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Lambda GPU Cloud vs RunPod Pods
Lambda GPU Cloud or RunPod Pods? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Command line, API, Runs models for you
- Only RunPod Pods states: Official SDKs
Lambda GPU Cloud
Lambda GPU Cloud provides on-demand GPU instances, connected GPU clusters, and dedicated superclusters for AI training and inference.
Plans
NVIDIA HGX B200 1-Click Cluster — 16 GPUs
- $9.86 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 16 GPUs
NVIDIA HGX B200 1-Click Cluster — 64 GPUs
- $9.36 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 64 GPUs
NVIDIA HGX B200 1-Click Cluster — 256+ GPUs
- $8.87 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 256+ GPUs
NVIDIA H100 1-Click Cluster — 16 GPUs
- $6.16 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 16 GPUs
NVIDIA H100 1-Click Cluster — 64 GPUs
- $5.85 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 64 GPUs
NVIDIA H100 1-Click Cluster — 256 GPUs
- $5.54 per GPU/hr
- Duration: 2 weeks – 1 year
- 256 GPUs
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 instance — 8x
- $6.69 per GPU/hr
- 180 GB VRAM/GPU
- 208 vCPUs
- 2900 GiB RAM
- 22 TiB SSD storage
- 8x
NVIDIA H100 SXM instance — 8x
- $3.99 per GPU/hr
- 80 GB VRAM/GPU
- 208 vCPUs
- 1800 GiB RAM
- 22 TiB SSD storage
- 8x
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Command line — “Use UI, API, or CLI” source
- API — “Automate with the Lambda Cloud API to create, stop, and restart instances from your CLI, CI/CD, or orchestration scripts.” source
- Runs models for you — “Train, fine-tune, and serve models on 1 to 8 NVIDIA GPU instances” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
- ISO 27001 — “ISO/IEC 27001:2022” source
RunPod Pods
RunPod Pods are dedicated cloud GPU instances for AI development, training, inference, batch jobs, and long-running workloads.
Plans
B300
- $6.94 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 7.89 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 288 GB HBM3e
- 251 GB RAM
- 32 vCPUs
H200
- $3.59 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 4.59 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 141 GB VRAM
- 276 GB RAM
- 24 vCPUs
B200
- $5.98 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 6.79 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 180 GB VRAM
- 283 GB RAM
- 28 vCPUs
RTX Pro 6000
- $1.69 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 2.09 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 96 GB VRAM
- 188 GB RAM
- 16 vCPUs
H100 NVL
- $2.59 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 3.19 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 94 GB VRAM
- 94 GB RAM
- 16 vCPUs
H100 PCIe
- $1.99 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 2.89 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 80 GB VRAM
- 188 GB RAM
- 16 vCPUs
H100 SXM
- $2.69 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 3.49 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 80 GB VRAM
- 125 GB RAM
- 20 vCPUs
A100 PCIe
- $1.19 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 1.59 /hr (Secure Cloud)
- 80 GB VRAM
- 117 GB RAM
- 8 vCPUs
A100 SXM
- $1.39 /hr (Community Cloud)
- $ 1.59 /hr
- 80 GB VRAM
- 125 GB RAM
- 16 vCPUs
Pro 6000 MIG 48GB
- $ 1.09 /hr
- 48 GB VRAM
- 62 GB RAM
- 8 vCPUs
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Command line — “CLI & SDKs. Deploy and manage directly from your terminal.” source
- API — “Full API access. Automate everything with a simple, flexible API.” source
- Official SDKs — “CLI & SDKs. Deploy and manage directly from your terminal.” source
- Runs models for you — “Run API-based AI workloads with serverless GPU endpoints.” source
Latest updates
- Global Volumes - Beta
Mount it at startup across any region; no copying data between data centers required.
- Nano Banana Edit
The Nano Banana Edit endpoint will be retired September 28, 2026. Migrate to Nano Banana 2 Edit.
- Sales tax and tax ID support
Runpod collects sales tax on credit purchases. Add a business tax ID at checkout or in your account settings.