OVHcloud L40S Pricing Options
All available L40S instance types on OVHcloud, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU (France) | GPU L40S | On-Demand | $1.0800/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | 12 vCPU | 240 GB |
About OVHcloud L40S Cloud Pricing
OVHcloud is a major European cloud provider headquartered in France, offering GPU dedicated servers and cloud instances with a strong focus on data sovereignty and transparent pricing.
Why Choose OVHcloud for L40S
- EU data sovereignty and GDPR compliance
- Predictable monthly pricing (no surprise bills)
- Bare-metal GPU servers available
- Anti-cloud-act positioning for sensitive workloads
Best suited for: European enterprises that need sovereign cloud infrastructure for AI workloads with strict data residency requirements.
L40S Technical Overview
OVHcloud offers H100 dedicated bare-metal servers across their European data centers (France, Germany, UK, Poland, Canada), providing GDPR-compliant H100 access with data residency guarantees -- a key differentiator for EU enterprises running sensitive AI workloads. All OVHcloud H100 instances are single-tenant dedicated hardware with no resource sharing, eliminating noisy-neighbor performance variance. OVHcloud does not currently offer spot pricing for H100; their model is monthly committed billing with hourly meter billing for overages. H100 availability is more limited than US-based providers and pricing is roughly 10-20% higher than comparable US cloud configurations due to EU data center overhead.
Pricing Analysis
OVHcloud's cheapest L40S option starts at $1.0800/hr, which is 45% below the market average of $1.9796/hr. OVHcloud 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: OVHcloud's dedicated GPU servers offer excellent value for sustained workloads, with monthly pricing that can undercut hourly billing from other providers.
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 OVHcloud for L40S
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest OVHcloud L40S rate ($1.0800/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $0.4037/hr | Spot | -63% cheaper vs OVHcloud |
| TensorDock | $0.5900/hr | On-Demand | -45% cheaper vs OVHcloud |
| Lightning AI | $0.6500/hr | On-Demand | -40% cheaper vs OVHcloud |
| RunPod | $0.6900/hr | On-Demand | -36% cheaper vs OVHcloud |
| Nebius | $0.8700/hr | On-Demand | -19% cheaper vs OVHcloud |
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