incident.io
Small (~140)
Vast AI
Small (~30)
Best For
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Vast AI
Best for: Scrappy generalists who want a front-row seat to the AI compute revolution
Ratings
incident.ioVast AI
4.5
5.0
Overall
4.1
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.6
5.0
Culture & Values
4.5
5.0
Comp & Benefits
4.3
5.0
Senior Mgmt
4.3
5.0
Career Opps
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Jake Cannell)
Culture Values
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🌱 Learning & Growth
Vast AI only
🧩 Wears Many Hats💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Pros & Cons
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
Vast AI
- Front-row seat to the AI compute revolution — demand for GPU cloud is surging
- Strong compensation and generous equity stakes for a bootstrapped startup
- Processes are still being defined — expect ad hoc workflows
- Intense workload — the team explicitly values high output
Bottom Line
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
Vast AI
Choose Vast AI if you want perfect Glassdoor scores and generous equity at a tiny GPU marketplace — but expect startup chaos.
Open Roles
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Vast AI — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
6
🧠 ML / AI
2
Summary
incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Vast AI scores 5.0/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Learning & Growth. Vast AI also emphasizes Wears Many Hats, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, incident.io has 25 open roles and Vast AI has 9 open roles.