Lyceum
vs
Runpod
Both rent A100 to B300 GPUs with containers and notebooks. Lyceum sells spot capacity inside the EU, while Runpod rents on four continents.
What's good about each
- Data center cards from L40S to Blackwell B300, 1 to 8 per VM
- EU datacenters in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands
- Per-second billing on compute, per-token on inference
- OpenAI-compatible API that plugs into coding agents
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lyceum | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Identical |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free and unlimited |
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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 14 configs
|
$2.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B300
9 configs · 4 configs
|
$7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B200
9 configs · 4 configs
|
$6.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
H200
9 configs · 7 configs
|
$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 15% cheaper on Runpod |
|
A100
9 configs · 11 configs
|
$1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
5 configs · 6 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; Runpod bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lyceum | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | lyceum.technology | www.runpod.io |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.