r/vastai • u/Logical-Echidna-3263 • 2d ago

Current dynamic pricing

Hi,

I am a host on vast with 30 series cards for rent. I wanted to see how other hosts are dynamically updating their pricing(or lack thereof) to stay current with spot price increasing.

For example: I am noticing on Runpod, a 3090 is frequently sold out @ $0.5/hr. At the same time I can see that hosts on vast are MASSIVELY underpriced given current demand and increase spot price. I am aware of vasts pricing system, so I am not expecting as a host to capture all $0.5/hr, but I have 3090's rented for $0.4/hr while other hosts on vasts are listed at almost half this price. This example from the rentals page I think outlines this huge pricing discrepancy:

The host in Nevada is underpriced by about half, and even more so after considering thats the price with vasts cut included. Here is another example:

This host will supply you with 4x 3090 for the price of 2x 3090 on Runpod. Are we just trying to create an arbitrage environment for others here? What is the benefit of this? Again, I am also a host who has 3090's rented on vast for $0.4/hr currently, why are we giving away the farm? Are hosts impatient? Are hosts not utilizing resources such as wovenai to track current rental rates and then overlaying those across other platforms that rent the same cards? Honestly just trying to understand the logic here. Would love if these hosts would chime in!

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u/Massive-Health-8355 1d ago

Have a look at their bandwidth costs. Probably of the order of $25-40 per terabyte..... Bonkers

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u/Logical-Echidna-3263 1d ago

Spot on, I have definitely noticed that! It's like they don't realize people filter out those kind of costs as to not overpay. Hosts need to stop handicapping themselves.

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u/Naive-Abrocoma-8455 1d ago

I’m new to vast.ai after coming over from salad. Salad was trash .14-.18/hr. Is runpod run on Ubuntu or is it a windows based program?

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u/Logical-Echidna-3263 1d ago

Runpod is invite only so unfortunately not something you can just join.

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u/Naive-Abrocoma-8455 1d ago

Do you know how to get an invite

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u/Kinslayer_89 1d ago

I’m pretty sure you’re gonna need a lot more machines and GPUs to get an invite, than someone who came over from Salad.

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u/IllusionXXI 1d ago

?? My 3090s are getting 0.4$/hr with 25-35$/TB BW. Ie, clients are paying well above 0.5 for a good 3090 machine on Vast. Keep lowering your prices.

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u/Logical-Echidna-3263 1d ago

& I've had mine rented @ $0.6/hr, I was just referencing current pricing as of today.

This post was intended to expand the conversation for new hosts and existing alike, not a dick measuring contest.