Lyceum
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lyceum | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | Identical |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 1 config
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 52% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
B200
9 configs · 1 config
|
$2.40 /GPU/hr Spot | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 25% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
A100
9 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 34% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
L40S
5 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 29% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
B300
9 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
$0.99 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
H200
9 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; Vultr 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.
| Framework | Lyceum | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | -- | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | lyceum.technology | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.