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Lambda Labs vs Thunder Compute

Lambda offers on-demand instances and large training clusters in its own datacenters. Thunder Compute rents single-node instances of 1 to 8 GPUs, with one-click IDE connections.

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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)

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

How do Lambda Labs's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Block Storage

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
$20.00 /mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
Free and unlimited
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100 $3.29 $3.20 A100 $1.99 $1.09 RTX A6000 $1.09 $0.35

Billing Options

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
On-Demand
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Lambda Labs offers 8 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
H100(5) A100(6) B200(3) RTX A6000(3) V100(2) A10(1) GH200(1) Quadro RTX 6000(1)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Lambda Labs and Thunder Compute offer:

Service Lambda Labs Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers

Company details

Website
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
lambda.ai
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
United States of America US flag
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Founded
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
2012
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
15
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
1
Example Customers
Lambda Labs Lambda Labs
Intuitive, Writer, Sony, Samsung, Pika
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

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Our data for Lambda Labs was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 11, 2026.