Is Koyeb or RunPod better?

Neither clearly leads. Koyeb starts at $29/month and RunPod at $0.2/per-hour, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Koyeb or RunPod?

Koyeb starts at $29/month and RunPod at $0.2/per-hour.

Does Koyeb or RunPod run on more platforms?

Koyeb runs on Web, CLI, API. RunPod runs on Cloud, Api.

What is Koyeb best used for?

Koyeb is most often used for deploying ai inference models globally with gpu acceleration, building saas platforms with automatic scaling, running distributed ai agents and background workers. Of those, deploying ai inference models globally with gpu acceleration and building saas platforms with automatic scaling are not what RunPod is typically brought in for.

What can Koyeb do that RunPod cannot?

Koyeb covers Serverless containers, GPU support, Global distribution, Multi-protocol support. RunPod covers GPU instances, Serverless, Templates, Persistent storage.

Cloud · head to head

Koyeb vs RunPod

Koyeb

Cloud

High-performance serverless infrastructure for APIs, inference, and databases

From: $29/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

RunPod

GPU cloud for AI and ML

From: $0.2/per-hour
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Koyeb pricing starts at $29/month with additional compute costs; RunPod idle volume disk storage is billed at $0.20 per GB per month, double the $0.10 per GB per month charged while the pod is running
They diverge on capability: Koyeb covers Serverless containers, RunPod covers GPU instances.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Koyeb and RunPod actually diverge.

Attributes where Koyeb and RunPod differ
Attribute	Koyeb	RunPod
Starting price	$29/month	$0.2/per-hour
Pricing model	Unknown	usage-based
Platforms	Web, CLI, API	Cloud, Api
Category	Cloud	AI
Founded	Unknown	2022

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Koyeb

Serverless containers
GPU support
Global distribution
Multi-protocol support
Serverless Postgres
Zero-downtime deployments

Only in RunPod

GPU instances
Serverless
Templates
Persistent storage
Docker
REST API
SSH access
Cloud support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Koyeb

Deploying AI inference models globally with GPU accelerationnot RunPod
Building SaaS platforms with automatic scalingnot RunPod
Running distributed AI agents and background workersnot RunPod

RunPod

Renting GPU compute by the second for model training and inferencenot Koyeb
Running serverless GPU workers that scale with request volumenot Koyeb
Attaching persistent network storage shared across GPU podsnot Koyeb

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Koyeb

Pricing starts at $29/month with additional compute costs
GPU compute is expensive at $0.75-$2.50 per hour
Limited customization for infrastructure configuration

RunPod

Idle volume disk storage is billed at $0.20 per GB per month, double the $0.10 per GB per month charged while the pod is running
Reserved clusters of all terms from 1 to 12 months are priced by contacting sales with no published rate
L40S, H100 SXM and B200 cluster configurations are listed as contact sales rather than at a published hourly rate
High performance network storage costs $0.14 per GB per month, twice the standard sub 1TB rate of $0.07

Pricing, plan by plan

Koyeb

$29/month

Pro$29/month
- $10 included compute
- 10 users
- 100 services
Scale$299/month
- $100 included compute
- 50 users
- 1,000 services
Enterprise$1000/month
- Unlimited users
- Custom resources
- SSO/RBAC

RunPod

$0.2/per-hour

Community Cloud$0.2/per-hour
- Affordable GPUs
- Spot instances
Secure Cloud$0.44/per-hour
- Enterprise security
- Dedicated hardware

Which should you pick?

Choose Koyeb if

You need serverless containers.
You work on Web, CLI, API.
You also want gpu support.

Koyeb review

Choose RunPod if

You need gpu instances.
You work on Cloud, Api.
You also want serverless.

RunPod review

Questions people ask

Is Koyeb or RunPod better?: Neither clearly leads. Koyeb starts at $29/month and RunPod at $0.2/per-hour, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Koyeb or RunPod?: Koyeb starts at $29/month and RunPod at $0.2/per-hour.
Does Koyeb or RunPod run on more platforms?: Koyeb runs on Web, CLI, API. RunPod runs on Cloud, Api.
What is Koyeb best used for?: Koyeb is most often used for deploying ai inference models globally with gpu acceleration, building saas platforms with automatic scaling, running distributed ai agents and background workers. Of those, deploying ai inference models globally with gpu acceleration and building saas platforms with automatic scaling are not what RunPod is typically brought in for.
What can Koyeb do that RunPod cannot?: Koyeb covers Serverless containers, GPU support, Global distribution, Multi-protocol support. RunPod covers GPU instances, Serverless, Templates, Persistent storage.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Koyeb: What are Koyeb's subscription plans?

Pro plan is $29/month with $10 included compute, Scale plan is $299/month with $100 included compute and 99.9% SLA, and Enterprise starts at $1,000/month with unlimited users and 99.99% SLA.

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RunPod: What is the pricing model for Runpod GPU compute?

Runpod uses usage-based pricing billed per second rather than fixed subscriptions. GPU pod pricing ranges from $0.27/hour for budget options like RTX A5000 to $7.89/hour for high-end options like B300. Serverless inference is billed based on worker usage.

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Koyeb: How much does GPU compute cost?

GPU pricing is per-second: RTX-A6000 costs $0.75/hour, A100 costs $1.60/hour, H100 costs $2.50/hour, and 8x H100 costs $20.00/hour.

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RunPod: Are there minimum contracts or commitments required to use Runpod?

No minimum contracts or commitments are required for on-demand services. Per-second billing is available, and you pay only for what you use. Long-term commitments offer additional savings through reserved capacity options.

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Koyeb: What database options are available?

Koyeb offers serverless Postgres starting at free (0.25 vCPU, 1GB RAM) up to 3XL at $1.28/hour with 8 vCPU and 32GB RAM. Storage costs $0.50/month per GB.

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RunPod: What are the storage costs on Runpod?

Storage pricing is tiered: Container Disk costs $0.10/GB/month, Volume Disk costs $0.10/GB/month when running or $0.20/GB/month when idle, and Network Storage ranges from $0.05-$0.07/GB/month for standard to $0.14/GB/month for high-performance.

Source

RunPod: Does Runpod charge egress fees for data transfer?

No, Runpod does not charge egress fees when using persistent network storage, which helps reduce data transfer costs for workloads that need to move data in and out frequently.

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RunPod: How does Runpod Serverless handle cold starts and idle costs?

Runpod Serverless offers zero idle cost and sub-200ms cold starts via FlashBoot technology. There is no warm-up tax, meaning you don't pay for idle capacity or accept cold-start latency penalties.

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Koyeb vs RunPod

Koyeb

RunPod

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Koyeb

Only in RunPod

What people use each for

Koyeb

RunPod

Where each one falls short

Koyeb

RunPod

Pricing, plan by plan

Koyeb

RunPod

Which should you pick?

Choose Koyeb if

Choose RunPod if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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