GPU Cloud Cost Comparator

Compare what renting common AI GPUs would cost per month. Hourly rate ranges are prefilled with typical market figures (approximate, as of July 2026, check providers) and every number is editable.

Hours per day

Days per month

GPU count

Monthly cost by GPU (edit the $/hr ranges to match your provider)

GPU	$/hr low	$/hr high	Monthly low	Monthly high

GPU-hours per month

Utilization of a 24/7 month

Ways to pay less:

Spot / preemptible instances commonly run 40-70% below on-demand rates - fine for checkpointed training and batch jobs, risky for serving.
Reserved / committed terms (1-12 months) typically cut 30-60% off on-demand if your utilization is steady.
Right-size: if your utilization figure above is under ~30%, on-demand or serverless GPU endpoints usually beat holding an instance.

Rent vs API: renting a GPU only wins when you keep it busy. A single H100 at ~$4/hr is ~$700/month at 8 hours a weekday - that buys a very large number of API tokens on a frontier model. Rule of thumb: use APIs until you have sustained, predictable volume or hard requirements (custom/fine-tuned open models, data residency, latency control); then price dedicated GPUs against your actual token bill. All rates here are approximate market ranges as of July 2026 spanning hyperscalers (higher) to community/marketplace clouds (lower) - check provider pricing pages; egress, storage, and support are extra.