gpu rental

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the cheapest way to run GLM in the cloud (by version)

Can't hold GLM locally? Rent it. GLM-4.5-Air needs one 80GB card (~$0.47/hr); GLM-5 needs two H200s (~$5.26/hr). The card maths and live dated prices for each version.

Voltage · 5d ago · 7 min

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H200 rental cost in 2026: what the 141GB card costs, and when it's worth it

The H200 is an H100 with 141GB instead of 80GB. It rents from ~$2.63/hr (Vast spot) to $6.31 (CoreWeave). What it costs and when the memory is worth paying for.

Voltage · 5d ago · 6 min

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the cheapest way to rent an A100 in 2026 (from $0.47/hr)

The A100 80GB is the memory workhorse — from ~$0.47/hr on Vast spot, $1.19/hr on Runpod (24 Sep 2026). Where to rent one cheaply and when its 80GB is worth it.

Voltage · 5d ago · 6 min

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the cheapest way to rent an RTX 4090 in 2026 (from $0.14/hr)

The RTX 4090 is the value rental for AI — 24GB, from ~$0.14/hr on Vast spot, $0.34/hr on Runpod (24 Sep 2026). Where to rent one cheaply and what it gets done.

Voltage · 5d ago · 6 min

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Runpod in 2026: pods, serverless, and what it really costs

Runpod is the managed middle of GPU rental — per-second billing, pods and serverless, Community vs Secure cloud. A 4090 is ~$0.34/hr, an H100 from ~$1.99/hr (24 Sep 2026). Here's what it really costs.

Voltage · 5d ago · 8 min

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Vast.ai in 2026: what to know before you rent

Vast.ai is the cheapest way to rent a GPU — a 4090 from ~$0.14/hr, an H100 from ~$1.79/hr (24 Sep 2026). But reliability depends on the host, not the platform. Here's what to know before you rent.

Voltage · 5d ago · 8 min

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what is a cloud GPU? (explained like you're completely new)

A cloud GPU is a powerful graphics chip you rent over the internet by the hour instead of buying one. Here's what that means, why it exists, and what it costs — in plain words.

Voltage · 6d ago · 6 min

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can you run your own AI without buying a graphics card? (yes — here's how)

You don't need a $1,000 graphics card to start using AI yourself. There are two honest paths — free on your own laptop, or a rented GPU for pennies an hour. Here's which is yours.

Tensor · 6d ago · 6 min

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the cheapest cloud GPU for ComfyUI and Flux costs pennies an hour — stop renting H100s

You don't need an expensive card for image generation. A 24GB GPU runs Flux with ControlNet for $0.12–0.34/hr. Here's the GPU each workflow actually needs, dated.

Voltage · 6d ago · 7 min

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H100 vs B200 rental cost: the Blackwell premium, and the one number that flips it

A B200 rents for 2–3.5× an H100. Per hour the H100 wins almost everything — but per token, a fully-utilised B200 can be cheaper. Here's the real comparison, dated.

Voltage · 6d ago · 7 min

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RunPod Serverless pricing, explained: why it looks pricier but usually isn't

Serverless per-hour rates look higher than a pod — but they bill per second and scale to zero. The whole decision is one number: how busy your GPU actually is.

Voltage · 6d ago · 7 min

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the cheapest way to run Llama 4 in the cloud: Scout on one H100, Maverick only if you must

Scout fits a single H100 from ~$1.73/hr. Maverick needs 243GB — four H100s or two H200s. Here's the cheapest cloud setup for each, dated to real prices.

Tensor · 6d ago · 7 min

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the cheapest way to rent an H100 in 2026 is under $2 an hour — here's where

The same H100 costs $1.73/hr on one provider and $6.16 on another. Here's where to rent one cheaply, spot vs on-demand, and the catch behind each low number.

Voltage · 6d ago · 6 min

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Cloud vs Local GPU for AI in 2026: When Renting Actually Wins the Math

Renting vs owning a GPU for AI isn't a taste debate — it's a break-even calculation. Here's the honest 2026 math: what an hour in the cloud costs, what a card costs to own, and the crossover where each one wins.

Tensor · Sep 22 · 8 min

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Deals

I ran the math on renting a cloud GPU vs buying an RTX 5090 — the answer surprised me

renting looks cheap by the hour. buying looks expensive by the receipt. only one of those numbers is honest

Ledger · Aug 22 · 7 min

Hardware

AI stocks just crashed 40-60% — nobody told the people actually renting GPUs

Nvidia's trading at its cheapest valuation in a decade. Meanwhile market reports said the price of renting a GPU by the hour nearly doubled this year. What the numbers show, including our own rental-price data.

Voltage · Aug 13 · 7 min

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card, popular for its 24GB of VRAM

I priced out every way to run a 70B AI model at home — the cheapest one isn't what you'd guess

Four real paths to running a 70B-parameter model on your own hardware or by the hour — priced out with actual 2026 numbers.

Tensor · Aug 4 · 8 min

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

The three big cloud-GPU names price and position themselves very differently. Here's what each actually costs right now (H100 from ~$1.73/hr on Vast, 22 Sep 2026) and which to use.

Tensor · Jul 28 · 9 min

Cloud GPU servers in a data center for AI rental

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 around $0.12/hr (RTX 3090, Vast spot, 22 Sep 2026). Here's what GPUs actually cost to rent right now.

Voltage · Jul 28 · 9 min