GPUBank vs Northflank
Northflank is a London container platform on Kubernetes, founded in 2019, that runs GPU workloads next to web services, jobs and databases, on its own managed cloud or in the customer's cloud account (BYOC). Its managed-cloud H100 costs $2.74 per GPU-hour and is offered only in 8-GPU counts; GPUBank rents a single H100 SXM at $1.85. Both bill by the second; Northflank adds a full application platform and SOC 2 Type II, GPUBank includes traffic and takes crypto.
GPUBank
Tallinn, Estonia
H100 SXM
$1.85 / h
- vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
- Per-second billing after the health check
- Top up in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins
vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
Northflank
London, United Kingdom · since 2019
H100 SXM
$2.74 / h
- Git CI/CD, preview environments and managed databases next to the GPUs
- Bring Your Own Cloud on AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius or Civo
- 17 managed-cloud regions, GPUs in up to 8 of them
Northflank
App platform
United Kingdom26 points compared22 of their pages readprices last checked on 29 September 2026page updated 2 November 2026
The verdict
A full application platform and BYOC at Northflank. Lower GPU prices, single GPUs and crypto at GPUBank.
Northflank suits teams that want GPU inference beside their CI/CD, preview environments and managed databases, or that want to run on their own AWS, GCP, Azure or Oracle commitments. For the GPUs both of us list, GPUBank costs 21 to 62 % less per GPU-hour, before Northflank's disk at $0.15 per GB-month and egress at $0.06 per GB. Northflank's pricing page lists CPU and memory as separate line items, while its blog says the H100 rate includes them, so the all-in cost is not clear. Northflank takes cards only and needs a $50 credit purchase before any GPU; GPUBank takes crypto from $25.
NorthflankGPUBank 01The real cost
The same GPUs, side by side, per hour.
Every GPU model both of us rent, at each provider's own published price for one card, in US dollars, excluding VAT. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
| GPU | Northflank per hour | GPUBank per hour | Difference | 100 h at Northflank | 100 h at GPUBank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 B200 SXM180 GB |
$5.87 | $4.15 | −29 % | $587.00 | $415.00 |
 H200 SXM141 GB |
$3.14 | $2.49 | −21 % | $314.00 | $249.00 |
 H100 SXM80 GB |
$2.74 | $1.85 | −32 % | $274.00 | $185.00 |
 RTX PRO 600096 GB |
$3.00 | $1.15 | −62 % | $300.00 | $115.00 |
A fine-tune, 40 h on an H100 SXM
Northflank
$109.60
GPUBank
$74.00
Saves $35.60 at GPUBank (−32 %)
A long-context job, 40 h on an H200
Northflank
$125.60
GPUBank
$99.60
Saves $26.00 at GPUBank (−21 %)
A full day, 24 h on a B200
Northflank
$140.88
GPUBank
$99.60
Saves $41.28 at GPUBank (−29 %)
02Their catalogue
Every GPU Northflank lists.
Northflank lists 26 GPU models. The 7 below are the ones recorded in our check, each at its lowest public price per GPU-hour. 4 of them are also rented at GPUBank (in blue).
- B200180 GB · on demand$5.87
- H200141 GB · on demand$3.14
- H100 SXM80 GB · on demand$2.74
- A100 40GB40 GB · on demand$1.42
- A100 80GB80 GB · on demand$1.76
L424 GB · on demand$0.80- RTX PRO 600096 GB · on demand$3.00
03What the price includes
What appears on the bill besides the GPU.
The same H100 SXM session of 2 h 14 m 03 s, line by line, as each provider describes its billing.
Northflank
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $2.74 / h
- $6.12
- vCPU and RAM
- Not published
- Storage
- $0.15 per GB-month
- Egress
- $0.06 per GB
- Public IPv4
- Shared outbound IPs; dedicated IP price not published
- Billing granularity
- Per second
- Minimum charge
- No hourly minimum
GPUBank
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $1.85 / h
- $4.13
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- Local NVMe included; persistent disk $0.03 per GB-month
- Egress
- Included
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Billing granularity
- Per second, from the health check
- Minimum charge
- None
While stopped
What keeps running on the bill.
