What is the difference between Spheron and Thunder Compute?

Spheron and Thunder Compute 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: Spheron or Thunder Compute?

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 Spheron and Thunder Compute?

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 14 different GPU models across both Spheron and Thunder Compute, with 0 models available from both providers.

Spheron vs Thunder Compute

Compare GPU pricing between Spheron and Thunder Compute. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

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Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.55/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 14Both available: 2Spheron: 12Thunder Compute: 4

Showing 14 of 14 GPUs

Last updated: 11/6/2026, 11:58:04 PM

GPU Model ↑	Spheron Price	Thunder Compute Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • SpheronThunder Compute	$1.19/hr	$1.09/hr★ Best	↑+$0.10(+9.2%)	Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Spheron $1.19/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Thunder Compute $1.09/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.10(+9.2%) Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
B200 180GB VRAM • Spheron	$5.66/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Spheron $5.66/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.02/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron $3.02/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • SpheronThunder Compute	$2.20/hr★ Best	$3.20/hr	↓$1.00(31.3%)	Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Spheron $2.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute $3.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.00(31.3%) Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
H200 141GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.32/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Spheron $3.32/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Spheron	$11.52/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Spheron $11.52/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40 40GB VRAM • Thunder Compute	Not Available	$0.79/hr★ Best	—	Thunder Compute
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Thunder Compute $0.79/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute
L40S 48GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.96/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Spheron $0.96/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron $3.59/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.72/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Spheron $0.72/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Spheron	$1.56/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Spheron $1.56/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.78/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Spheron $0.78/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Thunder Compute	Not Available	$0.35/hr★ Best	—	Thunder Compute
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Thunder Compute $0.35/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Spheron	$1.39/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Spheron $1.39/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • SpheronThunder Compute	$1.19/hr	$1.09/hr★ Best	↑+$0.10(+9.2%)	Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Spheron $1.19/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Thunder Compute $1.09/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.10(+9.2%) Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
B200 180GB VRAM • Spheron	$5.66/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Spheron $5.66/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.02/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron $3.02/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • SpheronThunder Compute	$2.20/hr★ Best	$3.20/hr	↓$1.00(31.3%)	Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Spheron $2.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute $3.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.00(31.3%) Spheron GPU pricing feed Thunder Compute
H200 141GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.32/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Spheron $3.32/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Spheron	$11.52/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Spheron $11.52/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40 40GB VRAM • Thunder Compute	Not Available	$0.79/hr★ Best	—	Thunder Compute
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Thunder Compute $0.79/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute
L40S 48GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.96/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Spheron $0.96/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron	$3.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron $3.59/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.72/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Spheron $0.72/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Spheron	$1.56/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Spheron $1.56/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Spheron	$0.78/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Spheron $0.78/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Thunder Compute	Not Available	$0.35/hr★ Best	—	Thunder Compute
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Thunder Compute $0.35/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Thunder Compute
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Spheron	$1.39/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Spheron $1.39/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Spheron GPU pricing feed

Features Comparison

Spheron

Multi-provider marketplace
Access GPU capacity from multiple cloud providers and certified data centers from one account, without separate signups per provider
Per-minute billing
Instances are billed by the minute rather than rounded up to the hour, past a 20-minute minimum runtime (60 minutes for a 2x AMD MI300X)
Fast provisioning
NVIDIA instances are typically ready in under two minutes with no approval workflow or provisioning queue
Unified billing and cost tracking
Compute spend across every connected provider is tracked in a single dashboard
Full root access instances
Each VM or bare metal instance includes NVMe SSD storage, network bandwidth and full root access, with a dedicated IP on NVIDIA instances
Supplier matchmaking
Spheron sources large clusters, specific hardware and InfiniBand configurations from its partner data center network, with a typical quote turnaround of 24-48 hours

Thunder Compute

Rapid deployment
Spin up a dedicated cloud GPU in seconds.
Flexible configurations
Customize vCPUs, RAM, and storage.
Networking
Supports 7-10 Gbps networking speeds.
Development tools
Integrated VS Code extension for easier development.
Snapshot capabilities
Ability to take snapshots for later use.

Pros & Cons

Spheron

Advantages

One account and dashboard spans several GPU clouds, avoiding per-provider lock-in
Per-minute billing past a short minimum runtime, with no contract or long-term commitment
Wide NVIDIA range from RTX 4090 through B300 plus the AMD MI300X, with GB200, GB300 and R100 available to reserve
Spot instances run the same hardware at up to 50% off dedicated rates

Considerations

Capacity is supplied by third-party data centers, so hardware, regions and operational experience vary by partner
Spot instances are interruptible and can be reclaimed when demand returns
Large clusters, custom configurations and reserved capacity go through sales rather than self-service

Thunder Compute

Advantages

User-friendly interface
Quick scaling options
Integrated development environment

Considerations

Limited availability in regions
Potential performance variability depending on load

Compute Services

Spheron

Thunder Compute

Pricing Options

Spheron

On-Demand Dedicated Instances

Non-interruptible instances covered by an uptime SLA and billed per minute, with no contract or long-term commitment

Spot Instances

Idle capacity on the same hardware at up to 50% off dedicated rates, interruptible when the provider reclaims it

Reserved Commitments

Commit to a duration for locked capacity, volume pricing and dedicated support

Custom Clusters

Quoted deployments from 8 to 512+ GPUs with specific hardware and InfiniBand configurations sourced from partner data centers

Thunder Compute

Getting Started

Spheron

Get Started

1
Pick your GPU
Browse available GPU models with live pricing and filter by VRAM, architecture or price
2
Configure and launch
Choose a region, storage and OS image, then deploy; instances are provisioned in around two minutes
3
Build, train, iterate
SSH in and start working, switch to another GPU model at any time, or spin down to stop per-minute billing
4
Request a quote for larger needs
Submit requirements for reserved capacity or custom clusters and Spheron sources, negotiates and sets up the deployment

Thunder Compute

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up for an account on the Thunder Compute platform.
2
Choose a template
Select a pre-built template for your AI workflow.
3
Customize your setup
Adjust the vCPUs, RAM, and storage as necessary.
4
Launch your instance
Start your GPU instance with a single click.
5
Connect to your environment
Use the VS Code extension to access your persistent environment.

Support & Global Availability

Spheron

Global Regions

Capacity sourced from vetted Tier 3/4 partner data centers spanning multiple continents; region is selected at deploy time

Support

Documentation, API reference and changelog at docs.spheron.ai, plus sales contact and call scheduling for reserved capacity and custom cluster quotes

Thunder Compute

Global Regions

Available in the US and possibly other regions.

Support

24/7 support via email and chat.