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 $9.99 vs Vast.ai $8.75 (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 $7.17 · 37 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $9.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $8.75 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 53 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $7.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $5.26 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.04 · 60 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $2.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.13 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.29 · 39 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.69 | $2.19 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.54 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Lyceum | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.99 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H200 | $3.59 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.29 captured | — |
| NVIDIA L40S | $1.09 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 $9.99 vs Vast.ai $8.75 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA H200: Lyceum $7.09 vs Vast.ai $5.26 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Lyceum $2.59 vs Vast.ai $1.13 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: Lyceum $2.19 vs Vast.ai $0.54 (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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