47 providers with datacenter capacity in United States.
Hetzner is a German hosting institution renowned for delivering the best price-to-performance ratio in Europe - cloud servers from €4/mo, bare-metal from €52/mo, and block storage at €0.04/GB. With data centers in Germany, Finland, and the US, a generous free tier, and ultra-low €0.0012/GB egress, it is the value benchmark for VPS and dedicated hosting.
Amazon Web Services is the world's largest cloud provider with 200+ services across compute, storage, databases, ML, and networking. Dominates in enterprise with the broadest global region footprint and the deepest service catalog, but pricing complexity and egress fees add up at scale.
Anthropic's API delivers the Claude model family - Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku - known for thoughtful reasoning, strong coding ability, and industry-leading safety alignment. With a 200K context window and a reputation for nuanced, instruction-following output, Claude is the preferred model for complex analytical and creative tasks.
Cloudflare operates the world's largest edge network spanning 330+ cities with a famously generous free CDN tier that includes unmetered DDoS protection, a global anycast network, and the Workers serverless platform. With R2 object storage, AI inference, and a complete application-services portfolio, it has evolved from a CDN into the internet's front door.
OpenAI's API is the gold standard for frontier LLM access, serving the flagship GPT-5 family alongside the cost-efficient GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 nano tiers. With 400K+ context windows, function calling, structured outputs, and a massive developer ecosystem, it powers the majority of production AI applications worldwide.
Backblaze B2 is the value leader in S3-compatible cloud storage at $0.006/GB-month - roughly one-quarter the cost of AWS S3 Standard - with free egress to Cloudflare, Fastly, and other CDN partners. Founded on a mission of affordable, transparent storage, it is the default choice for backups, media archives, and cost-conscious object storage workloads.
Bunny.net has rapidly grown into one of the most affordable global CDNs, with volume-tiered pricing starting at $0.01/GB and a network of 120+ PoPs. Known for its simple setup, real-time analytics, and complementary Bunny Storage and Bunny Stream products, it is the budget-friendly alternative for media-heavy websites that need global delivery without enterprise price tags.
DigitalOcean is the quintessential developer cloud - predictable flat-rate droplet pricing from $6/mo, famously clear documentation, and a growing platform that now spans managed Kubernetes, serverless functions, block storage, and managed databases. With a generous free trial and one-click app marketplace, it remains the easiest on-ramp for startups and indie developers.
Google Cloud Platform combines world-class data analytics, AI infrastructure (TPUs, Vertex AI), and the original managed Kubernetes. Its global fiber backbone and Preemptible VMs offer compelling price-performance for data-heavy and containerized workloads.
Lambda Labs is purpose-built for ML teams - simple, transparent per-hour rates on H100, H200, B200, and GB200 instances with zero hidden fees. Known for responsive support and direct hardware access, it is a top choice for training runs that need predictable pricing without cloud-platform complexity.
Linode, acquired by Akamai in 2023, continues to offer simple, transparent shared and dedicated cloud instances backed by Akamai's global edge network. With flat pricing from $5/mo, a zero-cost managed Kubernetes control plane, and 11 data center locations worldwide, it provides a no-surprises hosting experience trusted by developers for over two decades.
Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio) is Microsoft's enterprise model catalog, hosting GPT-5, GPT-4.1, Mistral Large, and other partner models on Azure's managed infrastructure. With FedRAMP, HIPAA, and SOC 2 compliance, private networking, and seamless Azure RBAC integration, it is the natural choice for regulated enterprises already on Microsoft's cloud.
CoreWeave is a specialized GPU cloud operator with massive fleets of HGX H100, H200, GB200 NVL72, and B200 systems interconnected with high-speed InfiniBand networking. Purpose-built for large-scale AI training and inference at enterprise-grade reliability, it has become a preferred alternative to hyperscalers for GPU-intensive workloads.
Microsoft Azure is the enterprise cloud tightly woven into the Microsoft ecosystem - Active Directory, Windows Server, Visual Studio, and Microsoft 365. Deep AI partnerships with OpenAI and a massive compliance portfolio make it the default choice for Fortune 500 hybrid deployments.
Modal is a serverless compute platform purpose-built for AI workloads, offering sub-second cold starts, per-second GPU billing, and a Python-native developer experience. Scale-to-zero semantics on H100, A100, and L40S accelerators eliminate idle costs entirely, making it exceptionally cost-efficient for bursty inference, fine-tuning jobs, and scheduled pipelines.
Neon is a serverless Postgres platform that fundamentally rethinks database provisioning with instant database branching (git-like copies for development), scale-to-zero compute that pauses idle databases to zero cost, and a generous free tier. It has become the default Postgres for modern serverless applications and CI/CD-driven development workflows.