Northflank
Not published.
Volumes are prorated to the second while they exist.
GPUBank
Only the persistent disk, $0.03 per GB-month. Compute, IPv4 and scratch cost nothing.
04Where the GPUs run
7 countries against 4, and where they are.
Countries where Northflank says its GPUs run, from its own region list or documentation, against GPUBank's four regions. A pin marks a country, not the exact site.
Paris
Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore
Northflank7
United States
Canada
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
India
Australia
GPUBank4
Paris- Frankfurt
- Ashburn
Singapore
Northflank · 7 countriesGPUBank · 4 regions
05Paying and signing up
How each one takes your money.
Northflank
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
Bank transfer
No cryptoMinimum top-up $50 credit purchase to unlock GPUs
To start
- 1Card
Billing modelPrepaid credits or card invoicing
GPUBank
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
A prepaid USD balance, topped up in crypto. Every GPU-second is drawn from it.
Minimum top-up $25
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Top up in crypto
- 3Launch a GPU
Billing modelPrepaid balance
06Trust and support
Certificates, uptime and who answers.
| Northflank | GPUBank | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Not published |
| ISO 27001 | No | Not published |
| HIPAA | BAA available | No |
| GDPR DPA | Not published | Published DPA, applies automatically |
| Availability target | Custom SLA on Enterprise only | 99.9 % monthly, per region |
| Status page | status.northflank.com | Public status page |
| Support | Basic email; 24/7 and Slack on Enterprise | Tickets from a $25 balance |
07Their site, our site
What you see before you pay.
Both sites as a visitor sees them, without an account: the Northflank pricing page captured on 29 September 2026, and GPUBank's live board. Cookie banners and chat bubbles are closed; nothing else is edited.
- 1The pricing page shows CPU, memory and GPU prices with a second, minute, hour and month toggle, no account needed.
- 2A pricing calculator compares Northflank Cloud and BYOC monthly spend against other providers.
- 3The /gpu and /cloud/gpus pages list a wider BYOC catalogue on other clouds without Northflank prices.
- 1Live stock per region and every price, without an account.
- 2Per-hour and per-second prices, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic in them.
- 3A machine-readable price feed at /prices.json.
08The spec sheet
26 points, read off both sites.
GPUBank aheadNorthflank aheadEven
| Criterion | GPUBank | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| Price and catalogue | ||
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hourThe pricing page says H100 80GB; Northflank's blog names it H100 SXM. | $1.85, all-in | $2.74, 8-GPU instances only |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.23, RTX 4090 | $0.80, L4 |
| GPU models listedOnly the 7 managed-cloud models carry a Northflank price. | 10 | 26 incl. BYOC, 7 on the managed cloudAhead |
| What the GPU price includesThe pricing page lists CPU and RAM separately; Northflank's blog says the GPU rate includes them. | vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4, traffic | GPU; disk and egress extra, CPU and RAM unclear |
| Billing | ||
| Billing granularity | Per second | Per second |
| Minimum charge | None | No hourly minimum |
| Stopped instanceVolumes are prorated to the second while they exist. | Disk only | Not published |
| Persistent storage | $0.03 per GB-month | $0.15 per GB-month |
| Egress traffic | Included | $0.06 per GB |
| Public IPv4 | Included | Shared outbound IPs; dedicated IP price not published |
| Billing model | Prepaid balance | Prepaid credits or card invoicing |
| Payment and sign-up | ||
| Crypto payments | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more | Not accepted |
| Card payments | No | Visa, Mastercard, Amex via StripeAhead |
| Minimum deposit | $25 | $50 credit purchase to unlock GPUs |
| Platform | ||
| API and CLI | REST API, CLI, Python SDK | REST API, CLI, JavaScript client |
| Terraform | Official provider | No provider found |
| Serverless GPUs | No | No |
| Managed Kubernetes | No | Built on Kubernetes; manages BYOC clustersAhead |
| Ready-made templates | 25 | Not published |
| Interruptible or spot | Yes, 40 % off | No, on the managed cloud |
| GPUs per instanceH100, H200 and B200 come only in 8-GPU counts. | Up to 8 | Up to 8 |
| Multi-node interconnect | Not offered | Not published |
| Network and regions | ||
| Regions | 4 | 17, GPUs in up to 8Ahead |
| Countries | France, Germany, US, Singapore | 7 named, some regions without a countryAhead |
| EU regions | Paris, Frankfurt | 4 in Europe, GPUs in 3Ahead |
| Trust and support | ||
| Availability target | 99.9 % monthly | Custom SLA on Enterprise only |
| Compliance reports | None published | SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA on EnterpriseAhead |
| Public status page | Yes | status.northflank.com |
| Support | Tickets from a $25 balance | Basic email; 24/7 and Slack on EnterpriseAhead |
09The right fit
Different needs. A clear choice.
