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Official GPU Hourly Pricing
Compare official A100 hourly pricing from Lambda and Paperspace with Runpod as market context. See the monthly gap at 240 GPU hours before you choose.
At 240 GPU hours/month, Runpod comes in about $228 per month below Lambda on midpoint published pricing.
This estimate excludes Persistent storage and snapshots if they are not included in the published GPU rate and Egress or outbound transfer when it is billed separately unless those items are clearly included in the published provider rate.
Trust checks
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Editorial rules
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Corrections
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Interactive estimate
Enter your expected monthly GPU hours and your current reference rate. The calculator ranks the providers in this page by midpoint published pricing.
Quick read
At 240 GPU hours per month, Runpod is the lowest estimated option in this comparison based on midpoint published pricing. It comes in about $228 per month below Lambda. Against your current reference rate, that is roughly $146 per month in estimated savings.
How the estimate works
monthly cost = monthly GPU hours x published hourly rate Reviewing the current input...
Not included by default
These items are excluded unless a provider clearly includes them in the published rate shown on its pricing page.
Persistent storage and snapshots if they are not included in the published GPU rate
Egress or outbound transfer when it is billed separately
Local taxes, premium support, and negotiated discounts not shown on public pricing pages
Sources
Each provider shown here links back to a published pricing page or an official source that can be checked directly.
Lambda
Lambda pricing
Last checked: 2026-05-28
Paperspace
Paperspace pricing docs
Last checked: 2026-05-28
Runpod
Runpod GPU pricing
Last checked: 2026-05-28
Provider comparison
This table keeps the comparison compact: pricing, billing model, and the reference SKU used for each provider in this page.
| Feature | Lambda | Paperspace | Runpod |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published A100 hourly range | $1.99 - $2.79 | $3.09 - $3.18 | $1.39 - $1.49 |
| Quick take | technical benchmark with clear published pricing | higher-priced historical A100 reference | lowest current price in the set |
| Reference SKU | A100 PCIe + A100 SXM | A100 + A100-80G | A100 PCIe + A100 SXM |
FAQ
These answers use the same published pricing values and assumptions as the calculator above.
Runpod A100 is listed at $1.39-$1.49/GPU hour on the published source used by this calculator.
At 240 GPU hours, Runpod is estimated at $334-$358/month before storage, bandwidth, taxes, support, and negotiated discounts.
Runpod is the lowest published option in this page at 240 GPU hours, based on midpoint hourly pricing.
This page was last reviewed on 2026-05-28. Source links are shown on the page so the published prices can be checked directly.
The pricing numbers come from published provider pricing pages listed in the Sources section of this page and in the site-wide data sources index.
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Notes
This page expands the A100 family with a more editorial comparison query while staying tool-first rather than post-first.
The estimate excludes storage, bandwidth, taxes, negotiated discounts, and other extras that are not published in a standard way.