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Cloud GPU vs Your Own AI Server: The 3-Year Cost for a Small Company (Calculator)

Should a 10–50 person company buy a GPU server, rent one by the hour, or just pay per token? The three-year bill for each, from live rental prices, today's hardware prices and government power statistics. The answer for most small companies is not the one GPU vendors sell.

Aliteq Team · Updated Oct 3, 2026 · 13 min

Thumbnail: H200, is 141 GB worth it? Pay for memory only when 80 GB won't fit. A card reads H200 SXM, Vast on-demand from $3.76 an hour, read Nov 3, 2026, with the Vast.ai and Runpod wordmarks.

How much does it cost to rent an H200? From $3.76 an hour, and when 141GB is worth it

On Nov 3, 2026 a single H200 rented from $3.76 an hour on Vast.ai to $6.31 a GPU on CoreWeave. What each provider charges, the cheaper H200 NVL, and the models that really need 141GB instead of an 80GB H100.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 8 min

Thumbnail: Cheapest A100, is 80GB worth 2x? 40GB from $0.40/hr, 80GB from $0.63/hr on Vast. A card reads A100 80GB, Vast median, $1.00/hr, read Nov 3, 2026, with the Vast.ai and Runpod wordmarks.

Where is the cheapest A100 rental right now, and when is the 80GB version worth it?

On Nov 3, 2026 a 40GB A100 rented from $0.40/hr on Vast.ai and an 80GB one from $0.63/hr (median $1.00), against $1.35 on Hyperstack and $1.79 on Runpod. Where the cheap A100s are, why 80GB costs about twice as much, and the jobs that need it.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 8 min

Line-art graphics card next to the headline Rent a 4090 from $0.27, with the Vast.ai and Runpod logos and a card reading RTX 4090, Vast on-demand, $0.27/hr, read Nov 3, 2026.

Where can you rent an RTX 4090 cheapest, and what can its 24GB actually run?

On Nov 3, 2026 a rented RTX 4090 started at $0.27/hr on Vast.ai (median $0.46) against $0.89/hr on Runpod Secure Cloud. Where the low prices are, the catch behind each one, and which models, image tools and fine-tunes fit in 24GB.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 7 min

Is Vast.ai safe and worth it? What it really costs, and the hidden fees to check first

Vast.ai is a real, documented GPU marketplace, and an RTX 4090 rented there at a median $0.47 an hour on Nov 3, 2026, about half Runpod's Secure Cloud price. The catch is that you rent from a host, and the host sets bandwidth, storage and reliability. Here's what's safe, what's worth it, and what to check before you pay.

Ari Vale · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 11 min

Thumbnail: Cheapest H100, $1.79 an hour, same chip lists at up to $6.16 elsewhere. A card reads H100 SXM, Vast on-demand from $1.79 an hour, read Nov 3, 2026, with the Vast.ai and Runpod wordmarks.

Where can you rent an H100 cheapest? From $1.79 an hour, and the catch in each price

On Nov 3, 2026 the same H100 rented for $1.79 an hour on Vast.ai and listed at $6.16 a GPU on CoreWeave. Where the cheap H100s are, which ones can be taken back mid-job, and the storage bill that keeps running after you stop.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 7 min

Rows of GPU servers in a data center used for cloud AI compute rental

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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

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 1, 2026 · 7 min

Which GPU cloud is cheapest? Thumbnail with the official Runpod and Vast.ai logos and a card: H100 80GB, cheapest per GPU-hour, $1.79, $2.89 and $3.29 for Vast, Runpod and Lambda, read Nov 3, 2026.

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

Vast.ai, almost every time. On Nov 3, 2026 one H100 cost from $1.79 an hour on Vast.ai, $2.89 on Runpod and $3.29 on Lambda. Here is every card's price side by side, the extra charges each one adds, and when paying more is the smarter buy.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 9 min