Lyceum
vs
Nebius
What's good about each
- Data center cards from L40S to Blackwell B300, 1 to 8 per VM
- European datacenters, and prompts and outputs are not stored
- Per-second billing on compute, per-token on inference
- OpenAI-compatible API that plugs into coding agents
- 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 | Lyceum | 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 | -- Not listed | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | |
| 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
Lyceum offers 7 GPU models, while Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
9 configs · 1 config
|
$11.09 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Nebius |
|
H100
9 configs · 1 config
|
$4.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B200
9 configs · 1 config
|
$8.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 1 config
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 31% cheaper on Nebius |
|
H200
9 configs · 1 config
|
$6.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on Nebius |
|
L40S
9 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Nebius |
|
A100
9 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; Nebius bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
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 | Lyceum | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Germany | Netherlands |
| Locations | 2 | 10 |
| Example customers | Enpal, Apheris, Edgeless Systems, Macrocosmos, SONA | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | lyceum.technology | nebius.com |
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 19, 2026.