Shadeform A100-80GB Pricing Options
All available A100-80GB instance types on Shadeform, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | A100 80GB (best price) | On-Demand | $0.9900/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | — | — |
90-Day Price History — Shadeform A100-80GB
On-demand cheapest daily rate over the last 90 days.
About Shadeform A100-80GB 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 A100-80GB
- 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.
A100-80GB Technical Overview
The A100 80GB variant doubles the memory of the 40GB model, enabling fine-tuning of larger models without gradient checkpointing. MIG partitioning is available for running multiple smaller workloads on a single GPU.
Pricing Analysis
Shadeform's cheapest A100-80GB option starts at $0.9900/hr, which is 64% below the market average of $2.7818/hr. Shadeform currently offers on-demand pricing only for A100-80GB. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
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: A100-80GB 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 Shadeform for A100-80GB
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Shadeform A100-80GB rate ($0.9900/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Shadeform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | $0.1250/hr | On-Demand | -87% cheaper vs Shadeform |
| Vast.ai | $0.4015/hr | Spot | -59% cheaper vs Shadeform |
| Azure | $0.6788/hr | Spot | -31% cheaper vs Shadeform |
| RunPod | $1.0000/hr | On-Demand | +1% more vs Shadeform |
| Paperspace | $1.1500/hr | On-Demand | +16% more vs Shadeform |
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