RunPod alternative: VRAMfarm compared
RunPod: GPU cloud with its own Secure Cloud data centres and a Community Cloud of third-party hosts; also serverless endpoints. VRAMfarm is per-minute GPU rental from a prepaid euro balance, with 20 NVIDIA models and ready-made AI apps. Below is a side-by-side view, including where RunPod is the better choice.
Facts about RunPod from its public pages, checked 11 November 2026. Prices and terms change: check at the source.
| RunPod | VRAMfarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | GPU cloud with its own Secure Cloud data centres and a Community Cloud of third-party hosts; also serverless endpoints | GPU rental with ready-made AI apps |
| Billing | Per second, no commitment; a new Pod needs at least one hour of credit on the balance | Per minute, minimum 15 minutes per launch |
| Currency | USD | EUR |
| Payment | Prepaid credit by card (from $10; prepaid cards $100+), crypto; invoicing for $5,000+ via sales | Prepaid balance from €10: card (incl. Apple Pay, Google Pay) or SEPA |
| GPUs in Europe | Yes: Romania, Czechia, France, Netherlands, Sweden, plus Iceland (data centre IDs EU-RO-1, EU-CZ-1, EU-FR-1, EU-NL-1, EU-SE-1) | Some machines; the country of each one is shown before launch |
| GPU range | About 45 models, RTX A2000 6 GB to B300 288 GB, incl. RTX 3090/4090/5090, A100, H100, H200, B200, AMD MI300X | 20 models, RTX 3060 12 GB to B200 192 GB |
| Ready-made apps | Official and community Pod templates plus Runpod Hub of preconfigured repos (vLLM and others), own Docker images | ComfyUI with Flux and Wan video, private chat, text to speech; Jupyter, SSH, vLLM, Ollama, own Docker image |
| Data after stop | Volume disk $0.10/GB-month while running, $0.20 when stopped; network volumes $0.07/GB-month (under 1 TB), tied to one data centre | Disk wiped on stop; saved folder €0.03 per GB a month |
| 24 GB card, per hour | about $0.16/h (RTX A5000, Community Cloud); $0.27/h on Secure Cloud | from €0.30 (RTX 3090) |
| 80 GB card, per hour | about $1.19–1.79/h (A100 80 GB); H100 PCIe about $1.99–2.89/h | from €1.46 (A100), €3.90 (H100) |
When RunPod is the better choice
- Per-second billing and very wide GPU range, up to B200/B300
- Several EU data centres to choose from
- Large template catalogue and serverless option
Worth knowing about RunPod
- Prices and balance in USD only
- At $0 balance Pods stop; Pods without a network volume are terminated and their data is lost
- Community Cloud hosts have variable reliability; RunPod no longer accepts new Community hosts
What VRAMfarm does differently
- Billing per minute from a balance in euros, no subscription
- Ready-made apps that open in the browser with the models already downloaded
- Consumer and data-centre cards in one list, from 12 to 192 GB
- The country, driver and CUDA version of each machine shown before launch
What VRAMfarm does not have yet
- VAT invoices and a downloadable DPA (the company registration is in progress)
- Not every machine is in the EU
- No dedicated public IP: SSH and apps go through our address
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between RunPod and VRAMfarm?
RunPod: Per second, no commitment; a new Pod needs at least one hour of credit on the balance, USD. VRAMfarm bills per minute from a prepaid euro balance and adds ready-made apps for images, video, chat and speech.
Is VRAMfarm cheaper than RunPod?
It depends on the card and how long you run it. Compare the hourly price for the card you need, then your typical session length: with per-minute billing short sessions cost less than with hourly rounding.
How do I move from RunPod to VRAMfarm?
Upload your models and data to /workspace on a new server over SSH, or start from your own Docker image. Save the folder on stop and it is there for the next session.
Try it on your own task
Top up from €10 and run the same job you run on RunPod; compare time and cost.