SaladCloud alternatives
Promoted high on official /pricing floor ($0.015/GPU-hr). Depot interruptible ultra-cheap GPU pick…
Overall 6.72 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-10-19 · last reviewed 2026-10-19. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: cheap-gpu, batch-gpu, distributed-cheap-gpu, low-carbon-gpu-inference, on-device-edge-batch
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai Cheapest GPUs if your job can die and restart. Never put customer PII training here without eyes wide open. | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · cheap-gpu, batch-gpu, distributed-cheap-gpu | 6.94medium | +0.22 | 2026-09-14 |
| RunPod Depot default for self-serve GPUs. Secure Cloud for anything customer-facing; Community/spot for batch. | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · cheap-gpu, batch-gpu | 8.32high | +1.6 | 2026-10-19 |
| Crusoe Solid neocloud when you want SLA + energy story. Not the first stop for hackathon GPUs. | same_jtbd_pick · low-carbon-gpu-inference | 7.76medium | +1.04 | 2026-09-14 |
| Verda Top EU list-price neocloud peer to Nebius. Prefer Nebius Depot default for global neocloud; Verda when EU… | same_jtbd_runner · cheap-gpu, low-carbon-gpu-inference, on-device-edge-batch | 8.23high | +1.51 | 2026-09-14 |
| Thunder Compute Indie-friendly A100/H100 when you want simpler than Vast marketplace. RunPod/Salad for interruptible fleets… | same_jtbd_runner · cheap-gpu, on-device-edge-batch | 7.56high | +0.84 | 2026-09-14 |
| Modal Depot darling for Python agent backends and bursty GPU jobs. If you think in functions not VMs, start here. | same_jtbd_runner · batch-gpu | 8.44high | +1.72 | 2026-10-19 |
| Scaleway Generative APIs Best-documented EU open-model serverless API after Mistral. Use when you want Paris residency + published €… | same_jtbd_runner · low-carbon-gpu-inference | 8.09high | +1.37 | 2026-09-14 |
| Gcore EU inference bargain on published H100 €/hr. Pair with Mistral/Scaleway for model APIs; Verda when you need… | same_jtbd_runner · low-carbon-gpu-inference | 8.01high | +1.29 | 2026-09-14 |
| AWS GPU (EC2/P5/SageMaker) Use when AWS is destiny. For greenfield agent GPUs, neoclouds win on price and speed-to-pod. | same_jtbd_runner · batch-gpu | 7.72high | +1 | 2026-09-14 |
| Oracle Cloud GPU Secret weapon for cheap cloud GPUs if you tolerate OCI quirks. Not the agent-native DX winner. | same_jtbd_runner · cheap-gpu | 7.65medium | +0.93 | 2026-09-14 |
| FluidStack Useful opportunistic H100 capacity if the live console quote clears ~$2.1–2.5/hr. Remain medium until a… | same_jtbd_runner · cheap-gpu | 7.46medium | +0.74 | 2026-09-14 |
| Chutes Budget open-model overflow with a now-pinned public TEE matrix. Depot open-model production pick stays… | same_jtbd_runner · on-device-edge-batch | 7.29high | +0.57 | 2026-09-14 |
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