# RunPod vs Voltage Park

| Attribute | RunPod | Voltage Park |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.1 (60% (medium)) | 78 (33% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | RunPod is a cloud platform providing on-demand access to GPU compute across 31 global regions for AI model training, fine-tuning, and inference. Users can deploy containerized workloads, serverless endpoints, or distributed training jobs with transparent hourly/per-second billing, supporting reserved capacity for committed usage or spot instances for cost reduction. | A cloud infrastructure service providing on-demand and reserved access to NVIDIA H100 GPUs for AI training, model development, and machine learning applications, with options for both pay-as-you-go and long-term contract pricing. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2":true,"multi_region":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"compute_model":"serverless_per_token","pricing_model":"on-demand-published","deployment_model":"serverless","max_cluster_scale":"multi-node-cluster","per_second_billing":true,"spot_preemptible_pricing":true,"reserved_capacity_contracts":true,"openai_compatible_rest_api_schema":true,"bring_your_own_weights_byow_hosting":true,"multimodal_vision_and_audio_in_out_support":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 15 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Docker Hub"},{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"TensorFlow"},{"name":"NVIDIA CUDA"},{"name":"Jupyter"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"Whisper"},{"name":"Stable Diffusion"},{"name":"YOLOv5"},{"name":"DreamBooth"},{"name":"LLaMA"},{"name":"OpenAI Python SDK"},{"name":"Bazel"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["US"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing on GPU compute by hour or second. Reserved instances available for committed capacity; Spot instances available at reduced rates for interruptible workloads.","sourceUrl":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/pricing-models-ai-cloud-platforms","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T12:09:38.868Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand Ethernet","summary":"$1.99/hour per H100 GPU","features":["1-1016 H100 GPUs","Self-serve provisioning","Up within 15 minutes","No minimum contracts","No hidden fees"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.99,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go GPU access without contracts. Scale from 1 to 1016 H100 GPUs for experimentation and bursts.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand InfiniBand","summary":"Hourly billing with high-bandwidth InfiniBand","features":["8-1016 H100 GPUs","3200 Gbps InfiniBand","Self-serve","Up within 15 minutes","No minimum terms"],"description":"High-bandwidth on-demand GPU access with 3200 Gbps InfiniBand. 8-1016 H100 GPUs for experimentation and bursts.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Dedicated Reserve","summary":"Custom pricing for 6+ month reserved commitments","features":["32-8000+ H100 GPUs","3200 Gbps InfiniBand","6+ month contracts","Friendly payment terms","Capacity assurance"],"minSeats":32,"description":"Reserved GPU capacity for long-term workloads with custom pricing terms. Includes 32 to 8000+ H100 GPUs in single configurations.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $1.99/hour per GPU for on-demand, or custom pricing for reserved 6+ month commitments. Fully transparent pricing with no hidden fees.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://voltagepark.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:38:11.963Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"hour","amount":1.99,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":1.99,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (GPU Cloud)

| Capability | RunPod | Voltage Park |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Serverless | - |
| Interconnect | - | - |
| Max cluster scale | Multi node cluster | - |
| Kubernetes support | - | - |
| Slurm support | - | - |
| Spot preemptible pricing | ✓ | - |
| Per second billing | ✓ | - |
| Reserved capacity contracts | ✓ | - |
| Amd GPU support | - | - |
| SOC2 | ✓ | - |
| Multi region | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | On demand published | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:56.345Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*