Lambda vs Google Cloud
Lambda and Google Cloud 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.
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 Google Cloud if…
- • You want Google Cloud's edge on how many places it runs and how many people have reviewed it
Round by round
- Round 1The cheapest H100Lambda winsGoogle Cloud5/10
$11.06
worked out from $88.49 an hour for an a3-highgpu-8g with eight H100s
- $11.06, against $3.99
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2The cheapest A100Lambda winsLambda8/10
A100 SXM 40 GB and A100 PCIe 40 GB
Instances pricing table, 1X tab (per-GPU on-demand)
- A100, PCIe and SXM
Source: lambda.ai ↗
Google Cloud5/10$3.67
worked out from $29.38708 an hour for an a2-highgpu-8g with eight A100s
- $3.67, against $1.99
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3What it costs to get your data outLambda winsGoogle Cloud5/10
$0.12 per GiB to start
premium-tier internet egress to North America after the first GiB
- $0.12 per GiB to start, against No egress fees
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
Lambda wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How many places it runsGoogle Cloud winsLambda5/10
14 regions
on-demand cloud regions, though not every instance type is in every region
- 14 regions, against 43 regions
Source: docs.lambda.ai ↗
Google Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How many Trustpilot reviewsGoogle Cloud winsLambda5/10
7 reviews
reviews on Trustpilot, TrustScore 2.3
- 7 reviews, against 43 reviews
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Google Cloud 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
- $3.99, against $1.99
- $1.99, against $1.19
- $6.69, against $5.98
- $0.69, against $0.34
- $11.06, against $1.99
- $3.67, against $1.19
- $0.12 per GiB to start, against No egress fees
- 1.4 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5