What Northflank does better
- Git CI/CD, preview environments and managed databases next to the GPUs
- Bring Your Own Cloud on AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius or Civo
- 17 managed-cloud regions, GPUs in up to 8 of them
- SOC 2 Type II and a HIPAA BAA on Enterprise
- L4 at $0.80 per GPU-hour, a model GPUBank does not list
Choose GPUBank if
- H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour on one GPU, against $2.74 in 8-GPU counts
- vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and all traffic in the GPU price
- Interruptible at -40 % and reserved at -20 %, which Northflank's cloud lacks
- Pay in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins, no card
- Start from a $25 top-up, against a $50 credit purchase to unlock GPUs
Moving from Northflank takes an afternoon.
Northflank workloads are standard container images, so they run on GPUBank unchanged. Egress is metered at $0.06 per GB, so moving large volumes out has a cost on Northflank's side.
- 1Export volume backups and database dumps through Northflank's pre-signed URLs or to your own S3 bucket.
- 2Launch the same GPU on GPUBank with a persistent disk and copy the data in with rsync or rclone.
- 3Pull the same container image into a GPUBank instance, then delete the Northflank services.
# 1. a GPU and a disk on GPUBank gpubank launch --gpu h100-sxm --region eu-paris --disk data # 2. copy your data from the old machine rsync -azP old-host:/workspace/ root@<new-ip>:/workspace/ # 3. run the same image or template ssh root@<new-ip> 'cd /workspace && ./start.sh'
A few things you might be wondering.
Yes. Northflank lists the H100 at $2.74 per GPU-hour on its managed cloud, in 8-GPU counts. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour for one H100 SXM, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included. A 40-hour fine-tune costs $74 on GPUBank against $109.60 on Northflank.
It is not clear. The pricing page lists CPU at $0.01667 per vCPU-hour and memory at $0.00833 per GB-hour as separate items, while Northflank's blog says the H100 rate includes them. Disk and egress are billed on top in both readings.
No. Northflank takes Visa, Mastercard and American Express through Stripe, with invoices on Enterprise. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins, from $25.
Yes. Northflank's BYOC mode manages clusters and GPU node pools in your AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius or Civo account, for a fee of $0.00278 per GB of vRAM per hour on top of your cloud bill. GPUBank runs only on its own infrastructure.
Northflank. It runs managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis, Git CI/CD and preview environments beside the GPU service. GPUBank rents GPU instances with SSH, JupyterLab and Docker, and you run the rest yourself.
Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Northflank and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.
