., L40S, A100, H100 NVL) and set the number of replicas.
Provide your image, command, and environment settings, then launch via the portal or API.
Track deployments and status in the portal; adjust replicas or GPU class as needed.
Multi-cloud capacity advertised across North America (Los Angeles, Chicago), Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt) and Asia-Pacific (Singapore, Mumbai, Sydney, Tokyo); region pinning to US, EU or APAC is an Enterprise-tier option
Documentation, quickstarts and SDK references; email and community Discord on the self-serve plan; Slack Connect with engineers on Dedicated; named customer success manager and on-call engineering on Enterprise
Distributed global community GPU network with secure data center clusters (locations not explicitly listed on public pages).
Documentation and Developer Hub at docs.salad.com, portal dashboards with a status page, community Discord, and sales contact for secure clusters.