Lambda vs Vast.ai
As of , Lambda and Vast.ai share 5 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. Not compared today: 2 more shared GPUs, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA B200: Lambda $6.69 vs Vast.ai $10.25 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Lambda |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $7.50 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $6.69 captured Deploy ↗ | $10.25 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe median $2.89 · 11 providers · lowest Beam $1.83 from | $3.29 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.00 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $2.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.08 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.42 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 11 providers · lowest Verda $0.23 | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
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 H100 SXM: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Vast.ai: thin market
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Lambda 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: Lambda $6.69 vs Vast.ai $10.25 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe: Lambda $3.29 vs Vast.ai $2.00 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lambda $2.79 vs Vast.ai $1.08 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Lambda $1.99 vs Vast.ai $0.42 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA V100: Lambda $0.79 vs Vast.ai $0.11 (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.
Data updated: