CloudGPU vs Lambda
As of , CloudGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 2 GPUs both offer on-demand. Not compared today: 1 more shared GPU, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 40GB: CloudGPU $0.79 vs Lambda $1.99 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.20 (60%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  Lambda | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.99 · 22 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.69 from | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.20 (60%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 (55%) | CloudGPU |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lambda: unconfirmed
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and Lambda, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: CloudGPU $0.79 vs Lambda $1.99 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.20 (60%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: CloudGPU $0.49 vs Lambda $1.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.60 (55%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: