Nebius L40S Pricing Options
All available L40S instance types on Nebius, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU (Finland) | L40S | On-Demand | $0.8700/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | 12 vCPU | 160 GB |
About Nebius L40S Cloud Pricing
Nebius (formerly Yandex Cloud's AI division) provides large-scale GPU clusters purpose-built for AI training. They operate their own data centers with custom networking for distributed training.
Why Choose Nebius for L40S
- Purpose-built AI training clusters
- Custom InfiniBand networking for multi-node jobs
- Competitive pricing for large-scale GPU reservations
- Managed ML platform integration
Best suited for: Organizations training large language models or foundation models who need multi-node GPU clusters with high-bandwidth interconnect.
L40S Technical Overview
The L40S is an inference-optimized GPU built on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It provides strong FP8 and INT8 performance for model serving, plus hardware ray-tracing for 3D/visualization workloads.
Pricing Analysis
Nebius's cheapest L40S option starts at $0.8700/hr, which is 56% below the market average of $1.9796/hr. Nebius currently offers on-demand pricing only for L40S. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: Nebius is positioning as a CoreWeave competitor for large-scale AI training, with aggressive pricing on H100 and H200 clusters.
Market context: L40S pricing is typically 40–60% below H100, making it an excellent choice for inference-heavy deployments where training performance is not the primary requirement.
Top Alternatives to Nebius for L40S
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Nebius L40S rate ($0.8700/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Nebius |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $0.4037/hr | Spot | -54% cheaper vs Nebius |
| TensorDock | $0.5900/hr | On-Demand | -32% cheaper vs Nebius |
| Lightning AI | $0.6500/hr | On-Demand | -25% cheaper vs Nebius |
| RunPod | $0.6900/hr | On-Demand | -21% cheaper vs Nebius |
| Crusoe Cloud | $0.9900/hr | On-Demand | +14% more vs Nebius |
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