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Lambda vs Vultr Cloud GPU

What each costs, whether there's a free plan, and what each is best for, from prices checked on their own sites.

Lambda and Vultr Cloud GPU at a glance
Fact	Lambda	Vultr Cloud GPU
From	$2.29/hr	$1.67/hr
Free plan	No · No	No · New-customer promo credit; GPU use not confirmed
Best for	GPU cloud focused on NVIDIA data-centre GPUs for training and inference.	Cloud GPU instances in Vultr's global data centres.
Checked	Oct 17, 2026	Oct 17, 2026
Website	Visit	Visit

The difference in short

Vultr Cloud GPU costs less to start: $1.67/hr against $2.29/hr for Lambda.
Neither has a free plan; you pay from the start.

Lambda pricing

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Lambda plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
B200 180GB SXM6 (1x instance)	$6.99/hr	B200 SXM6 · 26 vCPU · 360 GB RAM	Per GPU, 1x configuration (26 vCPU, 360 GiB RAM, 2.75 TiB SSD). Cheaper per GPU in bigger configs: 2x $6.89, 4x $6.79, 8x $6.69 (8x instance = 208 vCPU, 2900 GiB RAM). RAM is shown in GiB.
H100 80GB SXM (1x instance)	$4.29/hr	H100 SXM · 26 vCPU · 225 GB RAM	Per GPU, 1x configuration (26 vCPU, 225 GiB RAM, 2.75 TiB SSD). 2x $4.19, 4x $4.09 per GPU.
H100 80GB SXM (8x instance)	$3.99/hr	H100 SXM · 26 vCPU · 225 GB RAM	Per GPU in an 8-GPU instance. vCPU and RAM are the exact per-GPU share of the instance totals (208 vCPU / 8, 1800 GiB / 8). 22 TiB SSD per instance.
H100 80GB PCIe (1x instance)	$3.29/hr	H100 PCIe · 26 vCPU · 225 GB RAM	Per GPU, 1x configuration only (26 vCPU, 225 GiB RAM, 1 TiB SSD).
A100 80GB SXM (8x instance)	$2.79/hr	A100 SXM · 30 vCPU · 225 GB RAM	Per GPU in an 8-GPU instance; the 80GB A100 appears only in the 8x tab. vCPU and RAM are the exact per-GPU share of 240 vCPU / 1800 GiB. A100 40GB (SXM or PCIe) is $1.99/GPU/hr.
GH200 96GB (1x instance)	$2.29/hr	64 vCPU · 432 GB RAM	Per GPU, 1x configuration (64 vCPU, 432 GiB RAM, 4 TiB SSD).

Vultr Cloud GPU pricing

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Vultr Cloud GPU plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
L40S 48GB (1 GPU)	$1.67/hr	16 vCPU · 180 GB RAM	Same $1.671 per GPU for 1, 2, 4 and 8 GPU plans. 1-GPU plan: 16 vCPU, 180 GB RAM, 1.20 TB storage, 10 TB bandwidth.
A100 80GB PCIe (1 GPU)	$2.40/hr	A100 PCIe · 12 vCPU · 120 GB RAM	1-GPU plan: 12 vCPU, 120 GB RAM, 1.40 TB storage, 10 TB bandwidth. 8-GPU PCIe A100 node is $19.178/hr total. HGX A100 80GB SXM (8-GPU node) 'starting at' $2.800/GPU/hr.
A40 48GB (1 GPU)	$1.71/hr	24 vCPU · 120 GB RAM	1-GPU plan: 24 vCPU, 120 GB RAM, 1.40 TB storage, 15 TB bandwidth. 4-GPU plan $6.849/hr total.
HGX H100 80GB SXM (8-GPU node)	$2.30/hr	H100 SXM · 27 vCPU · 239.25 GB RAM	Per GPU, sold as an 8-GPU node (216 vCPU, 1914 GB RAM, 640 GB GPU RAM; vCPU/RAM above are the exact per-GPU share). The page's Cloud GPU section says 'pricing shown is on-demand', but the same $2.300 appears in the Bare Metal section where 'starting from' is stated to be for pre-paid contract terms. The public Vultr API (api.vultr.com/v2/plans) lists this plan at $23.92/hr per node ($2.99/GPU) with deploy_ondemand=false and a preemptible rate of $18.40/hr ($2.30/GPU). Treat $2.30 as a 'starting at' price and confirm the self-serve on-demand rate before quoting it as a flat price.
HGX B200 192GB (8-GPU node)	$3.50/hr	31 vCPU · 353.25 GB RAM	Per GPU, sold as an 8-GPU node (248 vCPU, 2826 GB RAM; per-GPU share shown). Same caveat as H100: the Bare Metal section says 'starting from' prices are for pre-paid contract terms. The public Vultr API lists the node at $68.00/hr ($8.50/GPU) with deploy_ondemand=false and a preemptible rate of $25.60/hr ($3.20/GPU), which does not match the page's $3.50, so the page figure and API disagree.

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FAQ

Which is cheaper, Lambda or Vultr Cloud GPU?

Vultr Cloud GPU costs less to start: $1.67/hr against $2.29/hr for Lambda. Prices checked Oct 17, 2026 on each company's own site.

Do Lambda and Vultr Cloud GPU have a free plan?

Lambda: No, we found no free plan or trial for Lambda. Vultr Cloud GPU: No free plan. New-customer promo credit; GPU use not confirmed.

What else should I compare with Lambda and Vultr Cloud GPU?

Other GPU cloud options we've checked: RunPod ($0.34/hr), TensorDock ($0.35/hr), Vast.ai ($0.49/hr), DigitalOcean GPU Droplets ($0.76/hr).

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