What is the difference between Thunder Compute and Vast.ai?

Thunder Compute 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: Thunder Compute 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 Thunder Compute 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 67 different GPU models across both Thunder Compute and Vast.ai, with 0 models available from both providers.

Thunder Compute vs Vast.ai

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

Thunder Compute

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Thunder Compute GPUs

Vast.ai GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.52/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 67Both available: 3Thunder Compute: 4Vast.ai: 66

Showing 15 of 67 GPUs

Last updated: 10/2/2026, 7:17:28 PM

GPU Model ↑	Thunder Compute Price	Vast.ai Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.24/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.47/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.47/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Thunder ComputeVast.ai	$1.09/hr	$0.44/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.65(+147.4%)	Thunder Compute Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Thunder Compute $1.09/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 Vast.ai $0.44/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.65(+147.4%) Thunder Compute Vast.ai
A16 64GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A16 64GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.11/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.52/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.52/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
B200 180GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$6.25/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $6.25/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX Titan X 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX Titan X 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$2.43/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $2.43/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

A10 24GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.24/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.47/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.47/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Thunder ComputeVast.ai	$1.09/hr	$0.44/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.65(+147.4%)	Thunder Compute Vast.ai
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Thunder Compute $1.09/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 Vast.ai $0.44/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.65(+147.4%) Thunder Compute Vast.ai
A16 64GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.11/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
A16 64GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.11/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.52/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Vast.ai
A40 48GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.52/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
B200 180GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$6.25/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $6.25/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1080 8GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1080 Ti 11GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1650 4GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.06/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
GTX Titan X 12GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
GTX Titan X 12GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $0.05/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Vast.ai	Not Available	$2.43/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Vast.ai
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Vast.ai $2.43/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Vast.ai

Features Comparison

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.

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, installed together via a single package
Agent-Ready Provisioning
API-native workflow intended for AI agents to search, procure, and release compute autonomously
Model Library and Templates
Prebuilt templates for popular open-source models, plus custom templates any GPU can run with one click
Flexible Infrastructure
Scale from $5 to 20,000 GPUs across 40+ data centers without contracts or minimums

Pros & Cons

Thunder Compute

Advantages

User-friendly interface
Quick scaling options
Integrated development environment

Considerations

Limited availability in regions
Potential performance variability depending on load

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

Thunder Compute

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

Thunder Compute

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.

Serverless

Endpoint rates billed only for compute time, with no charge while workers are scaled to zero.

Getting Started

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.

Vast.ai

Get Started

1
Add credit and get your API key
Start with as little as $5 and grab an API key from the console. No contracts, no sales calls.
2
Search GPUs
Filter by model, VRAM, price, and availability via the console or API
3
Deploy
Launch instances in seconds. Scale up or down programmatically.

Support & Global Availability

Thunder Compute

Global Regions

Available in the US and possibly other regions.

Support

24/7 support via email and chat.

Vast.ai

Global Regions

40+ data centers with global coverage including community and enterprise providers

Support

24/7 support chat in the console, email support at contact@vast.ai, Discord community, and documentation covering the CLI, SDK, and REST API