Lambda Cloud
On-demand NVIDIA instances for training, fine-tuning and serving — 1 to 8 GPUs launched in minutes with self-serve access — billed by the minute with no egress charge, alongside the 1-Click Clusters and liquid-cooled superclusters Lambda sells for larger runs.
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Per GPU-hour on 8x configurations: B200 SXM6 $6.69, H100 SXM $3.99, A100 SXM 80GB $2.79, A100 SXM 40GB $1.99, Tesla V100 $0.79. On 4x: B200 SXM6 $6.79, H100 SXM $4.09, A100 PCIe $1.99, A6000 $1.09. No free tier is advertised, and the service page states pay-per-minute billing with no egress fees.
What it does
- GPU cloud
- Model training
- Model inference
How it compares
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Nebius AI Cloud
For our core AI infrastructure business, our key competitors are specialized cloud service providers focused on AI, including CoreWeave, Crusoe and Lambda.
Regulatory filing · 18 Sep 2026 -
Together GPU Clusters
Lambda, founded in 2012, is a cloud-based GPU company that specializes in GPU workstations, cloud services, and AI infrastructure.
Research report · 19 Sep 2026
Sources
- Pricing
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Instance names and per-GPU-hour rates read from the pricing page 2026-09-04; no free tier appears on it.
- Description
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Official documentation · 4 Sep 2026
The service page's own words: "Train, fine-tune, and serve models on 1 to 8 NVIDIA GPU instances" and "Launch NVIDIA HGX B200, H100, A100, or GH200 instances in minutes with self-serve, first-come access."
- Sold within
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"Create your Lambda Cloud account and launch NVIDIA GPU instances in minutes." The page offers "self-serve, first-come access" and a per-GPU-hour rate card under "Pay by the minute".
Also from Lambda
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Lambda 1-Click Clusters Infrastructure service
Self-serve GPU clusters from 16 to 2,000+ NVIDIA B200 or H100 GPUs, provisioned without a sales cycle for training, fine-tuning and large inference runs.
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Lambda On-Demand Instances Infrastructure service
Hourly NVIDIA GPU instances — H100, H200, B200 and A100 — launched in minutes with no egress fees.
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Lambda Inference Model API
Hosted inference endpoints for open-weight models on Lambda's own GPU fleet, billed per token.
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Lambda Superclusters Infrastructure service
Rents dedicated large-scale AI training and inference GPU clusters at supercomputer scale.
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