Sources
Every figure about Northflank was read on its own pages or official documentation. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
- 01northflank.com/pricingGPU, CPU, memory, disk, egress prices, BYOC fees, tiers, FAQ on payment, currency, card verification
- 02northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/pricing-on-northflankper-second proration, free sandbox
- 03northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/credits50 USD minimum credit, 10, 000 USD maximum, GPU unlock, GPU stop on zero credit
- 04northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/billing-thresholdsThreshold billing 50-500 USD, suspension rules
- 05northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/pay-an-invoiceMonthly charge, services paused and volumes deleted after 7 days unpaid
- 06northflank.com/docs/v1/application/billing/add-a-cardCard payment
- 07northflank.com/docs/v1/application/gpu-workloads/deploy-gpus-on-northflank-cloudGPU counts 1/2/4/8, per-second billing, 50 USD credit, no timeslicing
- 08northflank.com/docs/v1/application/gpu-workloads/gpus-on-northflankManaged cloud vs BYOC GPUs, AWS Capacity Blocks
- 09northflank.com/cloud/gpusManaged-cloud GPU regions, BYOC GPU catalogue
- 10northflank.com/gpuGPU catalogue
- 11northflank.com/product/gpu-paasPer-second billing, no hourly minimum, Jupyter, autoscaling
- 12northflank.com/docs/v1/application/run/deploy-to-a-region17 managed-cloud regions
- 13northflank.com/securityCompany details, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO 27001 no, managed cloud on Google Cloud
- 14northflank.com/legal/termsStripe billing, USD, non-refundable, age 16+, UK law
- 15northflank.com/docs/v1/api/introductionAPI, CLI, JavaScript client
- 16northflank.com/docs/v1/api/use-the-cliCLI
- 17northflank.com/docs/v1/application/run/access-services-with-sshSSH
- 18northflank.com/docs/v1/application/databases-and-persistence/add-a-volumeVolumes
What we could not verify (10)
- Whether the GPU hourly price includes CPU and RAM: pricing page lists them separately, Northflank blog says the GPU rate includes attached CPU and RAM
- A100 80GB form factor (SXM or PCIe) not published; H100 SXM form factor only stated in Northflank's blog table
- vCPU, RAM and local disk per GPU instance not published
- Interconnect (NVLink/InfiniBand) for 8-GPU instances not published
- Price of dedicated static egress IPs and of the S3-compatible bucket addon not found
- What is billed for a paused service not published explicitly
- No official Terraform provider found in the docs index; Northflank uses its own templates/IaC and GitOps
- GDPR DPA availability not published on the pages read
- Countries of regions named only by direction (asia-east, asia-northeast, asia-southeast, europe-west, africa-south, southamerica-east) not stated
- catalogue_count 26 counts distinct GPU models on /gpu and /cloud/gpus (managed cloud plus BYOC instance types); only 7 are sold on the managed cloud with Northflank prices
In short
GPUBank vs Northflank, in facts.
The essentials of this comparison in one table, for quick readers and AI assistants. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
Read as Markdown- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- Northflank: $2.74, 8-GPU instances only
GPUBank: $1.85, all-in - Cheapest GPU-hour
- Northflank: $0.80, L4
GPUBank: $0.23, RTX 4090 - Billing granularity
- Northflank: Per second
GPUBank: Per second - Stopped instance
- Northflank: Not published
GPUBank: Disk only - Persistent storage
- Northflank: $0.15 per GB-month
GPUBank: $0.03 per GB-month - Egress traffic
- Northflank: $0.06 per GB
GPUBank: Included - Crypto payments
- Northflank: Not accepted
GPUBank: Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more - Card payments
- Northflank: Visa, Mastercard, Amex via Stripe
GPUBank: No - Minimum deposit
- Northflank: $50 credit purchase to unlock GPUs
GPUBank: $25 - GPU models listed
- Northflank: 26 incl. BYOC, 7 on the managed cloud
GPUBank: 10 - Regions
- Northflank: 17, GPUs in up to 8
GPUBank: 4 - Serverless GPUs
- Northflank: No
GPUBank: No - Availability target
- Northflank: Custom SLA on Enterprise only
GPUBank: 99.9 % monthly - Compliance reports
- Northflank: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA on Enterprise
GPUBank: None published - Support
- Northflank: Basic email; 24/7 and Slack on Enterprise
GPUBank: Tickets from a $25 balance - Headquarters
- Northflank: London, United Kingdom
GPUBank: Tallinn, Estonia
How this page was made
Every price and policy of Northflank was read on its own website, documentation or public API on 29 September 2026, with the address of each page listed above. A value we could not read on a primary source is marked "Not published" rather than estimated. GPUBank figures come from this site and its terms. Prices change: check both providers before you buy. Northflank, its logo and its website belong to their owner and are shown only to identify the service compared. GPUBank is not affiliated with Northflank.
