# An alternative to RunPod
> If you are leaving RunPod, Incognito VPS provides anonymous hosting across 16 locations, with token-only accounts and crypto settlement from $4.00 per month. We do not ask for an email or any identity. Keep in mind: RunPod’s per-second billing and serverless endpoints better suit bursty workloads, and their spot pricing is often lower than ours. For steady workloads under privacy, we fit.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/alternative-to-runpod
**Updated:** 2026-08-13

## What RunPod is

A GPU cloud with per-second billing, serverless inference endpoints and a large community-supplied capacity pool.

## What RunPod does better than Incognito VPS

RunPod’s per-second billing and serverless endpoints are far better suited to bursty inference than our monthly model, and their spot pricing is often cheaper than anything we can offer.

## Where Incognito VPS differs

- Monero and eleven other coins settled natively without a gateway
- Token-only registration with no email field
- Offshore jurisdictions including Iceland on renewable power
- Dedicated single-tenant hardware, not a shared community pool

## Side by side

|  | Incognito VPS | RunPod |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Founded | 2020 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Distributed, 8 jurisdictions | USA |
| Identity required | None | Email |
| Cryptocurrency | Native, 12 coins | Via gateway |
| Monero | Yes | No |
| Locations | 16 | 8 |
| Bare metal | Yes | No |
| GPU compute | Yes | Yes |
| Entry price | $4.00/mo | $30.00/mo |
| Five Eyes country | No | Yes |

Competitor figures taken from published pricing and documentation, last checked 2026-08-13.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best alternative to RunPod?

Incognito VPS is a good alternative if you want no identity verification, no email requirement, and native Monero support. It operates in 16 locations (8 with specific legal properties) and starts at $4.00 per month. RunPod edges it out on bursty inference due to per-second billing and serverless endpoints, and spot pricing is often cheaper.

### Is Incognito VPS cheaper than RunPod?

Incognito VPS starts at $4.00 per month; RunPod starts at about $30.00. Compare specifications before deciding, as entry tiers differ substantially.

### How do I migrate from RunPod?

Provision the target, sync with rsync or a database replica, lower your DNS TTL 48 hours ahead, then switch. Expect minutes of downtime. Our migration guide details the process.

### When should I stay with RunPod?

RunPod's per-second billing and serverless endpoints are far better suited to bursty inference than our monthly model, and their spot pricing is often cheaper than anything we can offer.


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Incognito VPS — Offshore VPS, bare-metal and GPU servers in 16 locations, 8 of them chosen for their legal properties. No identity required, crypto-only payment, deployed in 55 seconds.
Operating since 2020. 16 locations, 8 of them privacy jurisdictions. AS204287.
Payment: BTC, XMR, ETH, USDT, USDC, LTC, TRX, SOL, BNB, DOGE, TON, DAI. No identity verification at any point.
Catalogue: https://incognitovps.com/pricing.md · API: https://incognitovps.com/openapi.json · Index: https://incognitovps.com/llms.txt