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PortvMind Cloud vs Vultr: GPU cloud, billing and Kubernetes compared
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Choose PortvMind Cloud for in-country hosting in Türkiye, per-minute billing and H200 capacity. Choose Vultr for global locations, a broader accelerator range and managed databases. Vultr publishes a lower starting per-GPU price for H100 in 8-GPU configurations; compare on the configuration you will actually run.
Executive summary
Vultr is a global developer cloud with locations on six continents, a wide GPU range (including GH200, B200 and AMD Instinct) and hourly billing. PortvMind Cloud operates two regions in Türkiye with per-minute billing in lira and H100, H200 and L40S. Both provide managed Kubernetes, block and S3-compatible object storage, load balancers and private networking.
Key findings
- 01 Vultr bills hourly (GPU plans on a 730-hour month); PortvMind bills per minute.
- 02 Vultr lists H100 and L40S with public prices; H200 was not on its public pricing page at the time of review. PortvMind lists H100, H200 and L40S.
- 03 Vultr offers managed databases and bare metal; PortvMind offers dedicated resources and lists managed databases as coming soon.
Overview
| PortvMind Cloud | Vultr | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Türkiye | West Palm Beach, United States |
| Operator | vMind Bilgi Teknolojileri | The Constant Company, LLC |
| Regions | Two published regions in Türkiye — İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01). Services are limited to these regions. | Cloud locations on six continents, including several in Europe; none in Türkiye. |
| Billing model | Per minute — Per-minute pay-as-you-go. Stopping a resource stops the compute charge; allocated disks and stored data keep accruing. Monthly figures in the calculator are 720-hour estimates, excluding tax. New accounts receive a free usage allowance (published as ₺2,000 on the Turkish site and $45 on the English pricing page). | Per hour — Hourly billing. GPU plans bill on a 730-hour month (actual calendar hours); standard compute instances cap monthly billing at 672 hours. |
| Documented capabilities | 25 / 26 | 18 / 26 |
| Technologies | OpenStack, Kubernetes, S3 API, Terraform, REST API | Kubernetes (VKE), S3 API, Terraform |
Availability and regions
PortvMind Cloud
- İstanbul tr-ist-01 Generally available
- Ankara tr-ank-01 Generally available
Vultr
- Frankfurt fra Generally available
- Amsterdam ams Generally available
Features
| Criterion | PortvMind | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency | ||
| Infrastructure located in Türkiye Generally available compute and storage capacity physically located in Türkiye (full region or local zone). | Yes Full regions in İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01). | No |
| Compute & GPU | ||
| Virtual machine instances Self-service virtual machines with selectable CPU/RAM profiles. | Yes | Yes |
| Per-second or per-minute billing Standard compute billed at per-second or per-minute granularity rather than per started hour. | Yes Per-minute billing. | No Hourly billing. |
| Dedicated / single-tenant resources Dedicated hosts, bare metal or organisation-dedicated cloud capacity. | Yes | Yes Bare Metal. |
| NVIDIA H100 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs. | Yes Published prices for 1–4 GPU profiles. | Yes |
| NVIDIA H200 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H200 GPUs. | Yes Listed option; price not in public table. | Unverified |
| NVIDIA L40S instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA L40S GPUs. | Yes Listed option; price not in public table. | Yes |
| Kubernetes | ||
| Managed Kubernetes Provider-operated Kubernetes control plane. | Yes | Yes |
| Kubernetes node autoscaling Worker node count scales automatically within configured limits. | Yes | Yes |
| Kubernetes LoadBalancer integration Services of type LoadBalancer provision a provider load balancer automatically. | Yes Public and internal load balancers. | Yes |
| Kubernetes storage classes (CSI) Persistent volumes provisioned dynamically through a provider storage class. | Yes | Yes |
| Storage & data | ||
| Block storage volumes Persistent, attachable and expandable block volumes. | Yes | Yes |
| Volume snapshots Point-in-time snapshots of block volumes. | Yes | Unverified Instance snapshots are available; block-volume snapshots not assessed. |
