GPU cloud · head-to-head
CoreWeave vs Lambda
On the lowest published gpu cloud price in this table, CoreWeave is the cheaper of the two today. Prices change — every figure links to the provider’s own page, checked 28 Sept 2026.
- CoreWeave from
- $1.25/GPU-hr
- Lambda from
- $2.79/GPU-hr
- Plans compared
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CoreWeave
GPU cloud · HQ United States
- Lowest published price
- $1.25/GPU-hr
- Plans listed
- 8
- With a published price
- 8
- Pricing
- Publishes prices
- Data-centre countries
- —
- Certifications (sourced)
- ISO27001, SOC2, ISO27017, ISO27018
- API · Terraform · free tier
- —
Lambda
GPU cloud · HQ United States
- Lowest published price
- $2.79/GPU-hr
- Plans listed
- 2
- With a published price
- 2
- Pricing
- —
- Data-centre countries
- India
- Certifications (sourced)
- SOC2, ISO27001, ISO27017, ISO27701, ISO22301
- API · Terraform · free tier
- —
CoreWeave and Lambda gpu cloud plans
One table, both providers, sorted by published price — lowest first. Plans without a published price sort last.
| # | Provider | Offer | On-demand | Spot | Committed | As published (original currency) · source | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA L40 (8x) 8× L40 · 128 vCPU · 1024 GB RAM | $1.25/GPU-hr | $0.78/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 2 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA L40S (8x) 8× L40S · 128 vCPU · 1024 GB RAM | $2.25/GPU-hr | $0.99/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 3 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition, High Memory (8x) 8× RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition · 128 vCPU · 1024 GB RAM | $2.50/GPU-hr | $1.39/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 4 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA A100 (8x) 8× A100 80GB · 128 vCPU · 2048 GB RAM | $2.70/GPU-hr | $1.21/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 5 | Lambda | A100 A100 80GB · 240 vCPU | $2.79/GPU-hr | — | — | ||
| 6 | Lambda | H100 H100 · 208 vCPU | $3.99/GPU-hr | — | — | ||
| 7 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA HGX H100 (8x) 8× H100 · 128 vCPU · 2048 GB RAM | $6.16/GPU-hr | $2.46/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 8 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA HGX H200 (8x) 8× H200 · 128 vCPU · 2048 GB RAM | $6.31/GPU-hr | $2.62/GPU-hr | — | ||
| 9 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA GH200 1× GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip · 72 vCPU · 480 GB RAM | $6.50/GPU-hr | — | — | ||
| 10 | CoreWeave | NVIDIA HGX B200 (8x) 8× B200 · 128 vCPU · 2048 GB RAM | $8.60/GPU-hr | $4.26/GPU-hr | — |
Company facts, side by side
Only facts with a public source. “Provider’s claim” means the provider states it and we have not checked it independently.
| Fact | CoreWeave | Lambda |
|---|---|---|
| In their words | 'The Essential Cloud for AI' - Kubernetes-native GPU cloud for frontier labs | — |
| Headquarters | USA (Livingston, NJ) | USA (California) |
| Founded | 2017 | — |
| Serves | AI labs; Enterprise; Hyperscalers | — |
| Markets | USA; Europe | USA; Japan; Europe; Middle East; India |
| Billing | Per-instance hourly on-demand (8-GPU nodes); committed contracts | Per-GPU-hour on-demand; reserved 1-Click Clusters (2 wks-1 yr) |
| Reserved / committed pricing | Yes - 'up to 60% discounts over On-Demand for committed usage' (contact sales) | Yes - 1-Click Clusters 2 weeks-1 year; 1 year+ = contact |
| Spot / pre-emptible | Yes - Spot prices listed for most SKUs | No spot listed |
| Regions | North America and Europe (docs region list is access-code gated) | asia-northeast-1 Tokyo; asia-northeast-2 Osaka; asia-south-1 India; europe-central-1 Germany; me-west-1 Israel; us-east-1 Virginia; us-east-2 Washington DC; us-midwest-1 Illinois; us-south-1 Texas; us-south-2 North Texas; us-south-3 Central Texas; us-west-1 California; us-west-2 Arizona; us-west-3 Utah |
| GPU models offered | GB300 NVL72; GB200 NVL72; HGX B300; HGX B200; RTX PRO 6000; GH200; HGX H100; HGX H200; L40; L40S; A100; Vera Rubin (bring-up done 1 Jun 2026; no public price) | B200 180GB; H100 80GB; A100 80GB; A100 40GB; Tesla V100 16GB; GH200 (docs); A10 (docs); A6000 (docs) |
| Certifications | ISO 27001; SOC 2 Type II; ISO 27017; ISO 27018 | SOC 2 Type 2; ISO/IEC 27001:2022; ISO/IEC 27017:2015; ISO/IEC 27701:2019; ISO 22301:2019; CCPA |
| Minimum commitment | — | 1-Click Clusters: 2-week minimum, 16 GPUs |
| India regions | — | asia-south-1 (India; city not stated; GPU availability there not stated) |
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