Amazon Web Services vs Lightning AI
As of , Lightning AI lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 6 GPUs both offer on-demand; Amazon Web Services wins on 2. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H200: Amazon Web Services $7.91 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $4.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $3.41 (43%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Amazon Web Services |  Lightning AI | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 56 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $7.91 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.41 (43%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.43 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.85 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.58 (46%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 22 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.63 | $2.74 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.19 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 (20%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.52 · 42 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.86 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.54 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.68 (47%) | Amazon Web Services |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 24 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.80 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.01 (2%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.57 · 18 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.53 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.02 (4%) | Amazon Web Services |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Amazon Web Services and Lightning 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 H200: Amazon Web Services $7.91 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $4.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $3.41 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Amazon Web Services $3.43 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $1.85 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $1.58 (46%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Amazon Web Services $2.74 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $2.19 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.55 (20%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Amazon Web Services $1.86 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $3.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Amazon Web Services is $1.68 (47%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: Amazon Web Services $0.80 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $0.79 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.01 (2%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Amazon Web Services $0.53 (us-east-1) vs Lightning AI $0.55 per GPU-hour on-demand — Amazon Web Services is $0.02 (4%) 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.
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