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Compare GPU pricing between Salad Cloud and Vast.ai. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.
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Average Price Difference: $0.06/hour between comparable GPUs
| GPU Model ↑ | Salad Cloud Price | Vast.ai Price | Price Diff ↕ | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
B200 180GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
B200 180GB 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 1070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 6x GPU | — | |
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | 2x GPU | ↓$0.03(68.1%) | ||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | ↓$0.05(71.6%) | |||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | ↓$0.04(65.6%) | |||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | — | ||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
B200 180GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
B200 180GB 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 1070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 6x GPU | — | |
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • | ||||
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | 2x GPU | ↓$0.03(68.1%) | ||
GTX 1660 6GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | ↓$0.05(71.6%) | |||
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Salad CloudVast.ai | ↓$0.04(65.6%) | |||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | — | ||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Vast.ai | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
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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.
Prices set by supply and demand across the platform with no list prices or hidden fees
GPU Cloud for full control, Serverless for zero-ops inference, Clusters for large-scale training
CLI, Python SDK, and REST API for programmatic GPU provisioning, installed together via a single package
API-native workflow intended for AI agents to search, procure, and release compute autonomously
Prebuilt templates for popular open-source models, plus custom templates any GPU can run with one click
Scale from $5 to 20,000 GPUs across 40+ data centers without contracts or minimums
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.
On-demand instances across 40+ data centers and 20,000+ GPUs
Deploy models as endpoints with autoscaling to zero
Dedicated multi-node GPU clusters with InfiniBand networking
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.
Guaranteed uptime with per-second billing. Best for production workloads.
50%+ cheaper preemptible instances. Best for fault-tolerant batch training.
Up to 50% off with 1, 3, or 6 month commitments. Guaranteed capacity with volume discounts.
Endpoint rates billed only for compute time, with no charge while workers are scaled to zero.
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.
Start with as little as $5 and grab an API key from the console. No contracts, no sales calls.
Filter by model, VRAM, price, and availability via the console or API
Launch instances in seconds. Scale up or down programmatically.
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.
40+ data centers with global coverage including community and enterprise providers
24/7 support chat in the console, email support at contact@vast.ai, Discord community, and documentation covering the CLI, SDK, and REST API