Spheron vs Vast.ai
Two peer marketplace providers, 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.
Vast.ai is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 31%.
- 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
- 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
- 21 58 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Spheron | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $5.65/hr | $4.08/hr | 28% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $2.35/hr | $1.01/hr | 57% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.78/hr | $0.54/hr | 31% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB | $0.68/hr | $0.47/hr | 31% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB | $0.48/hr | $0.43/hr | 10% cheaper on Vast.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.
| Spheron | Vast.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 minute | Per second |
| Minimum commitment | None on dedicated or spot | $5 minimum to start |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits, USD; enterprise invoicing on request | Prepaid credits; optional auto top-up |
| Egress | Network bandwidth included in the hourly rate | Priced per byte by each host |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% | not stated |
| Regions | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific | 40+ data centres worldwide |
Neither site tells you whether a commitment auto-renews, 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 L40S 48GB$0.96/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.43/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$3.02/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$10.37/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.12/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4070 12GB$0.14/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB$0.21/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.40/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super 16GB$0.64/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$0.67/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$1.87/hr
Is Spheron cheaper than Vast.ai?
Vast.ai is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 31%.
Which GPUs do Spheron and Vast.ai both rent?
NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB, NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Spheron and at Vast.ai?
Of the cards both rent, Spheron starts at $0.48 per GPU-hour and Vast.ai at $0.43.