CoreWeave vs RunPod
RunPod is cheaper than CoreWeave on all 7 GPUs both providers list with on-demand pricing, verified 2026-08-22. The biggest gap is the H100: $2.89 on RunPod vs $6.16 on CoreWeave. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Price per GPU, side by side (2026-08-22)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | CoreWeave | RunPod | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | not offered | $0.25 | – |
| RTX A5000 | not offered | $0.27 | – |
| A40 | not offered | $0.44 | – |
| L4 | not offered | $0.49 | – |
| RTX 3090 | not offered | $0.50 | – |
| RTX A6000 | not offered | $0.53 | – |
| RTX PRO 4500 | not offered | $0.72 | – |
| RTX 4090 | not offered | $0.74 | – |
| L40 | $1.25 | $0.82 | -$0.43 (-34.4%) RunPod |
| RTX 6000 Ada | not offered | $0.84 | – |
| L40S | $2.25 | $0.99 | -$1.26 (-56.0%) RunPod |
| RTX 5090 | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| A100 | $2.70 | $1.39 | -$1.31 (-48.5%) RunPod |
| RTX PRO 6000 | $2.50 | $1.89 | -$0.61 (-24.4%) RunPod |
| MI300X | not offered | $2.39 | – |
| H100 | $6.16 | $2.89 | -$3.27 (-53.0%) RunPod |
| H200 | $6.30 | $3.79 | -$2.51 (-39.9%) RunPod |
| GH200 | $6.50 | not offered | – |
| B200 | $8.60 | $6.79 | -$1.81 (-21.0%) RunPod |
| B300 | not offered | $7.89 | – |
Cheapest verified on-demand rate per side from today's snapshot; highlighted = cheaper. Price diff is the absolute and percent saving on the cheaper side (named), relative to the higher price; – means one side does not offer that GPU on-demand. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
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Platform facts
| CoreWeave | RunPod | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | not published | per-second |
| Egress | free | free |
| Storage /GB-mo | $0.070/GB/month distributed file storage; $0.06/GB/month hot object storage | $0.10/GB/month volume disk; $0.07/GB/month network volume under 1TB |
| Spot offered | not published | not published |
| Reserved offered | sales only | yes self-serve |
| Notebook support | templates | templates |
From each provider's documentation, verified 2026-07-07; sources on the fees matrix and enterprise matrix.
FAQ
RunPod is cheaper on 7 of the 7 GPUs both providers offer, verified 2026-08-22. The other is cheaper on the rest, so the right pick depends on the specific GPU you need.
The H100: $2.89 per GPU-hour on RunPod vs $6.16 on CoreWeave, a difference of $3.27 per hour, verified 2026-08-22.
CoreWeave lists 1 GPU with on-demand pricing that RunPod does not: GH200. RunPod lists 12 that CoreWeave does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, A40, L4, RTX 3090, RTX A6000 and 6 more.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.