AI hosting & inference

Benchmarks, pricing matrices, and buyer guides for model gateways, serverless GPU hosts, vector infrastructure, storage, and the cheapest sane ways to run small AI backends.

• A100 rental price per hour in 2026: 40 GB and 80 GB cloud rates
  A100 rental price per hour: compare current 40 GB and 80 GB cloud rates, product scopes, and warm-capacity costs before you rent.
  2026-07-31
• H100 rental price per hour in 2026: cloud GPU rates compared
  H100 rental price per hour: compare current cloud GPU rates, pricing scopes, and always-on cost estimates before choosing an H100 provider.
  2026-07-29
• What GPU do you need to run Llama 70B? VRAM guide for self-hosting open models
  A source-backed Llama 70B VRAM guide covering 4-bit, 8-bit, and BF16 memory estimates, quantization caveats, and practical current cloud GPU capacity options.
  2026-07-29
• GPU cloud free credits 2026: August check—what can actually run a GPU test?
  An August 2026 source check of GPU-cloud credits: which public offers can fund a real test, which require an account upgrade, and where quota or capacity can still stop you.
  2026-07-27
• Baseten pricing 2026: warm-replica costs explained
  Baseten pricing explained: live per-minute GPU rates, 30-day warm-replica estimates, and when scale-to-zero really lowers the bill.
  2026-07-26
• Replicate pricing 2026: public models vs deployments
  Replicate pricing explained: when hardware seconds apply, why official models use output metrics, and the real monthly floor for a warm deployment.
  2026-07-26
• Modal pricing 2026: per-second GPU billing, explained
  Modal pricing explained: live per-second GPU rates, plan gates, warm-capacity estimates, and the billing details that change the decision.
  2026-07-25
• RunPod pricing 2026: Pods vs Serverless GPU cost guide
  Compare RunPod Pods and Serverless pricing: selected Secure Cloud GPU rates, monthly cost estimates, billing behavior, and when scale-to-zero saves money.
  2026-07-24
• Fal vs Baseten vs Modal for one warm H100 deployment (July 2026): cheapest managed floor or best serving surface?
  A July 2026 HostFleet comparison of Fal, Baseten, and Modal for one warm H100 deployment, focused on published warm-capacity cost floors, billing behavior during cold starts and idle time, and which platform shape actually fits production inference.
  2026-07-21
• Fal for AI inference APIs and jobs (July 2026): serious serverless deployment controls, premium warm-GPU economics
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of Fal for AI inference APIs and jobs, focused on custom deployment pricing, billed warm-runner behavior, queue and scaling controls, and why Fal fits serious workloads better than cheap always-on GPU hosting.
  2026-07-20
• Modal vs RunPod for one warm inference endpoint (July 2026): cleaner Python ergonomics or cheaper GPU control?
  A July 2026 HostFleet comparison of Modal and RunPod for one warm inference endpoint, focused on warm-capacity cost floors, product-shape differences, and the tradeoff between Python app-platform ergonomics and cheaper GPU control.
  2026-07-19
• Baseten vs RunPod for one warm inference endpoint (July 2026): managed inference polish or cheaper GPU control?
  A July 2026 HostFleet comparison of Baseten and RunPod for one warm inference endpoint, focused on warm-capacity cost floors, product-shape differences, and the tradeoff between managed inference polish and cheaper GPU control.
  2026-07-18
• Baseten vs Modal vs Replicate for one warm inference endpoint (July 2026): who makes you pay for readiness?
  A July 2026 HostFleet comparison of Baseten, Modal, and Replicate for one warm inference endpoint, focused on 30-day warm-capacity cost floors, scale-to-zero tradeoffs, and where each platform shape really fits.
  2026-07-17
• Baseten for AI inference APIs and jobs (July 2026): polished dedicated inference, pricey once replicas stay warm
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of Baseten for AI inference APIs and jobs, focused on dedicated deployment pricing, autoscaling defaults, cold-start tradeoffs, and why the real bill depends on whether replicas stay warm.
  2026-07-16
• Replicate for AI inference APIs and jobs (July 2026): fast to ship, expensive once you buy warm control
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of Replicate for AI inference APIs and jobs, focused on the real cost shape of official models versus public models versus deployments, the warm-capacity tradeoff, and the operational edges buyers miss.
  2026-07-12
• DigitalOcean vs Hetzner Cloud for AI side projects (July 2026): clean cloud vs cheap cloud
  A July 2026 HostFleet comparison of DigitalOcean vs Hetzner Cloud for AI side projects, focused on the honest always-on floor, backup and IP caveats, and where cleaner operations justify the higher bill.
  2026-07-11
• RunPod for AI inference APIs and jobs (July 2026): flexible GPU hosting with sharp billing edges
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of RunPod for AI inference APIs and jobs, focused on the Pods vs Serverless split, warm-worker costs, prepaid-balance risk, and where RunPod beats cleaner abstractions like Modal.
