DataCrunch vs RunPod
RunPod is cheaper on 5 of the 9 GPUs both providers list with on-demand pricing, verified 2026-08-22. DataCrunch still wins on 3, its best case being the B200 at $6.11 vs $6.79. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Price per GPU, side by side (2026-08-22)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | DataCrunch | RunPod | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla V100 | $0.17 | not offered | – |
| 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 | $0.61 | $0.53 | -$0.08 (-13.1%) RunPod |
| RTX PRO 4500 | not offered | $0.72 | – |
| RTX 4090 | not offered | $0.74 | – |
| L40 | not offered | $0.82 | – |
| RTX 6000 Ada | $1.04 | $0.84 | -$0.20 (-19.2%) RunPod |
| L40S | $1.37 | $0.99 | -$0.38 (-27.7%) RunPod |
| RTX 5090 | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| A100 | $1.29 | $1.39 | -$0.10 (-7.2%) DataCrunch |
| RTX PRO 6000 | $1.89 | $1.89 | $0.00 |
| MI300X | not offered | $2.39 | – |
| H100 | $3.25 | $2.89 | -$0.36 (-11.1%) RunPod |
| H200 | $4.00 | $3.79 | -$0.21 (-5.2%) RunPod |
| B200 | $6.11 | $6.79 | -$0.68 (-10.0%) DataCrunch |
| B300 | $7.50 | $7.89 | -$0.39 (-4.9%) DataCrunch |
| GB300 | $8.62 | not offered | – |
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
| DataCrunch | RunPod | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | not published | per-second |
| Egress | not published | free |
| Storage /GB-mo | not published | $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 5 of the 9 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 B200: $6.11 per GPU-hour on DataCrunch vs $6.79 on RunPod, a difference of $0.68 per hour, verified 2026-08-22.
DataCrunch lists 2 GPUs with on-demand pricing that RunPod does not: Tesla V100, GB300. RunPod lists 10 that DataCrunch does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, A40, L4, RTX 3090, RTX PRO 4500 and 4 more.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.