GPU cloud head to head
Lium vs Vast.ai
- GPUs
- 16 82
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.12/hr $0.0512/hr
- Price wins
- 6/15 9/15
Vast.ai is cheaper on 9 of the 15 GPUs both rent, Lium on 6. Vast.ai carries 66 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 where independent hosts list GPUs and renters pick machines by price, with on-demand and interruptible bids.
Best for: Low-cost GPUs from independent hosts
Price by GPU
The 15 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Lium | Vast.ai | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | $6.10/hr community | $6.25/hr community | 2% |
| NVIDIA B300 SXM 262GB | $8.00/hr community | $8.98/hr community | 12% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $1.79/hr community | $3.91/hr community | 118% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $3.60/hr community | $4.74/hr community | 32% |
| NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB | $3.50/hr community | $3.60/hr community | 3% |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | $1.49/hr community | $1.13/hr community | 31% |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition | $1.75/hr community | $1.34/hr community | 31% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB | $0.90/hr community | $0.47/hr community | 91% |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB | $0.80/hr community | $0.67/hr community | 20% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.38/hr community | $0.47/hr community | 23% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | $0.35/hr community | $0.19/hr community | 86% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB | $0.65/hr community | $0.39/hr community | 68% |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB | $0.41/hr community | $0.37/hr community | 10% |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB | $0.25/hr community | $0.16/hr community | 52% |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB | $0.12/hr community | $0.0921/hr community | 30% |
Prices last checked: Lium 27 Oct 2026, Vast.ai 27 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Lium 1
Only on Vast.ai 67
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB $2.67
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition $1.07
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB $0.95
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40GB $0.34
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB $0.87
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D 32GB $0.67
- NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada 48GB $0.80
- NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada 32GB $0.36
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48GB $0.60
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72GB $0.73
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB $0.24
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB $0.40
- NVIDIA L40 48GB $0.46
- NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada 24GB $0.39
- NVIDIA A40 48GB $0.47
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24GB $0.25
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24GB $0.17
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB $0.25
- +49 more on the Vast.ai page
Company facts
| Fact | Lium | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Charlestown, Nevis |  United States |
| Type | Marketplace | Marketplace |
| Founded | n/a | 2018 |
| Regions | 19 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 16 | 82 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB |
| 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 (Secure and Spot tiers), Per-second billing, No minimum commitment | 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 Lium and Vast.ai?
- 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. Vast.ai: Marketplace where independent hosts list GPUs and renters pick machines by price, with on-demand and interruptible bids.
- Is Lium cheaper than Vast.ai?
- Vast.ai is cheaper on 9 of the 15 GPUs both rent, Lium on 6. Vast.ai carries 66 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB cost on Lium and Vast.ai?
- Lium charges $6.10 per GPU-hour and Vast.ai charges $6.25 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Lium and Vast.ai?
- 15 GPUs, including NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB, NVIDIA B300 SXM 262GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition.
- 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.