  2026-07-11
• Modal for AI inference APIs and jobs (July 2026): brilliant for bursty GPU work, awkward as a cheap warm endpoint
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of Modal for AI inference APIs and jobs, focused on the real cost shape of bursty serverless GPU workloads, the warm-capacity tradeoff, and when Modal beats cheaper always-on infrastructure.
  2026-07-08
• Hetzner Cloud for AI side projects (July 2026): cheapest serious self-hosted CPU, with the catches that still matter
  A July 2026 HostFleet review of Hetzner Cloud for AI side projects, focused on the real all-in floor after IPv4 and backups, the June 2026 price shift, and when Hetzner still beats friendlier managed platforms.
  2026-07-07
• DigitalOcean Droplets for AI side projects (June 2026): what fits, what breaks, and when to pay for dedicated CPU
  A June 2026 HostFleet guide to DigitalOcean Droplets for AI side projects, including the honest always-on floor, backup and volume math, and when shared CPU stops being the right trade.
  2026-06-30
• DigitalOcean vs Hetzner vs Hostinger for AI side projects (June 2026): the honest always-on floor
  A June 2026 HostFleet comparison of DigitalOcean, Hetzner Cloud, and Hostinger VPS for always-on AI side projects, including the real monthly floor once backups, IPs, and billing rules are included.
  2026-06-29
• Hetzner vs Contabo vs Hostinger VPS for AI workloads (June 2026): which budget box actually fits an agent stack
  Honest June 2026 comparison of Hetzner, Contabo, and Hostinger VPS plans for AI agent backends, RAG glue, and browser-automation workers — using current public pricing and real workload constraints.
  2026-06-29
• S3 alternatives for AI assets: R2 vs B2 vs Wasabi vs Tigris (June 2026)
  A June 2026 honest comparison of Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, and Tigris for AI asset storage — model weights, embeddings dumps, training data, generated media — with current per-GB pricing, egress rules, and where each one wins.
  2026-06-29
• What it costs to run an AI side project on a VPS for 30 days (June 24, 2026): honest budget ranges
  A practical June 24, 2026 guide to what an AI side project really costs on a VPS for 30 days, using current Hostinger, DigitalOcean, and Hetzner pricing plus explicit workload assumptions.
  2026-06-24
• RunPod vs Modal vs Replicate for shipping a small inference API (June 2026): who should own the endpoint, queue, and warm pool?
  A June 2026 source-backed comparison of RunPod, Modal, and Replicate for small inference APIs, focused on endpoint shape, warm-capacity control, queueing behavior, and hosting tradeoffs rather than model-pricing noise.
  2026-06-22
• Cloudflare Workers AI vs self-hosted GPU: when each wins (June 2026)
  A practical June 2026 guide to when Cloudflare Workers AI is the right edge inference layer and when a self-hosted GPU becomes the better deployment shape.
  2026-06-18
• Best VPS setup for LangGraph or CrewAI (June 2026): what fits on 4 GB, 8 GB, and beyond
  Best VPS for LangGraph or CrewAI in 2026: when 4 GB is enough, when 8 GB is the honest floor, and which single-box setups make sense for small self-hosted agent backends.
  2026-06-13
• Best hosting for AI agents on a budget (June 2026): choose by workload, not by AI branding
  A June 26, 2026 HostFleet refresh on budget AI agent hosting, split by scheduled jobs, always-on workers, and small self-hosted stacks.
  2026-06-06
• Hostinger VPS for AI side projects: what fits, what breaks, and when to upgrade (June 2026)
  Hostinger VPS looks cheap for AI side projects, but the right tier depends on whether you are hosting a small agent worker, a Docker stack, or trying to squeeze several AI-adjacent services onto one box.
  2026-06-03
• Best hosts for long-running agent workers (June 2026): where always-on costs and queue limits bite
  Best hosts for long-running agent workers in 2026: a practical comparison of Railway, Render, Fly.io, Hetzner, and DigitalOcean for always-on queues, browser workers, and small agent backends.
  2026-06-02
• Vector database hosting for small AI apps (May 2026): when pgvector wins, when Qdrant wins, and when managed vector DB is worth it
  A practical 2026 guide to vector database hosting for small AI apps: when to keep vectors in Postgres, when to self-host Qdrant on a VPS, and when managed services like Qdrant Cloud, Pinecone, or Weaviate justify their higher floor.
  2026-05-25
• OpenRouter vs Together vs Groq vs Fireworks vs Cerebras: the per-token model gateways compared (April 2026)
  Five major LLM API gateways, side by side: published per-token pricing, supported models, what each one routes through, and where the per-token pricing breaks down. Sourced from public pricing pages — no measured benchmarks.
  2026-04-27
• Serverless GPU pricing 2026: August rate matrix and deployment caveats
  An August 2026 GPU rate matrix for RunPod, Modal, Baseten, and Replicate—plus the product-shape and price-transparency caveats that change the decision.
  2026-04-21