GPU cloud head to head
Lium vs Shadeform
- GPUs
- 22 10
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.15/hr $0.49/hr
- Price wins
- 4/4 0/4
Lium is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Lium carries 12 more GPUs.
GPU cloud marketplace where independent data centers and providers list bare GPU machines, rented per second from the web console, CLI, Python SDK or API.
Best for: Low-cost on-demand GPUs and agent-driven rentals
Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
Best for: Comparing and launching across GPU clouds
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Lium | Shadeform | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $2.90/hr community | $5.99/hr | 107% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | $0.50/hr community | $0.65/hr | 30% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB | $0.39/hr community | $0.49/hr | 26% |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.40/hr community | $1.93/hr | 382% |
Prices last checked: Lium 11 Nov 2026, Shadeform 11 Nov 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Lium 18
- NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB $8.88
- NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB $3.85
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB $1.90
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition $1.69
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition $1.67
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB $0.79
- NVIDIA L40S 48GB $0.38
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB $0.80
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB $0.21
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB $0.25
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24GB $0.27
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16GB $0.23
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $0.15
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB $0.20
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB $0.15
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB $0.16
- NVIDIA T4 16GB $0.22
- NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB $0.18
Company facts
| Fact | Lium | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  United States | San Francisco, CA |
| Type | Marketplace | Marketplace |
| Regions | 19 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 22 | 10 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB |
| Services | Bare GPU machines, SSH and Docker access, REST API, CLI, Python SDK, MCP server, Persistent volumes, Backups, Confidential computing nodes, Public nodes feed | n/a |
| Pricing models | On-demand, Spot, Per-second billing, No minimum commitment | n/a |
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Questions
- What is the difference between Lium and Shadeform?
- Lium: GPU cloud marketplace where independent data centers and providers list bare GPU machines, rented per second from the web console, CLI, Python SDK or API. Shadeform: Marketplace with one console and API across many GPU clouds, so users compare and launch instances from any of them.
- Is Lium cheaper than Shadeform?
- Lium is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Lium carries 12 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on Lium and Shadeform?
- Lium charges $2.90 per GPU-hour and Shadeform charges $5.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Lium and Shadeform?
- 4 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB, NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB.
- 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.
