Lium vs Theta EdgeCloud

Theta EdgeCloud sources managed instances from hyperscaler partners and runs a distributed edge network, while Lium rents directly from independent hosts, each setting its own rate.

What's good about...

Lium logo Lium

  • Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
  • Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
  • Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
  • CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents

Theta EdgeCloud logo Theta EdgeCloud

  • Datacenter H200, V100 and T4 machines, 1-4 GPUs
  • Consumer cards from a community fleet, priced per operator
  • Sharable persistent volumes that survive a stop and restart
  • Multi-node GPU clusters for distributed training
  • Inference APIs, dedicated model serving and Jupyter notebooks on the same account

Price comparison

Lium logo Lium Pricing

Lium bills per minute with no hourly minimum, against a prepaid balance.

Theta EdgeCloud logo Theta EdgeCloud Pricing

Both tiers bill by the hour against a prepaid organization balance, drawn down in credits.

Hosted machine types carry a published rate. A community node is priced by the operator running it, so rates for the same card vary by machine and by country.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Lium Lium
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
H200 $3.00 $3.69

Billing Options

Lium Lium
On-DemandSpot
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
On-Demand

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 Lium and Theta EdgeCloud offer:

Company details

Website
Lium Lium
lium.io
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
www.thetaedgecloud.com
Headquarters
Lium Lium
United States of America US flag
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
United States of America US flag
Founded
Lium Lium
2024
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
2024
Data Center Locations
Lium Lium
14
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Example Customers
Lium Lium
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Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
KAIST, NTU Singapore, Houston Rockets

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Our data for Lium was last updated on Sept. 8, 2026, and for Theta EdgeCloud on Sept. 8, 2026.