RunPod Secure Cloud vs Verda
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 9 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 8 of the 9 cards both of them rent, by a median of 10%. Verda is cheaper on the other 1.
- 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
- 12 134 offers
- Registered in
- 🇫🇮 Finland
The 9 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | RunPod Secure Cloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $7.89/hr | $8.45/hr | 7% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.79/hr | $6.85/hr | 1% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $4.59/hr | $4.64/hr | 1% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.49/hr | $3.56/hr | 2% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $2.09/hr | $1.96/hr | 6% cheaper on Verda |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $1.59/hr | $1.80/hr | 12% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.09/hr | $1.54/hr | 29% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.84/hr | $1.16/hr | 28% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.53/hr | $0.64/hr | 17% 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 | Verda | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10-minute prepaid increments |
| Minimum commitment | None | None; prepaid balance |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise | Prepaid balance (one-time or auto top-up); long-term paid up-front |
| Free credits | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards | Credit coupons at promotions and hackathons |
| Egress | Free | not stated |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud | No SLA; availability not warranted |
| Regions | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia | FIN-01, FIN-02, FIN-03 — Helsinki, Finland |
Neither site tells you 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 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.89/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
- NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB$0.19/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB$1.29/hr
- NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 288GB$9.72/hr
Is RunPod Secure Cloud cheaper than Verda?
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 8 of the 9 cards both of them rent, by a median of 10%. Verda is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do RunPod Secure Cloud and Verda both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB — 9 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at RunPod Secure Cloud and at Verda?
Of the cards both rent, RunPod Secure Cloud starts at $0.53 per GPU-hour and Verda at $0.64.