Lantern WorksRent L40S: price today
Cheapest on-demand among tracked providers
$0.63/GPU-hr · CloudRift · L40S · On‑Demand.
Cheapest spot / community among tracked providers
$0.79/GPU-hr · RunPod · L40S · On-demand (Community Cloud).
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On-demand
| Vendor | Variant | VRAM | Tier | $/GPU-hr | Since 2026-10-28 | Egress / storage | Vendor quote | Verified | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloudRift | L40S | 48 GB | On‑Demand | $0.63 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “L40S NVIDIA On‑Demand $0.63 1 mo $0.57 3 mo $0.54 48 GB VRAM” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
| Massed Compute | L40S | 48 GB | On-Demand | $0.97 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “L40S (48GB) × 1 $0.97 /hr vCPU 12 RAM 72 GB Storage 625” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Direct link |
| RunPod | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand (Secure Cloud) | $1.09 | no change | egress: not published / not verified; storage: Container disk $0.10/GB/mo; volume disk $0.10/GB/mo running, $0.20/GB/mo idle; network storage $0.07/GB/mo under 1 TB, $0.05/GB/mo over 1 TB. | “On-demand L40S cloud GPU rental on Runpod. Community Cloud $0.79/hr,…”“On-demand L40S cloud GPU rental on Runpod. Community Cloud $0.79/hr, Secure Cloud $1.09/hr.” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Referral link |
| Nebius | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand (from, Intel CPU) | $1.55 | no change | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “NVIDIA L40S with Intel CPU 8-40 32-160 from $0.74** from $1.55” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Direct link |
| DigitalOcean GPU Droplets | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand | $1.57 | no change | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “NVIDIA L40S $1.57 /GPU/hour On-Demand Price” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
| OVHcloud (US) | L40S | 48 GB | Public Cloud GPU instance, hourly ("Price ( excl. taxes / hour)") | $1.80 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “l40s-90 90 GB 15 1x L40S ( 48 GB HBM2) 400 GB NVMe 8 Gbit/s 8 Gbit/s…”“l40s-90 90 GB 15 1x L40S ( 48 GB HBM2) 400 GB NVMe 8 Gbit/s 8 Gbit/s max. $1.8 $1,296” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Direct link |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand instance (1x GPU) | $1.88 | up +1% since 2026-10-28 | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “1x L40S 48GB 20 60 GB 48 GB $1.882/h” | 2026-10-29 17:01 UTC (13:01 ET) | Direct link |
| CoreWeave | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand, 8-GPU instance | $2.25 (sold as 8-GPU only; server $18.00/hr) | no change | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “NVIDIA L40S On-Demand Price: $18.00 / Hour” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
Spot & community
| Vendor | Variant | VRAM | Tier | $/GPU-hr | Since 2026-10-28 | Egress / storage | Vendor quote | Verified | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RunPod | L40S | 48 GB | On-demand (Community Cloud) | $0.79 | no change | egress: not published / not verified; storage: Container disk $0.10/GB/mo; volume disk $0.10/GB/mo running, $0.20/GB/mo idle; network storage $0.07/GB/mo under 1 TB, $0.05/GB/mo over 1 TB. | “On-demand L40S cloud GPU rental on Runpod. Community Cloud $0.79/hr,…”“On-demand L40S cloud GPU rental on Runpod. Community Cloud $0.79/hr, Secure Cloud $1.09/hr.” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Referral link |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | L40S | 48 GB | Spot instance (1x GPU) | $0.94 · may be preempted | up +1% since 2026-10-28 | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “1x L40S 48GB 20 60 GB 48 GB $1.882/h $0.9410/h” | 2026-10-29 17:01 UTC (13:01 ET) | Direct link |
| Spheron | L40S | 48 GB | Marketplace/aggregator listing (page: "Live rates across 5+ providers"; on-demand) | $0.96 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “14 L40S Ada 48 GB 72 GB RAM 12 vCPUs 625 GB NVMe $0.96 /hr” | 2026-10-29 15:05 UTC (11:05 ET) last re-check failed to parse | Direct link |
Serverless
| Vendor | Variant | VRAM | Tier | $/GPU-hr | Since 2026-10-28 | Egress / storage | Vendor quote | Verified | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koyeb | L40S | 48 GB | Serverless GPU instance (per-second billing) | $1.20 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “L40S vRAM 48GB vRAM 48GB $ 1.20 /hour $ 0.000333 /sec” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
| Modal | L40S | 48 GB | Serverless, preemptible (per second) | $1.95 · may be preempted | no change | egress: Network egress $0.04/GiB; Starter plan includes 1 TiB/month free.; storage: Volumes $0.09/GiB/mo (includes 1 TiB/mo free). | “Nvidia L40S $ 0.000542 / sec” | 2026-10-29 17:00 UTC (13:00 ET) | Direct link |
Reserved (reservation / term contract; excluded from the cheapest among tracked providers ranking)
| Vendor | Variant | VRAM | Tier | $/GPU-hr | Since 2026-10-28 | Egress / storage | Vendor quote | Verified | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloudRift | L40S | 48 GB | 3 Month (reserved, "3 mo") | $0.54 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “L40S NVIDIA On‑Demand $0.63 1 mo $0.57 3 mo $0.54 48 GB VRAM” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
| CloudRift | L40S | 48 GB | 1 Month (reserved, "1 mo") | $0.57 | newly tracked | egress: not published / not verified; storage: not published / not verified | “L40S NVIDIA On‑Demand $0.63 1 mo $0.57 3 mo $0.54 48 GB VRAM” | 2026-10-29 16:59 UTC (12:59 ET) | Direct link |
7-day change appears once price history spans 7 days (history starts 2026-10-27).
