Lambda vs RunPod
As of , RunPod lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand; Lambda wins on 1. Not counted: 2 more shared GPUs, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Lambda $6.69 vs RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $1.30 (16%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Lambda |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.50 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $6.69 captured Deploy ↗ | $7.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.30 (16%) | Lambda |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $3.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | Same |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.89 · 11 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $3.29 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 (12%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $2.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 (36%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.61 · 18 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $1.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 (46%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 11 providers · lowest Verda $0.23 | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Lambda and RunPod, 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 RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — Lambda is $1.30 (16%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Lambda $3.99 vs RunPod $3.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — identical.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: Lambda $3.29 vs RunPod $2.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.40 (12%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lambda $2.79 vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $1.00 (36%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Lambda $1.99 vs RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Lambda $1.09 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.50 (46%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA V100: Lambda $0.79 vs RunPod $0.23 (Community Cloud) 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.
Data updated: