GPU cloud comparison · 2026
Hyperstack vs Salad
Hyperstack wins on 4 of 5 key metrics — but the right choice depends on your workload.
Overall Winner
Hyperstack
Global GPU cloud specialist — H100, A100 80GB and L40 from $0.11/h
from $0.11/h
★★★★☆ 4.3 / 5 (198 reviews)
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Salad
Distributed inference cloud — RTX 3090/4090 from $0.03/h
from $0.03/h
★★★★☆ 3.9 / 5 (423 reviews)
Try Salad →Head-to-Head Comparison
Hyperstack
Salad
Starting Price Lower hourly rate
from $0.11/h
from $0.03/h
Overall Rating User rating
4.3 / 5
3.9 / 5
GPU Types Variety
5 types
4 types
Max VRAM Largest available
80 GB
24 GB
Locations Regions covered
UK, EU
Global (distributed)
Wins out of 5
4
1
GPU Availability
Hyperstack
RTX A6000A100 80GBH100L40L40S
VRAM: 48–80 GB · Locations: UK, EU
Salad
RTX 3090RTX 4090RTX 3080RTX 3070
VRAM: 8–24 GB · Locations: Global (distributed)
Pros & Cons
Hyperstack
Pros
- Outstanding entry pricing for A6000
- Full networking stack (VPC, firewall, NAT)
- UK / EU regions for European latency
- Reservation discount up to 75%
Cons
- No B200 / H200 yet (April 2026)
- Smaller marketing footprint than RunPod
- Limited template marketplace
Salad
Pros
- Absurdly cheap — RTX 3090 from $0.03/h
- Massive horizontal scale (1000+ nodes)
- Auto-fleet management for inference
- No data-egress charges
Cons
- Distributed = no persistent storage
- Not suitable for training
- Latency varies by node geography
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Hyperstack if…
- You need GPU compute for Budget training jobs
- You need GPU compute for Stable Diffusion at scale
- You need GPU compute for VPC-isolated workloads
- You need GPU compute for EU-friendly compute
- Higher user satisfaction matters (4.3 vs 3.9)
- You want more GPU variety (5 vs 4 types)
Choose Salad if…
- You need GPU compute for Stateless inference
- You need GPU compute for Stable Diffusion bulk generation
- You need GPU compute for Embedding generation
- You need GPU compute for Cost-sensitive batch jobs
- Lower price is your top priority (from $0.03/h vs from $0.11/h)