Lambda vs RunPod Secure Cloud
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 5 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 4 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 28%. Lambda is cheaper on the other 1.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 11 26 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 19 19 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Lambda | RunPod Secure Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.69/hr | $6.79/hr | 1% cheaper on Lambda |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.99/hr | $3.49/hr | 13% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB | $3.29/hr | $2.89/hr | 12% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.79/hr | $1.59/hr | 43% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $1.09/hr | $0.53/hr | 51% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| Lambda | RunPod Secure Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Per minute | Per second |
| Minimum commitment | None on demand; 2 weeks on clusters | None |
| Payment model | Postpaid, weekly invoices; clusters invoiced on reservation | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise |
| Free credits | not stated | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud |
| Regions | 14 regions: US (9), Japan (2), India, Germany, Israel | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models, whether you get credits when it breaks, how long you have to dispute a bill or how much warning you get before maintenance. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24GB$0.69/hr
- NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA A10 24GB$1.29/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$2.29/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.84/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$1.09/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.09/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
Is Lambda cheaper than RunPod Secure Cloud?
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 4 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 28%. Lambda is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do Lambda and RunPod Secure Cloud both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Lambda and at RunPod Secure Cloud?
Of the cards both rent, Lambda starts at $1.09 per GPU-hour and RunPod Secure Cloud at $0.53.