Lambda vs Verda
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 6 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.
Verda is cheaper on 5 of the 6 cards both of them rent, by a median of 36%. 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
- 12 134 offers
- Registered in
- 🇫🇮 Finland
The 6 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Lambda | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $6.69/hr | $6.85/hr | 2% cheaper on Lambda |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.99/hr | $3.56/hr | 11% cheaper on Verda |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.79/hr | $1.80/hr | 36% cheaper on Verda |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB | $1.99/hr | $1.29/hr | 35% cheaper on Verda |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $1.09/hr | $0.64/hr | 41% cheaper on Verda |
| NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB | $0.79/hr | $0.19/hr | 76% cheaper on Verda |
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 | Verda | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10-minute prepaid increments |
| Minimum commitment | None on demand; 2 weeks on clusters | None; prepaid balance |
| Payment model | Postpaid, weekly invoices; clusters invoiced on reservation | Prepaid balance (one-time or auto top-up); long-term paid up-front |
| Free credits | not stated | Credit coupons at promotions and hackathons |
| Egress | Free | not stated |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | No SLA; availability not warranted |
| Regions | 14 regions: US (9), Japan (2), India, Germany, Israel | FIN-01, FIN-02, FIN-03 — Helsinki, Finland |
Neither site tells you whether you get credits when it breaks, what network speed you get, whether a commitment auto-renews or how long you have to dispute a bill. 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 A10 24GB$1.29/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40GB$1.99/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$2.29/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$3.29/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$1.16/hr
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB$1.54/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$1.96/hr
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB$4.64/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$8.45/hr
- NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 288GB$9.72/hr
Is Lambda cheaper than Verda?
Verda is cheaper on 5 of the 6 cards both of them rent, by a median of 36%. Lambda is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do Lambda and Verda both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB, NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB — 6 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Lambda and at Verda?
Of the cards both rent, Lambda starts at $0.79 per GPU-hour and Verda at $0.19.