Clore.ai not shown: held until re-verified (vendor pricing page last updated unknown).
Read before comparing
Rankings are the cheapest among tracked providers on our check date, not across the whole market. Vendors we don't track may cost less.
GPU-hours vs wall-clock time
Prices are per GPU-hour: one GPU for one hour. Four GPUs for 10 wall-clock hours is 40 GPU-hours. Per-second billing (serverless) charges only while your code runs; hourly pods bill from start to stop, idle time included; monthly servers bill a flat price whatever you use. A faster GPU can finish the same job in fewer GPU-hours, so the lowest hourly rate isn't always the lowest cost per job.
Hardware differences
The same GPU name can mean different hardware. SXM modules link GPUs over NVLink and run at higher power limits than PCIe cards, so an H100 SXM is usually faster than an H100 PCIe, especially for multi-GPU training. Interconnect between GPUs and nodes (NVLink, InfiniBand, plain Ethernet) is rarely listed on pricing pages; treat it as unknown unless the vendor states it. VRAM decides which models fit at all. Hardware as listed: L40S 48 GB (not stated).
Egress and storage extras
Totals on this page exclude these. Each cell cites the vendor page it came from; "Not published" means the vendor doesn't publish it there.
| Vendor | Egress | Storage | Interruption / billing terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudRift | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) |
| CoreWeave | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | On-Demand Price per hour is for the whole 8-GPU instance (GH200: 1 GPU). (source, 2026-10-28) |
| DigitalOcean GPU Droplets | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | On-Demand Price per GPU/hour; separate spot GPU Droplets are interruptible. (source, 2026-10-28) |
| Koyeb | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) |
| Massed Compute | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) |
| Modal | Network egress $0.04/GiB; Starter plan includes 1 TiB/month free. (source, 2026-10-27) | Volumes $0.09/GiB/mo (includes 1 TiB/mo free). (source, 2026-10-27) | "Modal Functions are subject to preemption by default; while interruptions are rare, they can happen." Non-preemptible resources carry a 3x multiplier on the CPU and memory list price. (source, 2026-10-29) |
| Nebius | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | On-demand GPU-hour price; preemptible (spot) prices are dynamic and shown in the Nebius console. (source, 2026-10-28) |
| OVHcloud (US) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) |
| RunPod | Not published: Not published on the pricing page. (checked 2026-10-27) | Container disk $0.10/GB/mo; volume disk $0.10/GB/mo running, $0.20/GB/mo idle; network storage $0.07/GB/mo under 1 TB, $0.05/GB/mo over 1 TB. (source, 2026-10-27) | Listed rates are on-demand Pod prices (Secure Cloud and Community Cloud). (source, 2026-10-27) |
| Spheron | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-29) |
| Verda (formerly DataCrunch) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | Not published: Not verified in this pass. (checked 2026-10-28) | On-demand is pay-as-you-go (start and end any time); spot price listed separately per GPU-hour. (source, 2026-10-28) |
Interruptible vs on-demand
Interruptible (preemptible or spot) capacity can be stopped by the vendor mid-job and is usually cheaper; on-demand runs until you stop it. Interruptible (preemptible) rates listed here: Modal L40S, Verda (formerly DataCrunch) L40S. All other rates are on-demand: the vendor doesn't publish preemption for them.
FAQ
What is the cheapest L40S among tracked providers per hour?
Among tracked providers, CloudRift at $0.63 per GPU-hour on-demand (On‑Demand), verified 2026-10-29.
Is spot cheaper for L40S?
The cheapest spot/community rate among tracked providers is $0.79 (RunPod) vs $0.63 on-demand. Spot or interruptible capacity may be preempted.
Are egress and storage included?
No. Totals exclude storage, egress, extra vCPU and taxes; each vendor's published terms (or 'not published') are shown in the table.
How often are prices checked?
A daily job re-reads every vendor pricing page; a rate not re-verified for 7 days is held and never ranked.
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