GPU cloud comparison · 2026
Nebius vs Salad
Nebius wins on 4 of 5 key metrics — but the right choice depends on your workload.
Overall Winner
Nebius
EU-sovereign AI cloud from the Netherlands — full GDPR compliance, H100 to B200
from $1.55/h
★★★★★ 4.5 / 5 (287 reviews)
Try Nebius →VS
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
Nebius
Salad
Starting Price Lower hourly rate
from $1.55/h
from $0.03/h
Overall Rating User rating
4.5 / 5
3.9 / 5
GPU Types Variety
5 types
4 types
Max VRAM Largest available
192 GB
24 GB
Locations Regions covered
NL, FI, EU
Global (distributed)
Wins out of 5
4
1
GPU Availability
Nebius
H100H200B200L40SA100 80GB
VRAM: 48–192 GB · Locations: NL, FI, EU
Salad
RTX 3090RTX 4090RTX 3080RTX 3070
VRAM: 8–24 GB · Locations: Global (distributed)
Pros & Cons
Nebius
Pros
- Strong EU data residency — perfect for German / EU enterprise
- Modern hardware including B200 SXM
- Managed cluster orchestration included
- Strong customer support in European hours
Cons
- More expensive on-demand than RunPod / Vast.ai
- EU-only regions (no US datacenters)
- Smaller global presence than hyperscalers
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 Nebius if…
- You need GPU compute for EU-sovereign AI workloads
- You need GPU compute for GDPR-bound enterprises
- You need GPU compute for Frontier model training
- You need GPU compute for European startups
- Higher user satisfaction matters (4.5 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 $1.55/h)