H100 rental price comparison
The H100 is the common choice for large-model inference and fine-tuning. Hourly rental prices differ by form factor (SXM vs PCIe), bundled vCPU/RAM and billing model. Only providers whose H100 price we read on their own page show a number; the rest are listed as unknown so you can check them yourself.
Prices verified on vendor pages for 2 of 5 providers below; the rest are marked unknown. Always confirm at checkout. Order: vendor discounts, then free tiers, then standard signups, A–Z. Affiliate status does not affect order.
Comparison table
| Provider | Offer | Published pricing (verified) | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modal | Free tier | unknown (no H100 price verified) | Yes |
| 99Stack Cloud | Standard signup | NVIDIA H100 (12 vCPU/240 GB RAM) $2.8767/hr ($2,100/mo). | Not verified |
| RunPod | Standard signup | unknown (no H100 price verified) | Not verified |
| Thunder Compute | Standard signup | H100 SXM 80GB $3.20/hr; Sandbox per-second rates: H100 SXM $2.95/GPU-hr | Not verified |
| Vast.ai | Standard signup | unknown (no H100 price verified) | Not verified |
Pros and cons
Derived only from facts on the vendor pages we checked.
Modal
Pros:
- Free plan, trial or credits to test before paying
- Usage-based billing, so idle months cost little or nothing
- Pricing is published, so you can budget before signing up
Cons:
- Limits and overage rates vary by plan; read them before committing
99Stack Cloud
Pros:
- Usage-based billing, so idle months cost little or nothing
- Pricing is published, so you can budget before signing up
Cons:
- Limits and overage rates vary by plan; read them before committing
RunPod
Pros:
- None verified beyond the listing
Cons:
- No verified public price in our records; you must check the vendor site
Thunder Compute
Pros:
- Free plan, trial or credits to test before paying
- Usage-based billing, so idle months cost little or nothing
- Pricing is published, so you can budget before signing up
Cons:
- Limits and overage rates vary by plan; read them before committing
Vast.ai
Pros:
- None verified beyond the listing
Cons:
- No verified public price in our records; you must check the vendor site
How to choose
- Confirm the variant: H100 SXM and PCIe differ in interconnect and price.
- Compare the whole instance: vCPU, system RAM and local disk bundled with the GPU change the effective price.
- Check availability, not just price. A cheap H100 that is rarely in stock does not help a deadline.
- For short jobs, per-second billing can beat a lower hourly rate with a minimum charge.
FAQ
How much does it cost to rent an H100?
The verified per-hour prices we found are in the table. Prices change frequently, so confirm on the vendor page before launching.
Is a marketplace cheaper than a GPU cloud?
Marketplaces can be cheaper but host reliability varies. Managed clouds charge more for consistency. We did not verify marketplace H100 prices, so they show unknown.
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