Supabase brands itself as the open-source Firebase alternative, wrapping managed Postgres with real-time subscriptions, built-in authentication, edge functions, vector embeddings, and a GraphQL-like REST API auto-generated from the schema. With a generous free tier and SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, it is the fastest way to go from idea to production backend.
Baseten is a production model-serving platform with built-in autoscaling, per-minute GPU billing, and SOC 2/HIPAA compliance. Designed for teams deploying LLMs and diffusion models at scale, it handles cold starts, traffic spikes, and infrastructure tuning so engineers can focus on model quality rather than platform reliability.
Crunchy Bridge is managed Postgres by the company that literally wrote the book on PostgreSQL - Crunchy Data employs core Postgres contributors and packages that expertise into a fully managed service. With predictable per-instance pricing, HIPAA-ready configurations, and deep Postgres-specific tuning, it is the choice for teams that need Postgres done right with zero guesswork.
Fastly is a developer-centric edge cloud distinguished by instant cache purges (global purge in under 150ms), a powerful edge-compute platform (Compute@Edge with WebAssembly), and real-time log streaming. Built for engineering teams that need fine-grained control over caching logic and sub-millisecond cold starts at the edge, it powers some of the web's highest-traffic properties.
PlanetScale is a serverless MySQL platform built on Vitess - the same sharding technology that powers YouTube - with a killer feature: non-blocking online schema migrations. With database branching for development workflows, strong consistency guarantees, and SOC 2/ISO 27001/HIPAA compliance, it is the MySQL choice for teams that refuse to accept planned downtime.
RunPod operates a dual-tier marketplace: community GPUs at ultra-low spot prices and a SOC 2-compliant Secure Cloud for production inference. Per-second billing, instant provisioning, and a broad catalog spanning H100, A100, RTX, and even MI300X accelerators make it flexible for projects of any scale.
Vercel Functions are serverless and edge compute runtimes deeply integrated with the Vercel frontend deployment platform, offering zero-config deployments for Next.js, SvelteKit, and other frameworks. With automatic region routing, streaming responses, and a generous free tier, they enable frontend teams to add backend logic without managing infrastructure.
Vultr operates one of the broadest global footprints of any VPS provider with 30+ locations across six continents, all with hourly billing and instant provisioning. Competitive pricing from $5/mo, support for crypto payments, and a full suite including NVMe block storage and managed Kubernetes make it a versatile choice for globally distributed workloads.
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage offers a brilliantly simple pricing model - flat $0.007/GB-month with zero egress fees and zero API request charges. With 11-nines durability, S3 compatibility, and a Ransomware Detection add-on, it eliminates the unpredictable egress bills that make traditional cloud storage costs impossible to forecast.
Aiven provides fully managed open-source data infrastructure - PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, Redis, and more - deployable across AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean, and UpCloud with a single control plane. With multi-cloud portability, ISO 27001/PCI DSS compliance, and a free tier, it is the platform for teams that value open-source freedom without operational burden.
Equinix Metal (formerly Packet) provides interconnected bare-metal servers deployed inside Equinix's 240+ carrier-neutral data centers worldwide, enabling private, low-latency links to major clouds, networks, and enterprises. With instant provisioning from small Intel servers to 64-core EPYC beasts, it is the infrastructure backbone for edge computing and hybrid-cloud architectures.
Fireworks AI specializes in high-throughput open-model inference powered by its custom FireAttention kernel, delivering token generation speeds that routinely beat other hosting platforms. With HIPAA compliance and a broad catalog spanning Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral models, it is built for latency-sensitive production applications at scale.
Gcore operates a global edge platform spanning CDN, edge compute, DNS, and a dedicated GPU cloud for AI inference - all delivered from 160+ PoPs on six continents. With volume-tiered CDN pricing, a free tier, and integrated DDoS protection, it serves as a full-stack edge solution for gaming, media, and enterprise workloads that demand worldwide low-latency delivery.
KeyCDN is a straightforward pay-as-you-go content delivery network with simple $0.04/GB global pricing, HTTP/3 support, real-time logs, and a no-minimum-commitment model. With 60+ edge locations, instant purging, and an easy REST API, it appeals to developers who want a no-nonsense CDN that just works without complex tier structures or surprise bills.
Netlify Functions bundle serverless compute with Netlify's static hosting and git-based deployment workflow, offering both standard AWS Lambda-backed functions and faster Edge Functions running on Deno at the network edge. With a generous free tier, built-in form handling, and branch-based preview deployments, they enable JAMstack teams to ship full-stack features without an infrastructure team.
