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Lambda vs Vast.ai

Lambda and Vast.ai are both gpu clouds. 3 attributes are recorded for both, out of 7 compared. On A100-SXM-80GB, Vast.ai is cheaper at $0.4100/GPU·hr against $2.79/GPU·hr. Every value links to the page it was read from and the date it was read.

The products being compared

LambdaLambda
Vast.aiVast.ai

GPU CLOUDS ONLY

What each one runs on

0 edges

The stack graph turned sideways. Every cell cites the page it was read from.

No stack edges recorded for any of these.

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Price, same SKU

Only a part all of them price. One provider’s H100 against another’s absence of one is not a price difference.

ANY READING OVER 21 DAYS OLD IS HIDDEN, SO A CELL HERE CAN DISAPPEAR NEXT WEEK

GPU clouds attributes

3 of 7 answered for all

The questions this category asks of everything in it. A blank is an absence of evidence rather than a no. A further 4 questions are unanswered by both and not shown.

ATTRIBUTELAMBDAVAST.AI
Minimum commitmentno answer on recordon demand 2026-09-23
InterconnectNVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand 2026-09-12InfiniBand 2026-09-12
GPU modelsNVIDIA VR200 NVL72, NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, NVIDIA B200, NVIDIA H200 2026-09-12262K, 2.8T-parameter, 12B 2026-09-12
Spot / preemptibleno answer on recordYes 2026-09-23
Per-second billingno answer on recordYes 2026-09-12
KubernetesYes 2026-10-06no answer on record
SOC 2Yes 2026-09-12Yes 2026-09-12

A HOLLOW RING MEANS NO ANSWER ON RECORD · NO WINNER IS MARKED UNLESS EVERY SUBJECT ANSWERED AND THE ATTRIBUTE HAS A STATED DIRECTION

Cost for your workload

Lambda and Vast.ai, on A100-SXM-80GB
GPUs1×
Hours / month730 h
730 = 24/7 · on-demand rates only
Vast.ai$299 /mo
Lambda$2,037 /mo

Practitioner verdict

One honest number from one structured yes/no — would you choose it again. Not a five-star average.

No reviews yet, for any of these.

A percentage needs at least five before it means anything, so none is shown rather than a number built from one or two opinions.

Why this pair exists

A pair gets a page when both sit in the same category — here GPU clouds — because category membership is what makes the questions coherent in the first place. That is why there is no page pairing a GPU cloud with an NVLink switch: it would rank, and it would mean nothing.

This one carries 3 attributes answered for both and 5 prices on the same SKU, so it is offered to search engines as an answer.

What red means here

RED ON THIS PAGE ONLY EVER MARKS A VERIFICATION · NEVER A RANKING, NEVER A SPONSOR

How this site is paid for, and the line each source of money does not cross, is set out in full under money and independence.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper to run?
On the 5 parts both price, A10-24GB: Vast.ai at $0.24 an hour against Lambda at $1.29; A100-SXM-80GB: Vast.ai at $0.41 an hour against Lambda at $2.79; B200-SXM-192GB: Lambda at $6.69 an hour against Vast.ai at $6.76. Only the same part on both sides is compared — one seller's A100 against another seller's H100 answers a question nobody asked.
Why can I only compare gpu clouds here?
A comparison is only worth reading when both sides solve the same problem, so the picker offers gpu clouds and nothing else. Crossing a category — a GPU cloud against a vector database — produces a table that ranks two things nobody chooses between, and a page that means nothing is worse than no page. Up to four products can be compared at once, all from this category.
Can a vendor pay to change this comparison?
No. The table takes no paid input: a sponsor may sit above or below this page, but cannot enter the table, reorder a row, change a mark, or appear as a verdict. There is no placement that moves a number here, because a number anyone could move is not worth reading. Neither company chose to appear, and neither can ask to be removed from a comparison they are losing. What either can do is dispute a value with a source, which is the only lever anyone has over this table — including us.
What does a blank cell mean?
That nobody has told us, not that the answer is no. A hollow ring is "no answer on record" and it is a different state from a recorded no — which is why the two look different. A question neither side has answered is not shown at all, and the table says how many it held back for that reason.
How current are these numbers?
Every value carries the date it was read and a link to the page it came from, so a figure can be checked rather than trusted. Prices are re-read far more often than attributes — a rate that moved yesterday will show yesterday, and an attribute read three weeks ago will say so.
Can I compare more than two?
Up to four, all from gpu clouds. Beyond that a table stops being readable and starts being a spreadsheet, and the verdict at the top of the page stops being a sentence anybody can act on.
Can I swap one for the other later?
Both are listed under GPU clouds, which is what makes the comparison valid — they solve the same problem. What we cannot tell you is migration cost: that depends on which of their interfaces you have written against, and we hold no record of API compatibility between them. Of the 7 attributes this category asks, 3 are answered for both, and those rows are the closest thing here to a compatibility check.

Cite this comparison

A comparison quoted without its date is a comparison that stops being true as either side changes. The reading date travels with it.

infratoapp, “Lambda vs Vast.ai — GPU clouds”, read 28 October 2026. 7 attributes compared. https://www.infratoapp.com/compare/lambda-vs-vast-ai

A PAIR GETS A PAGE ONLY WHEN THE COMPARISON IS COHERENT. BOTH SIT IN GPU CLOUDS.