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the best cloud GPU for fine-tuning an LLM costs about a dollar — here's the one to rent and why

Fine-tuning sounds expensive until you realize you can rent the perfect GPU for it by the hour. For small models a 4090 does it for pennies; for bigger jobs an A100 is the workhorse. Here's the cheapest path.

Lena Fischer · Jul 28 · 9 min

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the cheapest way to run Llama 70B isn't buying two GPUs — it's renting one big one for a couple dollars

A dual-GPU rig to run Llama 70B costs $2,000+. But you can rent an A100 that holds it for around a dollar an hour. For anything but constant use, the cloud wins big.

Lena Fischer · Jul 28 · 9 min

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should you rent a cloud GPU or buy your own for AI? the break-even is simpler than you think

Everyone frames it as cloud vs local like it's a religion. It's just arithmetic: how many hours will you actually use it? Here's the number that decides it for you.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 28 · 9 min

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RunPod vs Vast.ai vs Lambda: which GPU cloud is actually cheapest for AI?

The three big names in cloud GPUs price and position themselves very differently. One's a marketplace race to the bottom, one's managed and easy, one's built for training. Here's which to use.

Lena Fischer · Jul 28 · 9 min

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the cheapest way to rent a GPU for AI in 2026 costs less than a coffee an hour — here's the live math

You don't need to buy a $2,000 graphics card to run big AI models. Renting one by the hour starts at cents, and knowing the real prices saves you a fortune. Here's what GPUs actually cost to rent right now.

Ravi Malhotra · Jul 28 · 9 min