Cheapest RTX A5000 rental
From $0.16 per GPU-hour at RunPod Community Cloud on 2026-09-18 — 41% under the $0.27 median across 8 providers.
Prices collected 2026-09-18 · every provider's own public pricing
Cheapest ten listings
Individual on-demand configurations, in stock, cheapest first — a listing is one instance type, SKU or marketplace offer, priced per GPU. Marketplace offers are single machines and can be gone by the time you look.
| # | Provider | Configuration | GPUs | $/GPU/hr | Month | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  RunPod Community Cloud | RTX A5000 · Community Cloud | 1 | $0.16 | $115 | −41% |
| 2 |  Vast.ai | RTX A5000 ×1 · offer 11925444 · Australia, AU | 1 | $0.18 | $126 | −35% |
| 3 |  io.net | 1x rtx-a5000 · listed | 1 | $0.19 | $137 | −30% |
| 4 | Vast.ai | RTX A5000 ×1 · offer 50483956 · France, FR | 1 | $0.20 | $146 | −25% |
| 5 | Vast.ai | RTX A5000 ×2 · offer 9817739 · Iceland, IS | 2 | $0.23 | $167 | −14% |
| 6 | Vast.ai | RTX A5000 ×1 · offer 9817740 · Iceland, IS | 1 | $0.23 | $167 | −14% |
| 7 |  RunPod Secure Cloud | RTX A5000 · Secure Cloud | 1 | $0.27 | $194 | −0% |
| 8 |  GPU.ai | 1x rtx-a5000 · listed | 1 | $0.27 | $194 | −0% |
| 9 | 1x rtx-a5000 · listed | 1 | $0.44 | $317 | −-63% | |
| 10 |  Paperspace (DigitalOcean) | 1x rtx-a5000 · listed | 1 | $1.10 | $792 | −-307% |
Every provider, cheapest first
Each provider reduced to its own median for the RTX A5000 — 3 of 8 sit below the market median.
| Provider | Kind | Median $/GPU/hr | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|
| RunPod Community Cloud | marketplace | $0.16 | −41% |
| io.net | marketplace | $0.19 | −30% |
| Vast.ai | marketplace | $0.22 | −20% |
| RunPod Secure Cloud | neocloud | $0.27 | +0% |
| GPU.ai | marketplace | $0.27 | +0% |
| neocloud | $0.44 | +63% | |
| Paperspace (DigitalOcean) | neocloud | $1.24 | +359% |
 Runcrate | neocloud | $1.56 | +478% |
By provider country
Median of the providers headquartered in each country. Where the hardware sits can differ; this is who you contract with.
| Country | Providers | Median | Cheapest there |
|---|---|---|---|
| USUSA | 6 | $0.24 | $0.16 at RunPod Community Cloud |
| AEUAE | 1 | $0.27 | $0.27 at GPU.ai |
Questions
Where is the cheapest RTX A5000 right now?
On 2026-09-18 the cheapest on-demand RTX A5000 we track is $0.16 per GPU-hour at RunPod Community Cloud (RTX A5000 · Community Cloud), about $115 a month per GPU. The market median across 8 providers is $0.27, so the cheapest listing is 41% below it.
Is spot cheaper?
No provider we track published a spot price for the RTX A5000 in the latest snapshot.
Why is the cheapest so far below the median?
Because the market is three markets. Marketplaces are independent hosts competing on price with consumer-grade uptime; neoclouds sell the GPU more directly; hyperscalers bundle CPU, RAM, network and an ecosystem into the instance price. The median sits where most providers sit; the cheapest listing is usually a marketplace host or a promotional neocloud rate. 3 of 8 providers are below the median today.
How often does this change?
Prices are re-read every six hours from each provider's own pricing and every snapshot is kept, so this page reflects the latest run and the history behind it. Recent cuts: Vast.ai -6.6% on 2026-09-18; GPU.ai -5.9% on 2026-09-16; GPU.ai -8% on 2026-09-15.