RunPod Secure Cloud vs Together AI
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 4 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 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 19%.
- 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
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 6 19 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 4 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | RunPod Secure Cloud | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $7.89/hr | $9.99/hr | 21% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.79/hr | $8.19/hr | 17% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $4.59/hr | $5.99/hr | 23% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.49/hr | $3.99/hr | 13% 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.
| RunPod Secure Cloud | Together AI | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hourly for clusters; per token, megapixel or second for serverless |
| Minimum commitment | None | $5 minimum credit; no term on on-demand |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise | Prepaid credits, then invoices with itemised usage |
| Free credits | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards | None — no free trials |
| Egress | Free | FREE on managed storage |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud | not stated |
| Regions | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia | not stated |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models, whether you get credits when it breaks, how fast support answers or how long you have to dispute a bill. 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 RTX 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.84/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$1.09/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.59/hr
Nothing the other does not also rent.
Is RunPod Secure Cloud cheaper than Together AI?
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 4 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 19%.
Which GPUs do RunPod Secure Cloud and Together AI both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB — 4 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at RunPod Secure Cloud and at Together AI?
Of the cards both rent, RunPod Secure Cloud starts at $3.49 per GPU-hour and Together AI at $3.99.