Vast.ai vs Verda
Peer marketplace against GPU specialist, 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.
Vast.ai is cheaper on 7 of the 7 cards both of them rent, by a median of 47%.
- 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
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 12 134 offers
- Registered in
- 🇫🇮 Finland
These are not the same product. A peer marketplace and a GPU specialist 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 | Vast.ai | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.25/hr | $6.85/hr | 9% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | $4.08/hr | $4.64/hr | 12% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $1.87/hr | $3.56/hr | 47% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB | $1.01/hr | $1.96/hr | 48% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $0.67/hr | $1.80/hr | 63% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.54/hr | $1.16/hr | 54% cheaper on Vast.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.40/hr | $0.64/hr | 37% 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.
| Vast.ai | 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 | $5 minimum to start | None; prepaid balance |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits; optional auto top-up | Prepaid balance (one-time or auto top-up); long-term paid up-front |
| Free credits | not stated | Credit coupons at promotions and hackathons |
| Egress | Priced per byte by each host | not stated |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | No SLA; availability not warranted |
| Regions | 40+ data centres worldwide | FIN-01, FIN-02, FIN-03 — Helsinki, Finland |
Neither site tells you whether you get credits when it breaks, whether a commitment auto-renews 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 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 4090 24GB$0.43/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.47/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super 16GB$0.64/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.47/hr
- NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB$0.19/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB$1.29/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$1.54/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$8.45/hr
- NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 288GB$9.72/hr
Is Vast.ai cheaper than Verda?
Vast.ai is cheaper on 7 of the 7 cards both of them rent, by a median of 47%.
Which GPUs do Vast.ai and Verda both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB — 7 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Vast.ai and at Verda?
Of the cards both rent, Vast.ai starts at $0.40 per GPU-hour and Verda at $0.64.
Are Vast.ai and Verda the same kind of provider?
No. Vast.ai 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. Verda is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.