GPU Providers
Socaity is designed for multiple GPU cloud providers. Each has different regions, GPU types, pricing, and compliance characteristics.
Community GPU cloud with the widest GPU selection and lowest prices. Best for development and cost-sensitive workloads.
EU-native cloud with data centers in France and the Netherlands. GDPR-native, ISO 27001 certified.
Microsoft Azure GPU VMs via Socaity-managed tenancy. Enterprise SLA, H100 availability, EU region compliance.
| Feature | RunPod | Scaleway | Azure (via Socaity) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (A4000 / hr) | see socaity.ai/Pricing | see socaity.ai/Pricing | see socaity.ai/Pricing |
| H100 availability | Limited (spot) | No | Yes (reserved) |
| EU data residency | Optional (not certified) | Yes — EEA only | Yes — EEA only |
| ISO 27001 | No | Yes | Yes |
| SOC 2 Type II | No | In progress | Yes |
| Cold start (typical) | 5–15s | 8–20s | 6–18s |
| Uptime SLA | 99.5% | 99.9% | 99.99% |
| Min billing unit | 1 GPU-second | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| Support tier | Community | Business | Enterprise |
Not all GPU models are available on all providers. Use this table to find the right hardware for your model's VRAM requirements.
| GPU | VRAM | RunPod | Scaleway | Azure | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090 | 24 GB | SDXL, Whisper, small LLMs | |||
| RTX 4090 | 24 GB | Flux, SDXL, fine-tuning | |||
| A4000 | 16 GB | Image generation, transcription | |||
| A100 (40 GB) | 40 GB | Large LLMs, video, training | |||
| A100 (80 GB) | 80 GB | Very large models, batch jobs | |||
| H100 | 80 GB | Frontier models, fastest inference |
| Region | Location | Provider | Data Sovereignty | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
us-east-1 | Virginia, USA | RunPod | US | GA |
us-west-1 | Oregon, USA | RunPod | US | GA |
eu-west-1 | Paris, France | Scaleway | EEA | GA |
eu-central-1 | Frankfurt, Germany | Azure | EEA | GA |
eu-north-1 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Scaleway | EEA | Beta |
ap-southeast-1 | Singapore | RunPod | SG | GA |
You need the lowest possible price
Use
You must keep data in the EU (GDPR)
Use
You need H100 GPUs or enterprise SLA
Use
You are building a prototype or PoC
Use
You need ISO 27001 or SOC 2 for enterprise sales
Use
Global multi-region with EU compliance
Use
Set the provider in your apipod.json. All other configuration (GPU type, replicas, region) works identically regardless of provider. Provider-specific credentials are supplied via environment variables: SOCAITY_API_KEY (all providers, required), RUNPOD_API_KEY (RunPod direct deploys), and SCALEWAY_SECRET_KEY (Scaleway direct deploys).
{
"service": {
"name": "my-model",
"provider": "scaleway"
},
"compute": {
"gpu": "A4000",
"region": "eu-west-1"
}
}