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 Azure if…
- • You want Azure's edge on how many places it runs and how many people have reviewed it
Round by round
- Round 1The cheapest H100Lambda winsAzure5/10
$12.29
worked out from $98.32 an hour for a Standard_ND96isr_H100_v5 with eight H100s, East US
- $12.29, against $3.99
Source: cloudprice.net ↗
Lambda wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 2The cheapest A100Lambda winsAzure5/10
$4.10
worked out from $32.77 an hour for a Standard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 with eight A100 80GB, East US
- $4.10, against $1.99
Source: cloudprice.net ↗
Lambda wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3What it costs to get your data outLambda winsAzure5/10
First 100 GB a month free
outbound data transfer in every region, then charged
- First 100 GB a month free, against No egress fees
Source: azure.microsoft.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How many places it runsAzure winsLambda5/10
14 regions
on-demand cloud regions, though not every instance type is in every region
- 14 regions, against 80+ regions
Source: docs.lambda.ai ↗
Azure wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How many Trustpilot reviewsAzure winsLambda5/10
7 reviews
reviews on Trustpilot, TrustScore 2.3
- 7 reviews, against 58 reviews
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Azure wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
Side by side
- the cheapest GPU on its price list, a Quadro RTX 6000
- A100, PCIe and SXM
- Azure regions
- $3.99, against $1.99
- $1.99, against $1.19
- $6.69, against $5.98
- $0.69, against $0.34
- $12.29, against $1.99
- $4.10, against $1.19
- First 100 GB a month free, against No egress fees
- 1.4 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5