GPU.ai vs Spheron
GPU specialist against peer marketplace, 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.
GPU.ai is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 17%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 17 offers
- Registered in
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- How they sell
- Peer marketplace A stranger whose machine the platform vets to some degree. Reliability, bandwidth and how long the machine stays online vary by host, not just by price.
- GPU models
- 11 17 offers
- Registered in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
These are not the same product. A GPU specialist and a peer marketplace differ in who your counterparty is, which is why the rates below can be far apart without either being wrong. The prices are comparable; what stands behind them is not.
The 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | GPU.ai | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $3.59/hr | $5.65/hr | 36% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $1.99/hr | $2.35/hr | 15% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.07/hr | $1.43/hr | 25% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.80/hr | $0.96/hr | 17% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.65/hr | $0.78/hr | 17% cheaper on GPU.ai |
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.
| GPU.ai | Spheron | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Per second | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | $5 minimum deposit, no term | None on dedicated or spot |
| Payment model | Prepaid credit balance with burn rate and runway | Prepaid credits, USD; enterprise invoicing on request |
| Egress | not stated | Network bandwidth included in the hourly rate |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99.9% |
| Regions | 8 regions: US East/Central/West, Canada, EU West, EU East, India South, Asia-Pacific | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific |
Neither site tells you whether a commitment auto-renews, how long you have to dispute a bill, whether private networking exists 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 RTX 2000 Ada 16GB$0.24/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.40/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.78/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB$0.89/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.48/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.29/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$3.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.48/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.68/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$3.02/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$10.37/hr
Is GPU.ai cheaper than Spheron?
GPU.ai is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 17%.
Which GPUs do GPU.ai and Spheron both rent?
NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB, NVIDIA A100 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at GPU.ai and at Spheron?
Of the cards both rent, GPU.ai starts at $0.65 per GPU-hour and Spheron at $0.78.
Are GPU.ai and Spheron the same kind of provider?
No. GPU.ai is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. Spheron is a peer marketplace — a stranger whose machine the platform vets to some degree. Reliability, bandwidth and how long the machine stays online vary by host, not just by price. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.