Exoscale vs Lambda Labs

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Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
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What's good about...

Exoscale

Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
Offers GPUs such as the Nvidia A40, P100, and V100
Based in Switzerland, may ease compliance requirements

Lambda Labs

Wide range of GPU configuration options
Competitive prices, free egress
Private cloud available (isolated, physical access)

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Lambda Labs?

Example configuration	Exoscale	Lambda Labs
VM Small	$10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)	--
VM Medium	$67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)	--
VM Large	$168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL)	--
Block Storage	$10.00 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$19.80 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	$25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4)	--
Managed Redis®*	$42.44 / mo 2 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2)	--
Free egress allowance	1 TB / mo per instance	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$20.00 $0.02 / GB	Free and unlimited

Exoscale offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Small	1x P100	16GB	12	56GB	$1.17	Source
Small	1x V100	16GB	12	56GB	$1.38	Source
Medium	2x P100	32GB	16	90GB	$1.71	Source
Medium	2x V100	32GB	16	90GB	$2.01	Source
Small	1x A40	48GB	12	56GB	$2.14	Source
Large	3x P100	48GB	24	120GB	$2.25	Source
Large	3x V100	48GB	24	120GB	$2.65	Source
Huge	4x P100	64GB	48	225GB	$2.82	Source
Huge	4x V100	64GB	48	225GB	$3.32	Source
Medium	2x A40	96GB	24	120GB	$4.27	Source
Large	4x A40	192GB	48	224GB	$8.54	Source
Huge	8x A40	384GB	96	448GB	$17.06	Source

Lambda Labs offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
1x RTX6000	1x RTX6000	24GB	14	46GB	$0.50	Launch
1x A10	1x A10G	24GB	30	200GB	$0.75	Launch
1x A6000	1x A6000	48GB	14	100GB	$0.80	Launch
1x A100	1x A100	40GB	30	200GB	$1.29	Launch
2x A6000	2x A6000	96GB	28	200GB	$1.60	Launch
1x H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	26	200GB	$2.49	Launch
2x A100	2x A100	80GB	60	400GB	$2.58	Launch
4x A6000	4x A6000	192GB	56	400GB	$3.20	Launch
8x V100	8x V100	128GB	92	448GB	$4.40	Launch
4x A100	4x A100	160GB	120	800GB	$5.16	Launch
8x A100	8x A100	320GB	124	1800GB	$10.32	Launch
8x H100	8x H100	640GB	208	1800GB	$23.92	Launch
Nvidia H200 SXM	8x H200	1128GB	224	--	On Request	Source
Nvidia GH200	1x GH200	96GB	72	--	On Request	Source
B200	8x B200	1440GB	224	--	On Request	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some managed services that Exoscale and Lambda Labs offer:

Service	Exoscale	Lambda Labs
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer		--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Exoscale	Lambda Labs
Website	www.exoscale.com	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	Switzerland 🇨🇭	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2011	2012
Data Center Locations	7	14
Example Customers	--	Microsoft, Airbus, Comma.ai, Raytheon, KPMG

	Exoscale
Website	www.exoscale.com
Headquarters	Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded	2011
Data Center Locations	7
Example Customers	--

	Lambda Labs
Website	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	14
Example Customers	Microsoft, Airbus, Comma.ai, Raytheon, KPMG