Shadeform A100 Pricing Options
All available A100 instance types on Shadeform, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | A100 40GB (best price) | On-Demand | $0.7900/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | — | — |
90-Day Price History — Shadeform A100
On-demand cheapest daily rate over the last 90 days.
About Shadeform A100 Cloud Pricing
Shadeform is a GPU cloud aggregator that provides a single API to provision GPUs across multiple providers. They find the best available price and availability across their partner network.
Why Choose Shadeform for A100
- Single API for multi-cloud GPU provisioning
- Automatic best-price routing across providers
- Unified billing across all GPU sources
- Real-time availability aggregation
Best suited for: Teams that want to avoid vendor lock-in and always get the best available GPU price without manually comparing providers.
A100 Technical Overview
The A100 comes in 40 GB and 80 GB variants. The 80 GB version is essential for fine-tuning models over 13B parameters. MIG (Multi-Instance GPU) partitioning allows splitting a single A100 into up to 7 isolated GPU instances for smaller workloads.
Pricing Analysis
Shadeform's cheapest A100 option starts at $0.7900/hr, which is 67% below the market average of $2.4011/hr. Shadeform 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
Shadeform delivers A100 across 1 instance variant: A100 40GB (best price). 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: Shadeform adds convenience through aggregation — the tradeoff is slightly higher prices than going direct, offset by time saved on price shopping and multi-vendor management.
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 Shadeform for A100
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Shadeform A100 rate ($0.7900/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Shadeform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $0.7900/hr | Spot | 0% cheaper vs Shadeform |
| TensorDock | $0.9500/hr | On-Demand | +20% more vs Shadeform |
| Oblivus Cloud | $1.1500/hr | On-Demand | +46% more vs Shadeform |
| Jarvis Labs | $1.7900/hr | On-Demand | +127% more vs Shadeform |
| CoreWeave | $1.9500/hr | On-Demand | +147% more vs Shadeform |
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