# Incognito VPS vs RunPod
> Incognito VPS and RunPod serve different needs. We run 16 locations, eight chosen for legal characteristics, and require no identity at all. RunPod covers eight jurisdictions and needs an email address. For bursty inference and spot pricing, RunPod is often cheaper and more flexible than our monthly model, with per-second billing and serverless endpoints.
**Source:** https://incognitovps.com/vs/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 does RunPod do 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.

### Does RunPod require identity verification?

None. RunPod requires an email address; Incognito VPS collects no name, email, phone or document at any point in signup or checkout.

### Does RunPod accept Monero?

No. RunPod accepts cryptocurrency but not Monero. Incognito VPS settles XMR natively, along with eleven other coins.

### Should I switch from RunPod to Incognito VPS?

Switch if you need hosting with no identity layer, crypto-only settlement, or a jurisdiction RunPod does not cover. Stay if 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 — that is a real advantage and we are not going to pretend otherwise.


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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