Lyceum
vs
Salad
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lyceum | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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 Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
9 configs
|
$5.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Lyceum only |
|
H100
9 configs
|
$2.39 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
B200
9 configs
|
$8.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum only |
|
H200
9 configs
|
$3.09 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
8 configs
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3060
8 configs
|
-- | $0.03 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; Salad bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lyceum | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lyceum | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type I, platform 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
| Fact | Lyceum | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 2 | -- |
| Example customers | Enpal, Apheris, Edgeless Systems, Macrocosmos, SONA | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | lyceum.technology | salad.com |
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for Salad on Oct. 22, 2026.