RunPod A100-80GB Pricing Options
All available A100-80GB instance types on RunPod, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| us-east-1 | NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB | On-Demand | $1.0000/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | — | — |
| us-east-1 | NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe | On-Demand | $1.1900/hr | 1× GPU | — | — |
| community | NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe-spot | Spot | $1.1900/hr | 1× GPU | — | — |
| community | NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB-spot | Spot | $1.3900/hr | 1× GPU | — | — |
| us-east-1 | NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB | On-Demand | $1.3900/hr | 1× GPU | — | — |
| US/EU | A100 SXM 80GB | On-Demand | $2.5900/hr | 1× GPU | 16 vCPU | 251 GB |
About RunPod A100-80GB 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 A100-80GB
- 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.
A100-80GB 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 A100-80GB option starts at $1.0000/hr, which is 64% below the market average of $2.7818/hr. RunPod offers both on-demand and spot pricing for A100-80GB. Spot instances can save 50–70% for interruptible workloads like batch processing and hyperparameter sweeps.
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: A100-80GB pricing has become very competitive as providers shift focus to H100/H200. It offers excellent value for workloads that need more VRAM than the 40GB variant but don't require Hopper performance.
Top Alternatives to RunPod for A100-80GB
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest RunPod A100-80GB rate ($1.0000/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs RunPod |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | $0.1250/hr | On-Demand | -88% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Vast.ai | $0.2564/hr | Spot | -74% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Azure | $0.8213/hr | Spot | -18% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Shadeform | $0.9900/hr | On-Demand | -1% cheaper vs RunPod |
| Paperspace | $1.1500/hr | On-Demand | +15% more vs RunPod |
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