RunPod vs Spheron
RunPod is cheaper on 4 of the 7 GPUs both providers list with on-demand pricing, verified 2026-08-22. Spheron still wins on 3, its best case being the H100 at $2.64 vs $2.89. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Spheron
cheaper on 3 of 7 sharedPrice per GPU, side by side (2026-08-22)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | RunPod | Spheron | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | $0.25 | not offered | – |
| RTX A5000 | $0.27 | not offered | – |
| A40 | $0.44 | not offered | – |
| L4 | $0.49 | not offered | – |
| RTX 3090 | $0.50 | not offered | – |
| RTX A6000 | $0.53 | not offered | – |
| RTX PRO 4500 | $0.72 | not offered | – |
| RTX 4090 | $0.74 | $0.77 | -$0.03 (-3.9%) RunPod |
| L40 | $0.82 | not offered | – |
| RTX 6000 Ada | $0.84 | not offered | – |
| RTX 5090 | $0.99 | $0.86 | -$0.13 (-13.1%) Spheron |
| L40S | $0.99 | $0.96 | -$0.03 (-3.0%) Spheron |
| A100 | $1.39 | $1.43 | -$0.04 (-2.8%) RunPod |
| RTX PRO 6000 | $1.89 | $2.31 | -$0.42 (-18.2%) RunPod |
| MI300X | $2.39 | not offered | – |
| H100 | $2.89 | $2.64 | -$0.25 (-8.7%) Spheron |
| H200 | $3.79 | $4.79 | -$1.00 (-20.9%) RunPod |
| B200 | $6.79 | not offered | – |
| B300 | $7.89 | 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
| RunPod | Spheron | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | per-second | not published |
| Egress | free | not published |
| Storage /GB-mo | $0.10/GB/month volume disk; $0.07/GB/month network volume under 1TB | not published |
| Spot offered | not published | yes |
| Reserved offered | yes self-serve | no |
| 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 4 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 H200: $3.79 per GPU-hour on RunPod vs $4.79 on Spheron, a difference of $1.00 per hour, verified 2026-08-22.
RunPod lists 12 GPUs with on-demand pricing that Spheron does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, A40, L4, RTX 3090, RTX A6000 and 6 more. Every GPU Spheron lists with on-demand pricing is also available on RunPod.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.