GPU cloud · head to head

Hyperstack vs Vast.ai

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

Hyperstack and Vast.ai at a glance
Fact	Hyperstack	Vast.ai
From	$1.35/hr	$0.49/hr
Free plan	No · No	No · No free credits
Best for	GPU cloud offering NVIDIA data-centre GPUs on demand and reserved.	A GPU rental marketplace where hosts set their own prices.
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.

Vast.ai plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
RTX 4090 24GB	$0.49/hr	—	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $0.49 (feed: 0.4947); lowest offer 'from' $0.13 (0.1343); p10 0.4014; 437 offers at time of read. vCPU/RAM depend on the host.
RTX 5090 32GB	$0.64/hr	—	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $0.64 (feed: 0.6358); lowest offer 'from' $0.37 (0.3737); p10 0.4697; 572 offers.
L40S 48GB	$0.64/hr	—	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $0.64 (feed: 0.6406); lowest offer 'from' $0.43 (0.4274); p10 0.4281; 74 offers.
A100 80GB SXM4	$0.73/hr	A100 SXM4	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $0.73 (feed: 0.7347); lowest offer 'from' $0.43 (0.4271); 126 offers. A100 PCIE 80GB: median $0.73 (0.7337), lowest $0.37 (0.3676), 117 offers.
H100 80GB SXM	$2.40/hr	H100 SXM	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $2.40 (feed: 2.4007); lowest offer 'from' $1.73 (1.7337); 31 offers. H100 PCIE: median $2.47, lowest $2.34. H100 NVL: median $2.49, lowest $1.63.
B200 192GB	$9.38/hr	—	Marketplace, varies by host. Median $9.38 (feed: 9.3759); lowest offer 'from' $6.25 (6.2513); 33 offers.

Cheapest first where the prices compare.

Which is cheaper, Hyperstack or Vast.ai?

Vast.ai costs less to start: $0.49/hr against $1.35/hr for Hyperstack. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on each company's own site.

Do Hyperstack and Vast.ai have a free plan?

Hyperstack: No, we found no free plan or trial for Hyperstack. Vast.ai: No free credits.

What else should I compare with Hyperstack and Vast.ai?

Other GPU cloud options we've checked: RunPod ($0.34/hr), TensorDock ($0.35/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