CoreWeave vs RunPod Secure Cloud
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 5 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 34%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 10 40 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 19 19 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | RunPod Secure Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $8.60/hr | $6.79/hr | 21% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $6.31/hr | $4.59/hr | 27% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $6.16/hr | $3.49/hr | 43% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $2.25/hr | $1.09/hr | 52% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L40 48GB | $1.25/hr | $0.82/hr | 34% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| CoreWeave | RunPod Secure Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Hourly usage, invoiced monthly in arrears | Per second |
| Minimum commitment | not stated | None |
| Payment model | Invoice on receipt; reserved and bulk credits per order form | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise |
| Free credits | not stated | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards |
| Egress | not stated | Free |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% across regions, 99% single region | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud |
| Regions | US and European data centres; General and Dedicated Access regions | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models, how fast support answers, how long you have to dispute a bill or how much warning you get before maintenance. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$2.70/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$6.50/hr
- NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 192GB$10.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.53/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.84/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.09/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.89/hr
Is CoreWeave cheaper than RunPod Secure Cloud?
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 34%.
Which GPUs do CoreWeave and RunPod Secure Cloud both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA L40 48GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at CoreWeave and at RunPod Secure Cloud?
Of the cards both rent, CoreWeave starts at $1.25 per GPU-hour and RunPod Secure Cloud at $0.82.