# GPUBank vs Lambda

> Lambda is a GPU cloud from San Jose, founded in 2012, that rents NVIDIA instances of 1 to 8 GPUs on demand and reserves InfiniBand clusters of 16 GPUs or more. Its H100 SXM costs $3.99 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU instance and $4.29 on a single GPU; GPUBank charges $1.85. Lambda offers larger clusters and published SOC 2 and ISO certifications; GPUBank bills by the second, keeps a stopped instance at disk cost and takes crypto.

- Page: https://gpubank.io/compare/gpubank-vs-lambda
- Prices last checked on 29 September 2026, on Lambda's own pages (sources below). Page updated 2 November 2026.
- Lambda: https://lambda.ai, headquartered in San Jose, United States
- GPUBank: https://gpubank.io, GPU cloud billed per second at an all-in hourly price (vCPU, RAM, NVMe, one IPv4 and traffic included), prepaid balance topped up in crypto.

## Verdict

**Clusters and certifications at Lambda. Half the price and per-second billing at GPUBank.**

Lambda is built for teams that need 8-GPU B200 or H100 nodes and multi-week InfiniBand clusters, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 paperwork. For the GPUs both of us rent, GPUBank costs 38 to 66 % less per GPU-hour. Lambda bills by the minute until an instance is terminated, since instances cannot be stopped; GPUBank bills by the second and keeps only the disk on the bill when you stop. Lambda takes major credit cards only; GPUBank takes crypto and asks for no card.

Score over 27 points: GPUBank ahead on 11, even on 6, Lambda ahead on 10.

## Key facts

| Criterion | Lambda | GPUBank |
|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | $3.99 (8-GPU), $4.29 (1 GPU) | $1.85, all-in |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.69, Quadro RTX 6000 | $0.23, RTX 4090 |
| Billing granularity | Per minute | Per second |
| Stopped instance | No stop state, billed until terminated | Disk only |
| Persistent storage | Shown in the console only | $0.03 per GB-month |
| Egress traffic | Included | Included |
| Crypto payments | Not offered: credit cards only | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more |
| Card payments | Major credit cards | No |
| Minimum deposit | None ($10 card pre-authorization) | $25 |
| GPU models listed | 14 | 10 |
| Regions | 16 | 4 |
| Serverless GPUs | No | No |
| Availability target | No public uptime SLA | 99.9 % monthly |
| Compliance reports | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 | None published |
| Support | Tickets and forum; 24/7 on clusters | Tickets from a $25 balance |
| Headquarters | San Jose, United States | Tallinn, Estonia |

## Same GPUs, price per GPU-hour (USD, excl. VAT)

| GPU | Lambda | GPUBank | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| B200 SXM | $6.69 (on demand) | $4.15 | -38 % |
| H100 SXM | $3.99 (on demand) | $1.85 | -54 % |
| H100 PCIe | $3.29 (on demand) | $1.35 | -59 % |
| A100 SXM | $2.79 (on demand) | $0.95 | -66 % |

## When to pick Lambda

- Reserved InfiniBand clusters of 16 to 2,000+ GPUs
- B200 SXM6 on demand, GH200 at $2.29 per GPU-hour
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, 27017, 27701, 22301 stated
- 16 regions in the US, Japan, India, Germany and Israel
- Managed Kubernetes or Slurm on clusters

## When to pick GPUBank

- H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour, against $3.99 to $4.29
- Per-second billing that starts after the health check
- Stop an instance and pay only for its disk
- Pay in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins, no card
- RTX 4090, RTX 5090, L40S and MI300X, which Lambda does not list

## Questions

### Is GPUBank cheaper than Lambda for an H100?

Yes. Lambda lists the H100 SXM at $3.99 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU instance and $4.29 on a single GPU. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour for an H100 SXM, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included.

### Can I stop a Lambda instance to save money?

No. Lambda instances can be launched, restarted or terminated, not stopped, and they are billed until terminated. On GPUBank a stopped instance costs only its persistent disk, at $0.03 per GB-month.

### Does Lambda accept crypto?

Lambda does not mention crypto. Its billing docs list major credit cards and decline prepaid and debit cards. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins.

### Which is better for multi-node training?

Lambda. It reserves 1-Click Clusters of 16 to 2,000+ B200 or H100 GPUs on InfiniBand with managed Kubernetes or Slurm. GPUBank rents up to 8 GPUs per instance and does not sell InfiniBand clusters.

### Does Lambda have GPUs in Europe?

Lambda lists one European region, europe-central-1 in Germany, among its 16 regions. GPUBank has two European regions, Paris and Frankfurt, plus Ashburn and Singapore.

### Are these prices with or without VAT?

Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Lambda and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.

## Sources

- https://lambda.ai/pricing: All on-demand and 1-Click Cluster GPU prices (H100 cluster tab read from page HTML)
- https://lambda.ai/instances: Per-minute billing, no egress fees, 1x to 8x instances
- https://lambda.ai/1-click-clusters: Cluster scale, ISO/SOC 2 claims, managed orchestration
- https://lambda.ai/superclusters: GB300 NVL72, HGX B300, Vera Rubin NVL72, 4, 000 to 165, 000+ GPUs
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/billing/: Per-minute billing, weekly invoices, filesystem billing, credits and refunds
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/manage-billing/: Credit card only, 10 USD pre-authorization, supported purchase countries
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/on-demand/: Instance types, images, JupyterLab, regions, filesystem limits
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/on-demand/creating-managing-instances/: No stop/suspend, new-account quota
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/filesystems/: Filesystem capacity, no cross-region transfer
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/s3-adapter-filesystems/: S3 endpoints, regions us-east-3 and us-midwest-2
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/importing-exporting-data/: Migration paths
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/1-click-clusters/: InfiniBand fabric, head nodes, local NVMe, reservation and 10-day invoice
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/1-click-clusters/support/: Support team and response times
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/1-click-clusters/security-posture/: Single-tenant compute nodes, encryption at rest
- https://docs.lambda.ai/public-cloud/access-security/: API keys, roles, audit logs, trust portal
- https://docs.lambda.ai/managed-kubernetes/: Managed Kubernetes on 1CC
- https://docs.lambda.ai/api/cloud: API availability
- https://status.lambda.ai/: Status page

Prices change: check both providers before buying. Lambda is a trademark of its owner; GPUBank is not affiliated with Lambda.