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Runpod
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Developer-focused GPU cloud offering on-demand pods, serverless inference and multi-node clusters at per-second pricing for AI workloads.

2.3M visits/mo
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Deep Infra
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Low-cost inference cloud with developer APIs to run open ML models and on-demand GPUs, billed pay-per-use.

375K visits/mo
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Serverless AI cloud for running inference, training and sandboxes on GPUs with fast cold starts and pay-per-use billing.

988K visits/mo
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CometAPI
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Unified API to 500+ AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.) with OpenAI-compatible calls priced ~20% below official rates.

363K visits/mo4.8K saves
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MuAPI
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Unified pay-per-generation API for 500+ image, video and audio models like FLUX, Kling and Seedance at low cost.

411K visits/mo
Pricing
Pods A40 48GB: $0.44/hr
Pods RTX 4090 24GB: $0.69/hr
Pods A100 SXM 80GB: $1.49/hr
Pods H100 SXM 80GB: $2.99/hr
Pods H200 141GB: $4.39/hr
Pods B300 288GB: $7.39/hr

No public pricing

Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Pay-as-you-go, min top-up $10
GPT-5.6: $4 / 1M tokens
Claude Sonnet 5: $1.6 / 1M tokens

Free trial available

No public pricing

Core features
  • On-demand GPU pods across 30+ GPU types and 31 regions
  • Serverless GPU endpoints with sub-200ms cold starts
  • Zero idle cost billing for inference workloads
  • Multi-node clusters for distributed training
  • Persistent network storage for full pipelines
  • Real-time logs, monitoring and autoscaling from 0 to hundreds of workers
  • Hosted inference for many open models
  • Simple REST/OpenAI-compatible API
  • Pay-per-token or per-time billing
  • On-demand GPU rental
  • Broad catalog (Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, Flux, etc.)
  • DeepStart and DeepCluster tooling
  • Serverless GPU compute defined in Python
  • Sub-second container cold starts
  • Autoscale 0 to 1000+ GPUs
  • Inference, training and batch workloads
  • Secure sandboxes for untrusted code
  • Built-in logging and observability
  • One key for 500+ models
  • OpenAI-compatible API
  • Pay-as-you-go credits (~20% below list)
  • Multimodal: text, image, video, audio
  • Usage analytics and budget alerts
  • Integrations (Claude Code, n8n, Zapier, etc.)
  • Single API for 500+ image, video and audio models
  • Pay-per-generation billing with no subscription
  • No charge on failed tasks
  • Workflows, agents and studio tools
  • MCP and CLI integrations, white-label option
Use cases
  • Renting GPUs for model training and fine-tuning
  • Deploying low-latency real-time inference APIs
  • Running AI agents that need to scale instantly
  • Processing compute-heavy batch or distributed workloads
  • Serving open-source models via API
  • Building AI apps cost-efficiently
  • Renting GPUs for inference or training
  • Scaling inference up and down on demand
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
  • Consolidating multi-provider AI billing
  • Switching models without re-integration
  • Powering apps and automation pipelines
  • Benchmarking models in one playground
  • Building apps on top of many generative models via one API
  • Generating images, video and audio at scale
  • Cutting model API costs versus direct providers
  • Deploying white-label AI generation studios
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