RunPod vs Vast.ai (2026): Real H100 & A100 Effective Cost After Cold-Start, NVMe Storage & Bandwidth Billing
On the sticker, Vast.ai rents H100 SXM capacity about 25% below RunPod's Community Cloud ($2.01 against $2.69) and A100 80GB about 26% below its Secure tier ($1.319 against $1.79). On the invoice, a two-hour model test is 63% more expensive on Vast and a 7×24 production node flips to RunPod above 5…
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- 2026-10-19 07:17 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
RunPod vs Vast.ai (2026): Real H100 & A100 Effective Cost After Cold-Start, NVMe Storage & Bandwidth Billing