GPU rental prices in South Africa
1 listing on machines physically in South Africa, across 1 GPU. Converted at R16.26/$ (2026-09-18). The global H100 median is R56.83/hr.
Prices collected 2026-09-18 · every figure is a provider's own published rate
Machines physically in South Africa
Listings whose host reports a location inside South Africa — marketplace machines and hyperscaler regions. This is the section that matters for latency and data residency; the provider may be headquartered anywhere.
| GPU | Cheapest at | Where | R / GPU / hr | Local median | Listings | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NVIDIA RTX 4090 |  Vast.ai | South Africa, ZA | R12.00 | R12.00 | 1 | R9.76 |
Every GPU, priced in ZAR
The whole index — 32 GPUs from every provider we track, each of which will rent to a customer in South Africa — with the global median and the single cheapest listing converted to ZAR at the snapshot's rate. Tax is not included.
Latitude.sh
io.net
Packet.ai
HyperAI
GPU.ai
RunPod Community Cloud
OVHcloud
Vultr
SaladCloud
Amazon Web Services
Oracle CloudQuestions
How much does it cost to rent an H100 in South Africa?
Across every provider we track, the global median is $3.50 (R56.83) and the cheapest listing anywhere is $1.68 at Latitude.sh — any of them will sell to a customer in South Africa.
Are there GPU cloud providers in South Africa?
None of the 48 providers we track is headquartered in South Africa. But Vast.ai lists machines physically located there — 1 listing today. Every provider in the index sells worldwide; the question is latency, data residency and invoicing, not availability.
What does the ZAR price mean?
Providers publish in dollars (a few in euros). This page converts at the rate captured with the snapshot — R16.26 per dollar on 2026-09-18 — so every GPU sits on one axis in ZAR. Your card will be charged in the provider's billing currency at your bank's rate, and local tax is added on top, so treat the ZAR figure as a comparison, not an invoice.
Which GPU is the best value from South Africa?
For holding a model, memory per ZAR: the NVIDIA RTX 3090 gives 96 GB per R1 (at R4.07/hr). The cheapest GPU-hour of any kind is the NVIDIA RTX A4000 at R2.76. The full table above prices every GPU we track in ZAR; the cheapest-listing column links to who sells it.
Is the price the same everywhere in the world?
Nearly. Most providers publish one price list regardless of where you are, so the market table on this page is the same market a buyer in any country sees — the differences are tax, currency and, for the hyperscalers, region. What does change by country is who has hardware nearby: the hosted-hardware section lists machines actually located in South Africa, where any exist, which is what matters for latency and data residency.