Lambda vs Oracle Cloud (OCI)

As of October 23, 2026, Lambda lists the lower on-demand rate on 6 of the 6 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Lambda $6.69 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $14.00 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $7.31 (52%) cheaper.

On-demand, per GPU-hour

Each price links to the pricing page it was read from and says when it was read.
GPU	Lambda	Oracle Cloud (OCI)	Difference	Cheaper
NVIDIA B200 median $7.50 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from	$6.69 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$14.00 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$7.31 (52%)	Lambda
NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only	$3.99 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$10.00 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$6.01 (60%)	Lambda
NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05	$2.79 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$4.00 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$1.21 (30%)	Lambda
NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from	$1.99 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$3.05 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$1.06 (35%)	Lambda
NVIDIA A10 median $1.22 · 9 providers · lowest Intelion Cloud $0.34 GPU only	$1.29 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$2.00 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$0.71 (36%)	Lambda
NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 11 providers · lowest Verda $0.23	$0.79 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$2.95 captured Oct 23, 22:40 UTC Deploy ↗	$2.16 (73%)	Lambda

How this is compared

Cloud GPU rental prices of Lambda and Oracle Cloud (OCI), 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: Lambda $6.69 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $14.00 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $7.31 (52%) cheaper.
NVIDIA H100 SXM: Lambda $3.99 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $10.00 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $6.01 (60%) cheaper.
NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lambda $2.79 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $4.00 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $1.21 (30%) cheaper.
NVIDIA A100 40GB: Lambda $1.99 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $3.05 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $1.06 (35%) cheaper.
NVIDIA A10: Lambda $1.29 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $2.00 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $0.71 (36%) cheaper.
NVIDIA V100: Lambda $0.79 vs Oracle Cloud (OCI) $2.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $2.16 (73%) 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: October 23, 2026