Massed Compute 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.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 7%. Spheron is cheaper on the other 2.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 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 | Massed Compute | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $6.60/hr | $10.37/hr | 36% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $2.19/hr | $2.35/hr | 7% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.35/hr | $1.43/hr | 6% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.97/hr | $0.96/hr | 1% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.79/hr | $0.78/hr | 1% cheaper on Spheron |
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.
| Massed Compute | 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 minute | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold | None on dedicated or spot |
| Payment model | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge | Prepaid credits, USD; enterprise invoicing on request |
| Free credits | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes | not stated |
| Egress | Free | Network bandwidth included in the hourly rate |
| Uptime SLA | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found | 99.9% |
| Regions | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named | 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 A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.55/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.38/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$2.73/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$5.43/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.48/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.68/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$3.02/hr
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB$5.65/hr
Is Massed Compute cheaper than Spheron?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 7%. Spheron is cheaper on the other 2.
Which GPUs do Massed Compute and Spheron both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, 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 Massed Compute and at Spheron?
Of the cards both rent, Massed Compute starts at $0.79 per GPU-hour and Spheron at $0.78.
Are Massed Compute and Spheron the same kind of provider?
No. Massed Compute 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.