GPU instances

DigitalOcean GPU Droplets vs Vultr Cloud GPU

Choose DigitalOcean GPU Droplets when the RTX 4000 Ada at $0.76 per GPU-hour is the card you will actually run. Choose Vultr Cloud GPU when you need a specific NVIDIA or AMD card, including clusters, in a Vultr city.

DigitalOcean GPU Droplets

On-demand GPUs in the same account as Droplets

From $0.76/hr

Strengths

  • The RTX 4000 Ada plan is a published $0.76 per GPU-hour
  • Billing is per second after a short minimum

Limits

  • An on-demand H100 is $4.41 per GPU-hour
  • Spot GPUs can be reclaimed

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Vultr Cloud GPU

NVIDIA and AMD GPUs as VMs, bare metal, or clusters

Hourly, by GPU

Strengths

  • You can deploy a single GPU VM or a self-service cluster
  • GPUs are available in many of the same cities as Vultr compute

Limits

  • The card you pick changes the hourly rate
  • Reserved servers and on-demand VMs are different products

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