GPU cloud · head to head

Hyperstack vs RunPod

What each costs, whether there's a free plan, and what each is best for, from prices checked on their own sites.

Hyperstack and RunPod at a glance
Fact	Hyperstack	RunPod
From	$1.35/hr	$0.34/hr
Free plan	No · No	No · No free credits; small referral bonus after a $10 top-up
Best for	GPU cloud offering NVIDIA data-centre GPUs on demand and reserved.	GPU cloud with on-demand pods, a cheaper Community Cloud and serverless GPU endpoints.
Checked	Oct 17, 2026	Oct 17, 2026
Website	Visit	Visit

The difference in short

Hyperstack plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
H200 141GB SXM	$3.99/hr	H200 SXM · 22 vCPU · 225 GB RAM	Per GPU. vCPU and RAM are the page's 'Max pCPUs per GPU' and 'Max RAM per GPU' limits. Reservation from $2.79/hr.
H100 80GB SXM	$3.20/hr	H100 SXM · 24 vCPU · 240 GB RAM	Per GPU, max vCPU/RAM per GPU. Reservation from $2.72/hr. H100 NVLink 80GB is $2.60/hr on-demand (31 vCPU, 180 GB).
H100 80GB (PCIe)	$2.50/hr	H100 PCIe · 28 vCPU · 180 GB RAM	Pricing table row is labelled only 'NVIDIA H100'; Hyperstack's product list and spot table call it H100 PCIe, so PCIe is inferred. Max vCPU/RAM per GPU. Reservation from $1.75/hr.
A100 80GB (PCIe)	$1.35/hr	A100 PCIe · 28 vCPU · 120 GB RAM	Row labelled 'NVIDIA A100' (80GB); PCIe inferred from the NVLink and SXM variants being listed separately (A100 NVLink $1.40, A100 SXM $1.60). Reservation from $0.95/hr.
B200 192GB	$6/hr	31 vCPU · 256 GB RAM	Per GPU, max vCPU/RAM per GPU. Reservation from $5.10/hr. B300 288GB is $7.40/hr on-demand.
H100 PCIe Spot VM	$2/hr	80 GB VRAM	Spot VM price from the Spot table; interruptible. Other spot rates: RTX Pro 6000 SE $1.48, A100 $1.08, L40 $0.80, A6000 $0.40.

RunPod plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
RTX 4090 24GB (Secure Cloud)	$0.89/hr	6 vCPU · 41 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud price for the same GPU is $0.34/hr. Page default view is Secure Cloud; toggle switches to Community Cloud.
L40S 48GB (Secure Cloud)	$1.09/hr	16 vCPU · 94 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $0.79/hr.
A100 80GB PCIe (Secure Cloud)	$1.79/hr	A100 PCIe · 8 vCPU · 117 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $1.19/hr. A100 SXM 80GB (16 vCPU, 125 GB RAM) is also $1.79/hr Secure, $1.39/hr Community.
H100 80GB SXM (Secure Cloud)	$3.99/hr	H100 SXM · 20 vCPU · 125 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $2.69/hr. H100 PCIe 80GB (16 vCPU, 188 GB RAM) is $2.89/hr Secure, $1.99/hr Community. H100 NVL 94GB $3.19/hr Secure, $2.59/hr Community.
H200 141GB (Secure Cloud)	$5.29/hr	24 vCPU · 276 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $3.59/hr.
B200 180GB (Secure Cloud)	$7.99/hr	28 vCPU · 283 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $5.98/hr.
RTX 4090 24GB (Community Cloud)	$0.34/hr	—	Community Cloud: GPUs in vetted third-party data centres, cheaper than Secure Cloud.
RTX 5090 32GB (Secure Cloud)	$1.19/hr	9 vCPU · 35 GB RAM	Secure Cloud, per GPU. Community Cloud $0.69/hr.

Cheapest first where the prices compare.

Which is cheaper, Hyperstack or RunPod?

RunPod costs less to start: $0.34/hr against $1.35/hr for Hyperstack. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on each company's own site.

Do Hyperstack and RunPod have a free plan?

Hyperstack: No, we found no free plan or trial for Hyperstack. RunPod: No free credits; small referral bonus after a $10 top-up.

What else should I compare with Hyperstack and RunPod?

Other GPU cloud options we've checked: TensorDock ($0.35/hr), Vast.ai ($0.49/hr), DigitalOcean GPU Droplets ($0.76/hr), Modal ($1.10/hr).

Built from the prices and facts we checked on each company's own site. We haven't tested either hands-on.How we work