Lambda Labs
vs
Nebius
Both rent H100 and B200 GPUs by the hour. Lambda Labs runs GH200 instances in Australia, Japan and India, while Nebius offers spot pricing, Slurm clusters and object storage.
What's good about each
- Offers high-performance GPUs such as the Nvidia H100, H200, and GH200
- Easy to use dashboard and competitive prices
- Private cloud available (isolated, physical access)
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lambda Labs | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Block storage | $20.00 /mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 65% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Lambda Labs and Nebius each offer 8 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lambda Labs | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs · 1 config
|
$3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Lambda Labs |
|
B200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$6.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Lambda Labs |
|
A100
6 configs
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lambda Labs only |
|
RTX A6000
3 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Lambda Labs only |
|
V100
2 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Lambda Labs only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
$2.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Lambda Labs only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Lambda Labs bills on-demand; Nebius bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lambda Labs | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Lambda Labs | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 15 | 10 |
| Example customers | Intuitive, Writer, Sony, Samsung, Pika | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | lambda.ai | nebius.com |
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Our data for Lambda Labs was last updated on Oct. 5, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 4, 2026.