GPU cost calculator
Estimate monthly GPU cost from prices published by vendors in the Lantern Works feed. Every row shows how its cost was calculated and the vendor quote it came from. Results are sorted by your estimated cost, cheapest among tracked providers first (vendors we don't track may cost less); referral links don't change the order.
| Est. / month | GPU | Vendor | Billing | Calculation | Vendor quote (verified) | Label |
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Calculation basis
- Hourly: rate × hours × GPUs. Billed while the instance runs.
- Monthly dedicated servers: flat price × ceil(hours ÷ 730) × GPUs, whatever your usage.
- Excludes storage, egress, extra vCPU, taxes and promo credits. Prices are "from" prices; confirm on the vendor page before spending.
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: A100 80 GB (not stated); A100 PCIe 80 GB (PCIe); A100 SXM 80 GB (SXM); H100 80 GB (not stated); H100 PCIe 80 GB (PCIe); H100 SXM 80 GB (SXM); H200 141 GB (not stated); H200 SXM 141 GB (SXM); L40 48 GB (not stated); L40S 48 GB (not stated); RTX 3090 24 GB (not stated); RTX 4090 24 GB (not stated); RTX 5090 32 GB (not stated); RTX A5000 24 GB (not stated); RTX A6000 48 GB (not stated); Radeon 780M (not stated).
Egress and storage extras
Totals on this page exclude these. Each cell cites the vendor page it came from; unknown means the vendor doesn't publish it there.
| Vendor | Egress | Storage | Interruption / billing terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99Stack Cloud | unknown: Not published on the product page. (checked 2026-10-27) | unknown: Not published on the product page. (checked 2026-10-27) | Hourly GPU VPS ($2,100/mo shown as the monthly price). (source, 2026-10-27) |
| 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) | Functions are preemptible by default; non-preemptible execution is 3x the base price. CPU and memory are billed separately. (source, 2026-10-27) |
| RunPod | unknown: 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) |
| Thunder Compute | No egress fees ($0.00/GB). (source, 2026-10-27) | Instance disk: first 100 GB per GPU included, then $0.219/GB/mo while running; snapshots $0.05/GB/mo. (source, 2026-10-27) | Instances and sandboxes are never preempted. Instances (including extra vCPUs and disk) are billed per minute while running. (source, 2026-10-27) |
| Ucartz | Traffic allowance is included per plan (amount varies by plan; see the plan table). (source, 2026-10-27) | NVMe storage included per plan (each plan lists its exact disks). (source, 2026-10-27) | Dedicated servers billed monthly with no setup fee. (source, 2026-10-27) |
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 A100, Modal H100 SXM, Modal H200 SXM, Modal L40S. All other rates are on-demand: the vendor doesn't publish preemption for them.
Model guides and comparisons: all GPU prices · H100: cheapest among tracked providers · H200: cheapest among tracked providers · A100: cheapest among tracked providers · L40S: cheapest among tracked providers · RTX 4090: cheapest among tracked providers · RTX 5090: cheapest among tracked providers · RTX A6000: cheapest among tracked providers · RunPod vs Thunder Compute vs Modal (H100) · GPU price per GB of VRAM · RunPod Community vs Secure Cloud
Free GPU-adjacent credits
- Modal: $30/month free credit on Starter; pay-as-you-go beyond allotment
Not priced yet
These GPU deals have no verified, structured GPU price in the feed, so they're left out instead of guessed: AlphaVPS, GigaGPU, Novita AI, Vast.ai.
For agents
Machine-readable rates: https://thelanternworks.com/api/v1/gpu-prices.json (each rate has deal_id, price_usd, unit, hourly_equiv_usd, basis, verified_at). Inputs can be preset in the URL, e.g. ?hours=300&gpu=A100.