GPU cloud head to head
AceCloud vs Shadeform
- GPUs
- 5 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.66/hr $0.80/hr
- Price wins
- 1/3 2/3
Shadeform is cheaper on 2 of the 3 GPUs both rent, AceCloud on 1. Shadeform carries 4 more GPUs.
Sells GPU cloud instances plus managed Kubernetes and storage, billed pay-as-you-go, on spot pricing or on monthly to annual commitments.
Best for: Cloud GPUs with committed-term discounts
Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
Best for: Comparing and launching across GPU clouds
Price by GPU
The 3 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | AceCloud | Shadeform | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $1.14/hr | $0.97/hr | 17% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.50/hr | $0.88/hr | 70% |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.93/hr | $1.93/hr | 108% |
Prices last checked: AceCloud 4 Oct 2026, Shadeform 4 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | AceCloud | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Gurugram, India |  San Francisco, CA |
| Type | GPU cloud | Marketplace |
| Regions | 3 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 5 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
| Services | Cloud GPU, cloud compute, managed Kubernetes, OpenShift, block and object storage, private cloud, managed databases, disaster recovery, migration services | n/a |
| Pricing models | Pay-as-you-go, monthly, 6-month and annual committed terms, spot instances | n/a |
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Questions
- What is the difference between AceCloud and Shadeform?
- AceCloud: Sells GPU cloud instances plus managed Kubernetes and storage, billed pay-as-you-go, on spot pricing or on monthly to annual commitments. Shadeform: Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
- Is AceCloud cheaper than Shadeform?
- Shadeform is cheaper on 2 of the 3 GPUs both rent, AceCloud on 1. Shadeform carries 4 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB cost on AceCloud and Shadeform?
- AceCloud charges $1.14 per GPU-hour and Shadeform charges $0.97 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both AceCloud and Shadeform?
- 3 GPUs, including NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
