What's good about...

Lambda Labs logo Lambda Labs

  • 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)

Lambda Labs logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Price comparison

How do Lambda Labs's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Lambda Labs Render
VM Small -- $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium -- $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large -- $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage $20.00 / mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Load Balancer -- Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL -- $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance -- 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB

Lambda Labs offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
1x RTX6000 1x RTX 6000 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 SXM 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
Nvidia GH200 1x GH200 96GB 64 432GB $3.19 Source
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 SXM 8x H100 640GB 208 1800GB $23.92 Launch
Nvidia H200 SXM 8x H200 1128GB 224 -- 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 Lambda Labs and Render offer:

Service Lambda Labs Render
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
GPU-powered Servers --
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Static Sites --

Company details

Lambda Labs
Website lambdalabs.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations 15
Example Customers Microsoft, Airbus, Covariant, Comma.ai, Samsung, Pika
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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Our data for Lambda Labs was last updated on Dec. 12, 2024, and for Render on Nov. 12, 2024.