centron vs RunPod
As of , RunPod lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand; centron wins on 1. Not counted: 1 more shared GPU, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: centron $2.02 vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.23 (11%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  centron |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $2.02 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 (11%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.03 · 12 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.65 from | $1.34 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.35 (26%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.99 · 22 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.69 from | $1.08 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.25 · 11 providers · lowest Hyperstack $0.15 | $0.23 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.25 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.02 (7%) | centron |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of centron and RunPod, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: centron $2.02 vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.23 (11%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: centron $1.34 vs RunPod $0.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.35 (26%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: centron $1.08 (GPU only) vs RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: centron $0.23 vs RunPod $0.25 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — centron is $0.02 (7%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: