Methodology
How we collect prices.
Every price on RentGPU is a real listing pulled from a public provider API or pricing page on a recurring schedule. We don't use estimates, third-party aggregators, or vendor-supplied figures.
Data flow.
- Scrape. Per-provider adapters (Vast.ai, RunPod, TensorDock, Lambda, io.net, Fluence, Clore.ai, Akash) hit each provider's listings endpoint at minimum every hour.
- Aggregate. For each (GPU model, provider) pair we record median, min, max hourly price plus the offer count — so a single low-ball outlier doesn't distort the headline number.
- Normalize. Provider-specific GPU names ("H100 SXM", "H100 PCIe", "H100 NVL") resolve through an alias table to one canonical model.
- Display. The hourly rate shown is the median across active offers within the last 24 hours.
Affiliate disclosure.
Some "Launch" / "Sign up" links on RentGPU are affiliate links. If you sign up through one, we may receive a referral fee. This never affects ranking — providers are sorted by lowest median price, full stop. We don't accept payment to feature, hide, or reorder providers.
Caveats.
- Spot/bid prices on P2P markets fluctuate minute-by-minute — the median we show smooths that volatility but won't match the exact price you see on a provider's checkout.
- Some providers (Akash, Render Network) settle in tokens. We convert to USD at the most recent token-USD rate; volatility there is on you, not us.
- First-party clouds (Lambda, AWS, hyperscalers) publish on-demand list prices; spot or commitment discounts can be substantially cheaper.