Updated October 2026 · 9 compared
9 cloud GPU providers compared across 30 head-to-heads.
Every matchup is scored round by round on what matters most: the cheapest h100, the cheapest a100, what it costs to get your data out, how many places it runs.
Ranked by overall score
Pick RunPod if you want RunPod's edge on what it costs to get your data out.
Pick Vast.ai if you want Vast.ai's edge on the cheapest h100 and the cheapest a100.
Pick Lambda if you have a reason to pick Lambda that is not on this list.
Pick CoreWeave if you want CoreWeave's edge on how many places it runs.
Pick Modal if you have a reason to pick Modal that is not on this list.
Pick AWS if you have a reason to pick AWS that is not on this list.
Pick Paperspace if you want Paperspace's edge on how cheap you can start.
Pick Azure if you want Azure's edge on how many places it runs.
Pick Google Cloud if you want Google Cloud's edge on how many places it runs.
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| 1RunPodScore 7.4 | $1.99 | $1.19 | No egress fees | 31 regions | $0.34/hr | 3.8 out of 5 | Billed by the second | $0.07/GB-mo (network volume) | 7–1 | 88 % | 77 % | |
| 2Vast.aiScore 7.2 | $1.73 | $0.37/hr | Bandwidth charged both ways | 40+ | $0.11/hr | 4.1 out of 5 | Per-second billing | — | 8–0 | 100 % | 65 % | |
| 3LambdaScore 6.5 | $3.99 | $1.99 for NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB | No egress fees | 14 regions | $0.79 | — | — | — | 5–3 | 63 % | 43 % | |
| 4CoreWeaveScore 6.4 | $6.16 | $2.70 | Free | 51 data centers | $1.25 | — | — | $0.07/GB-mo (file storage) | 2–4 | 33 % | 42 % | |
| 5ModalScore 6.4 | $3.95 | $2.10 | 1 TiB free, then $0.04 per GiB | — | $0.59 | — | Billed by the second | $0.09/GiB-mo (Volumes) | 3–2 | 60 % | 35 % | |
| 6AWSScore 6.3 | $6.88 | $2.74 | First 100 GB free, then $0.09 per GB | 39 | — | 1.3 out of 5 | Per-second, 60-second minimum | $0.08/GB-mo (EBS gp3) | 3–4 | 43 % | 37 % | |
| 7PaperspaceScore 6.2 | $5.95 | $1.15 (3-year commitment) | No ingress or egress charges | 3 data centers | Free GPU notebooks | 1.5 out of 5 | Not stated | $0.10/GiB-mo (Volumes) | 2–4 | 33 % | 33 % | |
| 8AzureScore 6.1 | $12.29 | $4.10 | First 100 GB a month free | 70+ | — | 1.4 out of 5 | — | — | 0–5 | 0 % | 28 % | |
| 9Google CloudScore 6.0 | $11.06 | $3.67 | $0.12 per GiB to start | 43 regions | — | 1.4 out of 5 | Per-second after the first minute | $0.10/GiB-mo (balanced PD) | 0–7 | 0 % | 24 % |
30 round-by-round comparisons — here are the top-ranked match-ups
vsRunPod vs Vast.ai→vsRunPod vs Lambda→vsRunPod vs CoreWeave→vsVast.ai vs Lambda→vsRunPod vs Modal→vsVast.ai vs CoreWeave→vsRunPod vs AWS→vsVast.ai vs Modal→vsLambda vs CoreWeave→How these are scored: our ranking method. We may earn a commission from links on this page — disclosure.