RunPod A100 Pricing Options
All available A100 instance types on RunPod, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US/EU | A100 40GB | On-Demand | $1.9900/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | 12 vCPU | 125 GB |
90-Day Price History — RunPod A100
On-demand cheapest daily rate over the last 90 days.
About RunPod A100 Cloud Pricing
RunPod operates a GPU cloud marketplace that aggregates capacity from multiple data centers, offering both community cloud (lower-cost shared infrastructure) and secure cloud (dedicated servers) tiers.
Why Choose RunPod for A100
- Among the lowest on-demand GPU prices in the market
- Serverless GPU endpoints for inference workloads
- Wide GPU model selection from consumer (RTX 3090) to enterprise (H100)
- Template marketplace for one-click ML environment deployment
Best suited for: Individual developers, hobbyists, and cost-sensitive teams who prioritize price over enterprise features. RunPod's community cloud tier is often the cheapest option for experimentation.
A100 Technical Overview
RunPod offers H100 in both their Secure Cloud (dedicated bare-metal) and Community Cloud (shared) tiers -- the only provider in the top 5 with genuine spot-style H100 pricing via their interruptible Secure Cloud option. H100 availability fluctuates based on demand and data center capacity, which RunPod's API exposes in real-time (check /v2/instances/available). For inference at scale, RunPod's Serverless GPU Endpoints allow pay-per-token serving without pre-provisioned GPU capacity, a model unique among top-5 H100 providers. RunPod's H100 Secure Cloud pricing often undercuts Lambda by 15-25% for comparable configurations, but availability windows are shorter and provisioning can take 5-30 minutes during peak demand.
Pricing Analysis
RunPod's cheapest A100 option starts at $1.9900/hr, which is 17% below the market average of $2.4011/hr. RunPod currently offers on-demand pricing only for A100. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Available instance types
RunPod delivers A100 across 1 instance variant: A100 40GB. Each instance type varies in vCPU count, system memory, NVMe storage, and interconnect — the live rates in the pricing table below show the current per-GPU breakdown.
Note: RunPod's community cloud offers the lowest prices but with shared infrastructure — the secure cloud tier provides dedicated resources at moderately higher rates.
Market context: A100 pricing has dropped 30–50% since H100 became widely available. It remains the best value for workloads that don't require the raw throughput of Hopper-generation hardware.
Top Alternatives to RunPod for A100
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest RunPod A100 rate ($1.9900/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs RunPod |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadeform | $0.7900/hr | On-Demand | -60% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Vast.ai | $0.7900/hr | Spot | -60% cheaper vs RunPod |
| TensorDock | $0.9500/hr | On-Demand | -52% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Oblivus Cloud | $1.1500/hr | On-Demand | -42% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Jarvis Labs | $1.7900/hr | On-Demand | -10% cheaper vs RunPod |
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