#1
Lambda (Lambda Labs)
Established US GPU cloud: on-demand H100/B200 instances, 1-Click Clusters and Superclusters, billed per minute with no ingress/egress charges.
from $0.690 per GPU/hr
A100 GPU rental
Where to rent A100 GPUs by the hour, the going rate and who accepts crypto.
Short answer: Lambda (Lambda Labs) is our top-rated A100 provider as of 2026-09-24 (7.3/10), from $0.690 per GPU/hr.
#2
Akash Network
Open permissionless marketplace for containerised GPU/CPU compute; providers bid, tenants pay per block.
from $0.090 per GPU/hr min $0.500
#3
Runpod
Developer GPU cloud with published per-second rates across Community and Secure Cloud, plus serverless endpoints and clusters.
from $0.160 per GPU/hr min $10
#4
Thunder Compute
Centralized GPU cloud built on the company's own GPU-virtualisation layer: cheap per-minute A100/L40/H100/A6000 instances; no crypto, no token.
from $0.350 per GPU/hr
#5
Aleph Cloud (Aleph.im)
Decentralized cloud (VPS, GPU instances, storage, confidential VMs) on a node network; paid via ALEPH/USDC/card credits.
no KYC
from $0.055 per GPU/hr
#6
Spheron Network
Singapore-run GPU aggregator reselling capacity from 5+ neoclouds; H100 from $2.64/hr on-demand, per-minute billing.
from $0.480 per GPU/hr
#7
Theta EdgeCloud
Hybrid cloud+edge GPU marketplace with cheap consumer-GPU rates (RTX 3090 $0.14/hr, A100 $1.99/hr) and TFUEL-linked node rewards; cloud-launched in 2024. Facing an LA lawsuit alleging fraud/token manipulation.
from $0.050 per GPU/hr
#8
Nosana
Solana-based self-serve GPU marketplace for AI inference, CI and agent workloads; live price table, consumer-GPU supply.
from $0.048 per GPU/hr
#9
Gonka (Gonka.ai)
Cosmos-SDK L1 for decentralized open-weight LLM inference; hosts earn GNK, developers use OpenAI-compatible brokers.
price on request
#10
Fluence
Swiss-DAO multi-provider neocloud; H200 from $2.80/hr with zero egress, but Console access is still gated to an Alpha VM testing program and top-ups run only in USDC via CopperX.
from $2.80 per GPU/hr min $10
#11
io.net
Solana-based aggregated GPU/CPU network: clusters, VMs, containers, inference, and Intel TDX confidential compute.
price on request
#12
Aethir
Distributed enterprise/gaming GPU cloud (Aethir Earth for AI, Aethir Atmosphere for cloud gaming) with staking and slashing.
price on request
#13
Clore.ai
Permissionless peer-to-peer GPU marketplace paying in crypto, with on-demand and biddable spot tiers and no disclosed legal entity.
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from $0.027 per GPU/hr
#14
Flux
DePIN cloud with a FluxEdge GPU marketplace; its UK operator entered administration on 4 September 2026.
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price on request
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What does an A100 cost per hour?
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