Baseten vs Lambda Labs
- GPUs
- 6 2
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.63/hr $1.29/hr
- Price wins
- 0/1 1/1
Lambda Labs is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. Baseten carries 4 more GPUs.
Runs dedicated model inference billed per minute of GPU time, plus pre-optimised model APIs billed per token.
Best for: Production inference for custom models
GPU cloud for AI teams that rents on-demand instances and multi-node clusters, with reserved capacity for larger commitments.
Best for: On-demand and reserved AI training clusters
Price by GPU
The 1 GPU both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Baseten | Lambda Labs | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $4.00/hr | $1.99/hr | 101% |
Prices last checked: Baseten 3 Nov 2026, Lambda Labs 11 Nov 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Baseten 5
Only on Lambda Labs 1
Company facts
| Fact | Baseten | Lambda Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  San Francisco, CA | United States |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Founded | n/a | 2012 |
| GPUs priced | 6 | 2 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB |
| Services | Dedicated model inference, pre-optimised model APIs, training (Loops SDK), self-hosted deployment | n/a |
| Pricing models | Per-minute GPU compute, per-token for model APIs | n/a |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states it holds, linked to its own statement. Not published means we found no statement, not that the provider fails it. Check the scope with the provider.
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Questions
- What is the difference between Baseten and Lambda Labs?
- Baseten: Runs dedicated model inference billed per minute of GPU time, plus pre-optimised model APIs billed per token. Lambda Labs: GPU cloud for AI teams that rents on-demand instances and multi-node clusters, with reserved capacity for larger commitments.
- Is Baseten cheaper than Lambda Labs?
- Lambda Labs is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. Baseten carries 4 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB cost on Baseten and Lambda Labs?
- Baseten charges $4.00 per GPU-hour and Lambda Labs charges $1.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Baseten and Lambda Labs?
- 1 GPU, including NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