Replicate makes it trivially easy to run thousands of open-source AI models via a simple API, billing per second of GPU time with no cold-start penalties. It abstracts away all infrastructure concerns so developers can integrate image generation, video models, speech synthesis, and LLMs with a single line of code.
Together AI provides blazing-fast hosted inference for open-weight models including Llama 3.1 (8B through 405B), DeepSeek V3, Qwen 2.5, and Mistral - all at prices far below closed-model APIs. Its optimized serving infrastructure and free tier for experimentation make it the go-to platform for teams that prefer open models without self-hosting overhead.
Civo takes a refreshingly simple approach to managed Kubernetes: using lightweight K3s instead of full-fat Kubernetes, clusters launch in under 90 seconds with a free control plane and transparent per-node pricing. With data centers in London and the US, a free tier for learning, and dead-simple cluster management, it is Kubernetes for teams that value speed over configuration knobs.
Crusoe is a climate-aligned GPU cloud that runs H100, H200, and MI300X workloads on stranded or flare-captured energy, drastically reducing the carbon footprint of AI compute. For teams that care about sustainability without sacrificing performance, it offers enterprise-grade infrastructure with genuine environmental accountability.
Deno Deploy runs JavaScript and TypeScript functions at the edge on a globally distributed runtime with no cold-start overhead - deployments propagate to 35+ regions in under 10 seconds. Built on the Deno runtime with web-standard APIs and native TypeScript support, it eliminates the configuration complexity of traditional serverless platforms for frontend and API developers.
Fly.io charges outbound bandwidth by destination region at rates starting from $0.02/GB for North America and Europe, with higher rates for intercontinental destinations. Its edge-proxy architecture means most intra-region traffic never crosses a paid boundary, and the transparent per-GB model avoids the bill shock of tiered egress pricing from hyperscalers.
Groq runs inference on custom LPU (Language Processing Unit) silicon rather than GPUs, delivering unmatched tokens-per-second throughput that can make even 70B models feel instant. With ultra-low pricing on Llama and DeepSeek models and a free tier for experimentation, it is the speed leader in the inference market.
IDrive e2 is a low-cost S3-compatible storage service that matches Storj at $0.004/GB-month with generous free-egress allowances and no API request charges. Backed by a company with 30 years of backup-industry experience and SOC 2 certification, it is a dependable budget option for backup archives, static assets, and bulk data lakes.
Latitude.sh delivers bare-metal servers through an elegant API-first workflow that makes dedicated hardware feel as instant as cloud VMs. With edge sites across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe - including São Paulo and Sydney - plus Terraform support, it is built for teams that need single-tenant performance with a cloud-native operational model.
OpenRouter acts as a unified gateway that routes API requests across dozens of inference providers - OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Together, Groq, and more - through a single API key. It automatically selects the best available provider for each model, with transparent pricing and the ability to fallback if one endpoint goes down.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure competes aggressively on price with consistent 10x-lower egress than AWS and competitively priced bare-metal GPU instances. Strong Oracle database integration, zero-cost Kubernetes control planes, and a growing AI footprint make it appealing for database-heavy and GPU-intensive workloads.
Servers.com operates dedicated servers and private cloud infrastructure in Tier-3 data centers across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Known for flexible billing options, customizable hardware configurations, and responsive support, it serves mid-market companies that have outgrown shared VPS hosting but don't need hyperscaler complexity or pricing.
DeepInfra offers rock-bottom priced hosted inference across a wide catalog of open-weight models, often undercutting competitors by 50-80%. With per-token billing as low as $0.03/M input on small models and aggressive pricing on DeepSeek V3 and Llama 70B, it is the cost champion for high-volume, budget-sensitive inference workloads.
Paperspace, now part of DigitalOcean, offers GPU cloud compute with a developer-friendly notebook environment and a genuine free GPU tier for experimentation. With predictable on-demand pricing across H100, A100, and A6000 instances, it bridges the gap between zero-setup Jupyter notebooks and production-grade GPU infrastructure.
Storj takes a radically different approach to object storage: instead of centralized data centers, files are encrypted, sharded, and distributed across a global network of independent storage nodes. With pricing as low as $0.004/GB-month, zero-knowledge encryption by default, and a S3-compatible gateway, it offers unmatched privacy economics for archival and compliance workloads.
Vast.ai is a decentralized GPU marketplace where host operators list idle accelerators at market-driven prices - often the lowest spot rates anywhere. The trade-off is variable reliability, no compliance certs, and community-grade support; ideal for cost-sensitive experimentation, fine-tuning, and batch inference where occasional interruption is acceptable.
