Lium
vs
Vast.ai
Both rent GPUs from independent hosts at live per-machine rates. Lium bills per minute and can be driven by a coding agent, while Vast.ai adds bid-based spot and reserved contracts across a wider catalog.
What's good about each
- 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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
Lium offers 13 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 61. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lium | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
7 configs · 30 configs
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$11.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Lium |
|
B200
3 configs · 8 configs
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 12% cheaper on Lium |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 104 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H200
4 configs · 36 configs
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$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX 5090
12 configs · 161 configs
|
$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
A100
1 config · 60 configs
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$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | 63% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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RTX 4090
4 configs · 142 configs
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$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Vast.ai |
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L40S
1 config · 37 configs
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$0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Lium |
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RTX 3090
5 configs · 78 configs
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Vast.ai |
Lium bills on-demand and spot; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lium | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lium | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
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
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Our data for Lium was last updated on Sept. 28, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 28, 2026.