| S3-compatible object storage Object storage reachable through the S3 API or an S3-compatible API. | Yes | Yes |
| Managed backup service Scheduled backup and restore for instances or volumes managed by the provider. | Yes Instances, volumes and Kubernetes PVCs. | Yes |
| Managed database Provider-operated relational database service. | Planned Announced as coming soon; not generally available. | Yes |
| Networking | ||
| L4 load balancer (TCP/UDP) Transport-layer load balancing. | Yes NetBalancer (TCP/UDP). | Yes |
| L7 load balancer (HTTP/HTTPS) Application-layer load balancing with HTTP health checks. | Yes AppBalancer (HTTP/HTTPS). | Yes |
| Reassignable static public IP Static public addresses that can be moved between resources (Floating/Reserved/Elastic IP). | Yes | Yes Reserved IPs. |
| Private networks / VPC Isolated tenant networks with custom CIDR ranges. | Yes Isolated networks with custom CIDR. | Yes |
| Virtual router with NAT Managed router or NAT gateway for egress and inter-subnet routing, including static routes. | Yes Router with NAT option and static routes. | Unverified |
| Security groups / cloud firewall Stateful, API-managed network access rules. | Yes | Yes Firewall groups. |
| Security & auditing | ||
| Control-plane audit logging A provider service that records management (API/console) operations against cloud resources. | Yes vTrail (provider-supplied capability information). | Unverified |
| User identity attribution in audit events Each audit event identifies the authenticated principal that performed the operation. | Yes vTrail records the authenticated user, project and scope (provider-supplied). | Unverified |
Pricing and GPUs
| Provider | NVIDIA H100 | NVIDIA H200 | NVIDIA L40S | Türkiye infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PortvMind Cloud | Generally available gpu.h100s / gpu.h100m profiles TRY 195.835 / GPU-h 1, 2, 3 or 4 GPUs per server; 80 GB (81,920 MB) VRAM per GPU; 26 vCPU and 496 GB RAM per GPU; local NVMe disk included. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (H200 option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (L40S option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Yes |
| Vultr | Generally available Cloud GPU — NVIDIA HGX H100 $2.300 / GPU-h 8× H100 80 GB SXM (640 GB GPU RAM, 216 vCPU, 1,914 GB RAM). | Unverified Not listed on the public pricing page H200 was not listed on the Vultr pricing page at the last review date. | Generally available Cloud GPU — NVIDIA L40S $1.671 / GPU-h 1, 2, 4 or 8× L40S 48 GB; 1× plan with 16 vCPU and 180 GB RAM. | No |
Prices are shown in the currency each provider publishes; no exchange-rate conversion is applied.
Benchmarks
Strengths and limitations
PortvMind Cloud
Strengths
- Regions in Türkiye with lira pricing
- Per-minute billing
- H200 listed alongside H100 and L40S
Limitations
- Türkiye-only footprint
- Managed databases not yet generally available
Vultr
Strengths
- Locations on six continents
- Broad accelerator range including GH200, B200 and AMD Instinct
- Managed databases and bare-metal servers
Limitations
- No location in Türkiye
- Hourly billing granularity
- Control-plane audit logging not verified in this review
Use cases
| Scenario | Better fit | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Data that must stay in Türkiye | PortvMind | PortvMind regions are in Istanbul and Ankara. |
| Large multi-GPU training clusters outside Türkiye | Vultr | Vultr lists 8-GPU HGX configurations and newer accelerators. |
Sources
- [1] Hakkında — PortvMind Cloud ve vMind — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [2] PortvMind Cloud — homepage and calculator price tables — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [3] PortvMind Cloud — Turkish homepage — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [4] Cloud pricing approach — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [5] Services and capability status (llms-full.txt) — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [6] GPU / AI Compute — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [7] VKE — managed Kubernetes — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [8] Agent Cloud — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [9] Vultr pricing — Vultr Official documentation accessed:
- [10] How are GPU products billed differently? — Vultr Official documentation accessed:
- [11] NVIDIA HGX H100 on Vultr — Vultr Official documentation accessed:
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