Lyceum vs Vast.ai
As of , Lyceum and Vast.ai share 4 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: Lyceum $8.79 vs Vast.ai $10.63 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Lyceum |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.94 · 40 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $8.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $10.63 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.56 · 56 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $6.19 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.94 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $2.29 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.42 · 40 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.73 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Lyceum | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.49 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H200 | $3.09 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.19 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Lyceum and Vast.ai, 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 B200: Lyceum $8.79 vs Vast.ai $10.63 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: Lyceum $6.19 vs Vast.ai $4.94 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lyceum $2.29 vs Vast.ai $1.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Lyceum $1.99 vs Vast.ai $0.73 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
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.
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