Sub Pulse — independent GPU and server rental reviews: Runpod, Hetzner, Lambda, Vast.ai, OVH and more.https://sub-pulse.com/enhttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/rtx-3090-cloud-pricing-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/rtx-3090-cloud-pricing-comparison/We pitted three providers against each other for budget 3090 rentals, tracking costs, stability, and real-world performance for ML workloads.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonrtx3090runpodvastaivultrpricingTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-bare-metal-vs-serverless-llama3-8b/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-bare-metal-vs-serverless-llama3-8b/We put Llama 3 8B through its paces on Runpod's bare-metal pods and their Serverless platform, measuring real costs, cold starts, and throughput.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonrunpodserverlessllama3inferenceTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/a100-cloud-pricing-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/a100-cloud-pricing-comparison/We put four A100 providers through our standard LLM inference benchmark and tracked every dollar, queue, and cold-start in the weeks leading up to May 2026.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisona100pricingllmTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/amd-mi300x-vs-h100-llm-inference/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/amd-mi300x-vs-h100-llm-inference/We pitted AMD's new challenger against Nvidia's incumbent for Llama 3 70B inference in the wild.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonamdnvidiami300xh100inferencellmTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/nvidia-h200-cloud-pricing-availability-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/nvidia-h200-cloud-pricing-availability-comparison/We scoured Runpod, Lambda Labs, and Vultr for Nvidia's H200, comparing listed prices, actual availability, and the hidden costs that follow the hype.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonh200nvidiarunpodlambdavultrTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/nvidia-l40s-cloud-rental-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/nvidia-l40s-cloud-rental-comparison/We rented L40S instances from three providers for a week to see where your inference dollars go farthest.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonl40srunpodvultrlambdaTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/rtx-4090-stable-diffusion-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/rtx-4090-stable-diffusion-comparison/We put Runpod, Vast.ai, and Vultr's RTX 4090 instances through their paces with Stable Diffusion XL workloads.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonrunpodvastaivultrrtx4090stable-diffusionTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/egress-fees-still-trap-you-2026/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/egress-fees-still-trap-you-2026/We dug into AWS, Azure, GCP, and Cloudflare R2 to see if the data gravity problem has actually improved.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTegresspricingcloudawsazuregcpcloudflareTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-serverless-cold-starts-thousand-invocations/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-serverless-cold-starts-thousand-invocations/We measured cold start latency for a common PyTorch model across 1,000 invocations on Runpod Serverless.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrunpodserverlessgpucold-startbenchmarkinglatencyTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-review/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-review/Six weeks on Runpod across Community Cloud, Secure Cloud, and Serverless. The benchmarks, the bills, and where it falls short of AWS and Lambda.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpureviewrunpodh100serverlessTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/hetzner-ax52-vs-ovh-rise3/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/hetzner-ax52-vs-ovh-rise3/Two of the cheapest mid-tier dedicated servers in Europe, head-to-head over a 30-day rental.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTdedicatedcomparisonhetznerovheuropeTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/vast-ai-for-hobbyists/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/vast-ai-for-hobbyists/A field guide to renting GPUs from random people on the internet — and why it's sometimes the right call.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonvastrunpodhobbyistTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/lambda-labs-review/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/lambda-labs-review/Lambda is the boring-good option for ML teams that hate surprises. Here's what we'd warn you about.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpureviewlambdah100Tobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/egress-cost-guide/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/egress-cost-guide/Egress is the hidden tax of the cloud. We modelled four real workloads against four providers.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidepricingegressawshetznerTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/hetzner-ccx13/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/hetzner-ccx13/Hetzner's smallest dedicated-CPU plan, on a one-month real workload. Spoiler: it's good.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTvpsreviewhetznerTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/cold-start-comparison/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/cold-start-comparison/Three serverless GPU platforms, 1,000 cold-start invocations each, the same Llama-3 8B container.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpucomparisonserverlessrunpodmodalreplicateTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/palworld-dedicated-guide/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/palworld-dedicated-guide/Step-by-step: spin up a Hetzner Cloud box, install steamcmd, run Palworld in tmux, and survive.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidegame-servershetznerpalworldTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/leaving-digitalocean/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/leaving-digitalocean/Six years of habit, ended by a series of small annoyances and one big one.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTnewsdigitaloceanhetznerTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/ovh-eco-vs-hetzner-auction/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/ovh-eco-vs-hetzner-auction/Two markets for second-hand dedicated servers, both badly designed, both worth knowing.Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTdedicatedcomparisonovhhetznerauctionTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/vultr-cloud-gpu/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/vultr-cloud-gpu/Vultr's GPU offering is finally GA. We rented an A100 for two weeks and ran the suite.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpureviewvultra100Tobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/linode-akamai-six-months/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/linode-akamai-six-months/We ran the same workload on Linode every quarter for two years. Here's what changed under Akamai.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTvpsreviewlinodeakamaiTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/benchmark-playbook/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/benchmark-playbook/The exact suite we run on every provider review. Steal it, run it on your own boxes, send us yours.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidebenchmarkmethodologyTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/paperspace-gradient/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/paperspace-gradient/DigitalOcean's GPU subsidiary, three years after acquisition. Still a good notebook tool, still expensive.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTgpureviewpaperspacenotebookTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/tenstorrent-wormhole/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/tenstorrent-wormhole/Wormhole-based instances are starting to appear. We tracked down which providers actually have them.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTnewstenstorrentwormholeTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/llama3-70b-cheapest/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/llama3-70b-cheapest/Eight providers, the same prompt distribution, ranked by cost per million output tokens.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTguidegpullamainferenceTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-serverless-deep-dive/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/runpod-serverless-deep-dive/We pushed Runpod Serverless to its limits over a 30-day production deployment. The good and the gotchas.Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTgpureviewrunpodserverlessTobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/h200-availability/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/h200-availability/H200 SKUs are listed on a lot of websites. Far fewer providers actually have inventory.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTnewsgpuh200Tobiashttps://sub-pulse.com/blog/game-server-hosting-2026/https://sub-pulse.com/blog/game-server-hosting-2026/The DIY stack for hosting Minecraft, Palworld, Valheim and friends without paying a managed-host markup.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTguidegame-servershetznerminecraftTobias