# Hyperstack vs Lambda

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/hyperstack-vs-lambda/

Every value below is read from Hyperstack's and Lambda's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Hyperstack | Lambda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egress over allowance | Free. Egress and ingress traffic are not charged; a public IP address costs $0.00672043 per hour. | Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees. |
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | $3.20 per hour for H100 SXM 80GB on demand. The NVLink variant is $2.60 and the PCIe H100 is $2.50. | $4.29 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB on a single-GPU instance, falling to $3.99 on an 8-GPU node. The PCIe variant is $3.29. |
| Cheapest GPU, per hour | $0.15 per hour for an A4000 with 16GB; the A100 SXM 80GB is $1.60. | $0.69 per GPU-hour for a Quadro RTX 6000 with 24GB; the V100 is $0.79 and the A6000 $1.09. |
| Largest GPU offered | 288GB per GPU on B300 at $7.40 an hour; B200 at 192GB is $6.00. | 180GB per GPU on B200 SXM6, from $6.69 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node to $6.99 on a single GPU. |
| Billing granularity | Per minute, with enterprise-scale contracts negotiated separately. | By the minute. |

## Where they differ

### Egress over allowance

- Hyperstack: Free. Egress and ingress traffic are not charged; a public IP address costs $0.00672043 per hour. ([source](https://www.hyperstack.cloud/gpu-pricing))
- Lambda: Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees. ([source](https://lambda.ai/service/gpu-cloud))

### H100 SXM, per GPU-hour

- Hyperstack: $3.20 per hour for H100 SXM 80GB on demand. The NVLink variant is $2.60 and the PCIe H100 is $2.50. ([source](https://www.hyperstack.cloud/gpu-pricing))
- Lambda: $4.29 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB on a single-GPU instance, falling to $3.99 on an 8-GPU node. The PCIe variant is $3.29. ([source](https://lambda.ai/service/gpu-cloud))

### Cheapest GPU, per hour

- Hyperstack: $0.15 per hour for an A4000 with 16GB; the A100 SXM 80GB is $1.60. ([source](https://www.hyperstack.cloud/gpu-pricing))
- Lambda: $0.69 per GPU-hour for a Quadro RTX 6000 with 24GB; the V100 is $0.79 and the A6000 $1.09. ([source](https://lambda.ai/service/gpu-cloud))

### Largest GPU offered

- Hyperstack: 288GB per GPU on B300 at $7.40 an hour; B200 at 192GB is $6.00. ([source](https://www.hyperstack.cloud/gpu-pricing))
- Lambda: 180GB per GPU on B200 SXM6, from $6.69 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node to $6.99 on a single GPU. ([source](https://lambda.ai/service/gpu-cloud))

### Billing granularity

- Hyperstack: Per minute, with enterprise-scale contracts negotiated separately. ([source](https://www.hyperstack.cloud/gpu-pricing))
- Lambda: By the minute. ([source](https://lambda.ai/service/gpu-cloud))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Hyperstack if Steady European workloads that can commit — reserved H200 at $2.79 against $3.99 on demand is the clearest published discount in this set, and egress is free.

Pick Lambda if Renting exactly the instance shape you need — Lambda publishes 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x plans for the same card, so a single H100 is a real product rather than a fraction of a node.

Consider something else: Hyperstack — Billing is per minute rather than per second, so very short jobs round up in a way they do not at RunPod.

Consider something else: Lambda — Its H100 SXM is the most expensive per GPU-hour in this set at $4.29 single-card, and there is no published reserved discount to bring it down.

## Documented by only one

- Reserved pricing: Hyperstack: Published reserved rates rather than a percentage: H200 SXM falls from $3.99 on demand to $2.79 reserved, about 30% below.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Egress over allowance: Hyperstack or Lambda?**

Hyperstack: Free. Egress and ingress traffic are not charged; a public IP address costs $0.00672043 per hour.
Lambda: Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees.

**Should I choose Hyperstack or Lambda?**

Pick Hyperstack if Steady European workloads that can commit — reserved H200 at $2.79 against $3.99 on demand is the clearest published discount in this set, and egress is free.
Pick Lambda if Renting exactly the instance shape you need — Lambda publishes 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x plans for the same card, so a single H100 is a real product rather than a fraction of a node.