Lambda vs AWS

Lambda and AWS are level on what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.

Winner

Lambda

6.5

Fair

3 of 5 rounds

AWS

6.3

Fair

2 of 5 rounds

The verdict

Lambda takes it, 3–2 on rounds.

Neither pulls ahead on the published figures and review sites, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.

Choose Lambda if…

• You want Lambda's edge on the cheapest h100 and the cheapest a100

Choose AWS if…

• You want AWS's edge on how many places it runs and how many people have reviewed it

Round by round

Round 1The cheapest H100Lambda wins
Lambda8/10
$3.99
H100 SXM, the low end of $3.99 to $4.29
Source: lambda.ai ↗
AWS5/10
$6.88
p5.48xlarge $55.04/hr for 8x H100 = $6.88 per GPU-hour, on-demand, US East
- $5.19, against $3.99
Source: aws.amazon.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Round 2The cheapest A100Lambda wins
Lambda8/10
$1.99
A100, PCIe and SXM
Source: lambda.ai ↗
AWS5/10
$2.74
worked out from $21.958 an hour for a p4d.24xlarge with eight A100s
- $2.74, against $1.99
Source: instances.vantage.sh ↗
Lambda wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
Round 3What it costs to get your data outLambda wins
Lambda8/10
No egress fees
pay as you go with no egress fees
Source: lambda.ai ↗
AWS5/10
First 100 GB free, then $0.09 per GB
data transfer out to the internet
- First 100 GB free, then $0.09 per GB, against No egress fees
Source: aws.amazon.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Round 4How many places it runsAWS wins
Lambda5/10
14 regions
on-demand cloud regions, though not every instance type is in every region
- 14 regions, against 34 regions
Source: docs.lambda.ai ↗
AWS8/10
39
Geographic Regions
- AWS Regions
Source: aws.amazon.com ↗
AWS wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Round 5How many Trustpilot reviewsAWS wins
Lambda5/10
7 reviews
reviews on Trustpilot, TrustScore 2.3
- 7 reviews, against 429 reviews
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
AWS8/10
429 reviews
reviews on Trustpilot, TrustScore 1.3
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
AWS wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

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Side by side

Best for the cheapest a100Lambda

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AWS

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Overall score

6.5

Best

6.3

Price

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The cheapest H100

7.1

6.3

The cheapest A100

7.3

6.1

What it costs to get your data out

7.6

6.1

How many places it runs

5.4

6.2

How cheap you can start

5.6

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Head-to-head findings

The cheapest H100

$3.99

$6.88

The cheapest A100

$1.99 for NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB

$2.74

What it costs to get your data out

No egress fees

First 100 GB free, then $0.09 per GB

How many places it runs

14 regions

How cheap you can start

$0.79

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What customers say on Trustpilot

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1.3 out of 5

How precisely you are billed

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Per-second, 60-second minimum

What storage costs per month

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$0.08/GB-mo (EBS gp3)

Record

Head-to-head record

5–3

3–4

Head-to-heads won

63 %

43 %

Rounds won

43 %

37 %

Pros

the cheapest GPU on its price list, a Quadro RTX 6000
A100, PCIe and SXM

AWS Regions
worked out from $41.528 an hour for a p5.48xlarge with eight H100s, US regions
worked out from $47.76 an hour for a p5e.48xlarge with eight H200s

Cons

$3.99, against $1.99
$1.99, against $1.19
$6.69, against $5.98
$0.69, against $0.34

$5.19, against $1.99
$2.74, against $1.19
$5.97, against $3.59
First 100 GB free, then $0.09 per GB, against No egress fees

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