Thunder Compute vs Vast.ai
As of , Thunder Compute and Vast.ai share 3 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. Not compared today: 1 more shared GPU, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Thunder Compute $1.09 vs Vast.ai $1.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Thunder Compute |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $1.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40 median $0.97 · 11 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.78 from | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.51 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.46 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Vast.ai: thin market
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Thunder Compute and Vast.ai, 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: Thunder Compute $1.09 vs Vast.ai $1.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40: Thunder Compute $0.79 vs Vast.ai $0.51 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Thunder Compute $0.35 vs Vast.ai $0.46 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
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: