# GPUBank vs Sesterce

> Sesterce is a French AI-infrastructure company from Marseille that builds AI factories in France for contract buyers and runs Sesterce Cloud, a self-serve console of on-demand GPU VMs in 22 console regions. The console had no H100 SXM on the check date: its H100 PCIe offers ranged from $3.00 to $6.59 per hour, against $1.35 for an H100 PCIe and $1.85 for an H100 SXM at GPUBank. Sesterce lists more GPU models, countries and certifications; GPUBank has fixed prices, per-second billing and crypto top-ups.

- Page: https://gpubank.io/compare/gpubank-vs-sesterce
- Prices last checked on 29 September 2026, on Sesterce's own pages (sources below). Page updated 2 November 2026.
- Sesterce: https://www.sesterce.com, headquartered in Marseille, France
- GPUBank: https://gpubank.io, GPU cloud billed per second at an all-in hourly price (vCPU, RAM, NVMe, one IPv4 and traffic included), prepaid balance topped up in crypto.

## Verdict

**More models, inference endpoints and certifications at Sesterce. Lower, fixed prices and crypto top-ups at GPUBank.**

Sesterce suits buyers who want to compare many mid-range GPU offers in one console, pay by card or bank transfer, or sign a contract for French AI-factory capacity with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 claims. Its console prices are live offers that moved within minutes during the check, and no H100 SXM, H200 or B200 offer was bookable. On the five other models in the price table, GPUBank costs 28 to 65 % less per GPU-hour; the homepage from prices for H200 and B200 sit one and four cents below GPUBank but were not bookable. GPUBank bills by the second, publishes its disk, IPv4 and traffic terms, and takes crypto; Sesterce bills by the minute and publishes none of those extras.

Score over 23 points: GPUBank ahead on 8, even on 4, Sesterce ahead on 11.

## Key facts

| Criterion | Sesterce | GPUBank |
|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | No H100 SXM; H100 PCIe $3.00 to $6.59 | $1.85, all-in |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.17, RTX A4000 (1x) | $0.23, RTX 4090 |
| Billing granularity | Per minute | Per second |
| Stopped instance | Not published | Disk only |
| Persistent storage | Not published | $0.03 per GB-month |
| Egress traffic | Not published | Included |
| Crypto payments | Not offered | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more |
| Card payments | Cards via Stripe, bank transfer, wallets | No |
| Minimum deposit | Not published | $25 |
| GPU models listed | 21 (17 bookable in the console) | 10 |
| Regions | 22 in the console | 4 |
| Serverless GPUs | Autoscaling inference endpoints | No |
| Availability target | 99.99% cluster SLA claimed, text not linked | 99.9 % monthly |
| Compliance reports | SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HDS claimed | None published |
| Support | Request forms; 24/7 NOC claimed | Tickets from a $25 balance |
| Headquarters | Marseille, France | Tallinn, Estonia |

## Same GPUs, price per GPU-hour (USD, excl. VAT)

| GPU | Sesterce | GPUBank | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| B200 SXM | $4.11 (on demand) | $4.15 | +1 % |
| H200 SXM | $2.48 (on demand) | $2.49 | 0 % |
| H100 PCIe | $3.00 (on demand) | $1.35 | -55 % |
| RTX PRO 6000 | $2.41 (on demand) | $1.15 | -52 % |
| A100 SXM | $1.52 (on demand) | $0.95 | -38 % |
| L40S | $0.76 (on demand) | $0.55 | -28 % |
| RTX 4090 | $0.66 (on demand) | $0.23 | -65 % |

## When to pick Sesterce

- 21 GPU models, 17 of them bookable in the console
- RTX A4000 from $0.17 per hour, a card GPUBank does not list
- Autoscaling inference endpoints on L40S, H100 or A100
- Cards, bank transfer, Google Pay, Cash App Pay and Link
- SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HDS claims, contract clusters in French AI factories

## When to pick GPUBank

- H100 PCIe at $1.35, against $3.00 to $6.59 in the Sesterce console
- H100 SXM on demand at $1.85; Sesterce had none bookable
- Fixed published prices, not live offers that change within minutes
- Per-second billing, interruptible and reserved tiers
- Pay in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins

## Questions

### Is GPUBank cheaper than Sesterce for an H100?

Yes, on the check date. The only bookable H100 offers in the Sesterce console were PCIe, from $3.00 to $6.59 per hour. GPUBank charges $1.35 for an H100 PCIe and $1.85 for an H100 SXM, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included.

### Why does the Sesterce homepage show H100 from $1.83?

The homepage widget shows a from price per GPU-hour for H100 SXM5 or PCIe without naming the form factor. It also shows $1.66 in a CLI block with no stated mode. Neither price was bookable in the console during the check.

### Does Sesterce accept crypto?

No. Its docs list cards through Stripe, bank transfer, Cash App Pay, Google Pay and Link. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins, and takes no cards.

### Does Sesterce have H200 or B200 on demand?

Its homepage lists H200 from $2.48 and B200 from $4.11 per GPU-hour, but no H200 or B200 offer was bookable in the console on the check date. Those homepage figures are slightly below GPUBank, which rents the H200 SXM at $2.49 and the B200 SXM at $4.15 on demand.

### Which is better for European sovereignty and compliance?

Sesterce, for contract buyers. It runs AI factories in Valence and Paris and claims SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HDS, though no certificates are linked. GPUBank is a French company with regions in Paris and Frankfurt and publishes no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report.

### Are these prices with or without VAT?

Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Sesterce and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.

## Sources

- https://www.sesterce.com/: sites, silicon, CLI price block, live-offers widget prices, capacity request tiers
- https://www.sesterce.com/pricing: site observation: registry pricing URL is dead
- https://cloud.sesterce.com/compute: public offer list, ticker, filters (Spot, Bare-Metal, Persistent Volume)
- https://cloud.sesterce.com/compute/new?gpuType=<GPU>&numGpus=<N>: per-region offer prices, vCPU, RAM, storage, form factor, NVLink (raw/extra-compute-checkout-all.txt, raw/extra-compute-offers-by-config.txt)
- https://cloud.sesterce.com/clusters: cluster booking by request
- https://docs.sesterce.com/: older docs price table, product description
- https://docs.sesterce.com/welcome-on-sesterce-cloud/payment-and-billing: on-demand only, prepaid credits, payment methods, per-minute debit, zero-balance policy
- https://docs.sesterce.com/welcome-on-sesterce-cloud/invoicing: top-up and monthly invoices
- https://docs.sesterce.com/welcome-on-sesterce-cloud/account-creation: sign-up via email or GitHub/Google OAuth, GDPR statement
- https://docs.sesterce.com/compute-instances: non-persistent pod storage, volume filter
- https://docs.sesterce.com/compute-instances/configure-your-compute-instance: regions, volumes at launch, OS images, SSH keys
- https://docs.sesterce.com/compute-instances/configure-your-compute-instance/persistent-storage-volumes: volume rules (region/AZ-bound)
- https://docs.sesterce.com/manage-your-instances: statuses, no billing while Pending, Stop action
- https://docs.sesterce.com/api-reference: API scope, API key prerequisites
- https://docs.sesterce.com/api-reference/gpu-cloud-instances: offers endpoint, deploymentType vm/container/baremetal
- https://docs.sesterce.com/api-reference/volumes: volume minimum size (10 GB), price field shown only as example
- https://docs.sesterce.com/ai-inference-instances: inference product, edge nodes, model catalogue
- https://docs.sesterce.com/ai-inference-instances/inference-instance-configuration/select-your-flavor: inference GPUs L40S, H100, A100

Prices change: check both providers before buying. Sesterce is a trademark of its owner; GPUBank is not affiliated with Sesterce.