RunPod Secure Cloud vs Spheron
GPU specialist against peer marketplace, priced against each other on the 7 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.
Spheron is cheaper on 4 of the 7 cards both of them rent, by a median of 22%. RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on the other 3.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 19 19 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 7 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | RunPod Secure Cloud | Spheron | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $7.89/hr | $10.37/hr | 24% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $4.59/hr | $5.65/hr | 19% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $2.09/hr | $2.35/hr | 11% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.09/hr | $0.96/hr | 12% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB | $0.99/hr | $0.68/hr | 31% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.84/hr | $0.78/hr | 7% cheaper on Spheron |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB | $0.74/hr | $0.48/hr | 35% 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.
| RunPod Secure Cloud | 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 | None | None on dedicated or spot |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise | Prepaid credits, USD; enterprise invoicing on request |
| Free credits | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards | not stated |
| Egress | Free | Network bandwidth included in the hourly rate |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud | 99.9% |
| Regions | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific |
Neither site tells you 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 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 L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.89/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$3.49/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$6.79/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.43/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$3.02/hr
Is RunPod Secure Cloud cheaper than Spheron?
Spheron is cheaper on 4 of the 7 cards both of them rent, by a median of 22%. RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on the other 3.
Which GPUs do RunPod Secure Cloud and Spheron both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB — 7 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at RunPod Secure Cloud and at Spheron?
Of the cards both rent, RunPod Secure Cloud starts at $0.74 per GPU-hour and Spheron at $0.48.
Are RunPod Secure Cloud and Spheron the same kind of provider?
No. RunPod Secure Cloud 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.