Provider Overview
Strengths & Best For
Salad leverages a distributed network of consumer GPUs — including RTX 4090 and RTX 3090 — to deliver some of the lowest AI inference prices on the market, making it ideal for batch image generation, LLM inference, and cost-sensitive AI workloads. The marketplace model enables per-use billing with no minimum commitment, dramatically undercutting traditional on-demand GPU cloud pricing for fault-tolerant jobs. Best suited for workloads that can tolerate variable hardware rather than requiring guaranteed uptime.
- Extremely low prices
- Consumer GPU network
- Batch inference focus
- Pay-per-use
Gonka is a European GPU cloud offering H100 and A100 instances with competitive on-demand pricing and flexible billing options for AI training and inference workloads across EU data centers. Straightforward pricing and European data center presence make it accessible for EU-based teams that need GDPR-compliant GPU compute without enterprise contracts. A no-frills European on-demand GPU cloud for AI teams that want simple, transparent pricing and EU data residency.
- Competitive pricing
- Flexible billing
- European presence
Live GPU Pricing
Region Coverage
Popular Comparisons
Salad — marketplace provider
Salad leverages a distributed network of consumer GPUs — including RTX 4090 and RTX 3090 — to deliver some of the lowest AI inference prices on the market, making it ideal for batch image generation, LLM inference, and cost-sensitive AI workloads. The marketplace model enables per-use billing with no minimum commitment, dramatically undercutting traditional on-demand GPU cloud pricing for fault-tolerant jobs. Best suited for workloads that can tolerate variable hardware rather than requiring guaranteed uptime.
Gonka — specialist provider
Gonka is a European GPU cloud offering H100 and A100 instances with competitive on-demand pricing and flexible billing options for AI training and inference workloads across EU data centers. Straightforward pricing and European data center presence make it accessible for EU-based teams that need GDPR-compliant GPU compute without enterprise contracts. A no-frills European on-demand GPU cloud for AI teams that want simple, transparent pricing and EU data residency.
Billing model comparison
Salad uses a Per-use (serverless) billing model with a minimum commitment of None. Gonka uses On-demand billing with a None minimum. Both providers offer flexible billing options — compare the live pricing table above to find the best rate for your specific GPU model and workload duration.
Which workloads each provider suits best
Salad is best suited for: Budget inference workloads, Image generation pipelines, Cost-sensitive batch jobs. Its key strengths are extremely low prices, consumer gpu network, batch inference focus. Gonka is best suited for: AI training, Inference workloads, European teams. Its key strengths are competitive pricing, flexible billing, european presence. Marketplace providers aggregate GPU supply from multiple sources, often offering the lowest spot rates but with more variable availability and less predictable performance compared to dedicated providers.
Support tiers and region coverage
Salad offers Community → Pro support across 2 regions (US, EU). Gonka offers Standard support across 1 region (EU). Salad's broader region footprint gives it an advantage for latency-sensitive workloads or teams with data residency requirements in specific geographies.
Provider background: Salad vs Gonka
Salad was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. Gonka was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Europe. Salad has 3 years more operational history than Gonka, which may matter for teams evaluating provider stability and long-term contract risk. Use the live pricing table above to compare current on-demand and spot rates for specific GPU models, and the region map to verify coverage in your target geography.