Local AI or cloud GPU: what does it cost?

Running AI on your own machine costs money up front and very little after. Renting a cloud GPU needs no hardware purchase and adds up by the hour. Enter your own numbers to see where the two cross. The cloud rates come from each provider's public price page, each with its source and the date we read it.

Local against cloud

Change any number. The cloud rate fills in when you pick a GPU from the list, and you can overwrite it.

Cloud GPU Enter my own rate RunPod B300 288 GB (Community Cloud) $6.94/hr Hyperstack B300 288 GB (On-demand) $7.40/hr Vast.ai B300 288 GB (Marketplace) $8.50/hr Crusoe B300 HGX 288 GB (On-demand) $8.96/hr RunPod B300 288 GB (Secure Cloud) $8.99/hr Verda GB300 SXM6 288 GB (On-demand) $12.80/hr Verda B300 SXM6 268 GB (On-demand) $11.13/hr DigitalOcean AMD Instinct MI325X 256 GB (On-demand) $3.80/hr DigitalOcean AMD Instinct MI300X 192 GB (On-demand) $2.59/hr Crusoe AMD MI300X 192 GB (On-demand) $3.45/hr Hyperstack B200 192 GB (On-demand) $6.00/hr Vast.ai B200 192 GB (Marketplace) $7.50/hr RunPod B200 180 GB (Community Cloud) $5.98/hr Lambda B200 SXM6 180 GB (On-demand) $6.99/hr RunPod B200 180 GB (Secure Cloud) $7.99/hr Verda B200 SXM6 180 GB (On-demand) $8.69/hr Vast.ai H200 NVL 141 GB (Marketplace) $3.32/hr RunPod H200 141 GB (Community Cloud) $3.59/hr Vast.ai H200 141 GB (Marketplace) $3.95/hr Hyperstack H200 SXM 141 GB (On-demand) $3.99/hr Crusoe H200 HGX 141 GB (On-demand) $4.29/hr DigitalOcean HGX H200 141 GB (On-demand) $4.47/hr RunPod H200 141 GB (Secure Cloud) $5.29/hr Verda H200 SXM5 141 GB (On-demand) $6.13/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q 96 GB (Marketplace) $0.83/hr Vast.ai RTX 6000D 96 GB (Marketplace) $0.95/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 6000 WS 96 GB (Marketplace) $1.00/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 6000 S 96 GB (Marketplace) $1.07/hr RunPod RTX Pro 6000 96 GB (Community Cloud) $1.69/hr Hyperstack RTX Pro 6000 SE 96 GB (On-demand) $1.85/hr Lambda GH200 96 GB (On-demand) $2.29/hr RunPod RTX Pro 6000 96 GB (Secure Cloud) $2.49/hr Verda RTX PRO 6000 96 GB (On-demand) $2.59/hr RunPod H100 NVL 94 GB (Community Cloud) $2.59/hr RunPod H100 NVL 94 GB (Secure Cloud) $3.19/hr Vast.ai A100 PCIe 80 GB (Marketplace) $0.40/hr Vast.ai A100 SXM4 80 GB (Marketplace) $0.40/hr Thunder Compute A100 80GB 80 GB (On-demand) $1.09/hr RunPod A100 PCIe 80 GB (Community Cloud) $1.19/hr Hyperstack A100 80 GB (On-demand) $1.35/hr RunPod A100 SXM 80 GB (Community Cloud) $1.39/hr Hyperstack A100 NVLink 80 GB (On-demand) $1.40/hr Hyperstack A100 SXM 80 GB (On-demand) $1.60/hr Vast.ai H100 SXM 80 GB (Marketplace) $1.73/hr RunPod A100 PCIe 80 GB (Secure Cloud) $1.79/hr RunPod A100 SXM 80 GB (Secure Cloud) $1.79/hr RunPod H100 PCIe 80 GB (Community Cloud) $1.99/hr Crusoe A100 PCIe 80 GB (On-demand) $2.00/hr Vast.ai H100 PCIe 80 GB (Marketplace) $2.00/hr Verda A100 SXM4 80GB 80 GB (On-demand) $2.20/hr Crusoe A100 SXM 80 GB (On-demand) $2.30/hr Hyperstack H100 80 GB (On-demand) $2.50/hr Hyperstack H100 NVLink 80 GB (On-demand) $2.60/hr Vast.ai H100 NVL 80 GB (Marketplace) $2.61/hr RunPod H100 SXM 80 GB (Community Cloud) $2.69/hr RunPod H100 PCIe 80 GB (Secure Cloud) $2.89/hr Hyperstack H100 SXM 80 GB (On-demand) $3.20/hr Thunder Compute H100 SXM 80 GB (On-demand) $3.20/hr Lambda H100 PCIe 80 GB (On-demand) $3.29/hr Crusoe H100 HGX 80 GB (On-demand) $3.90/hr RunPod H100 SXM 80 GB (Secure Cloud) $3.99/hr Lambda H100 SXM 80 GB (On-demand) $4.29/hr DigitalOcean HGX H100 80 GB (On-demand) $4.41/hr Verda H100 SXM5 80 GB (On-demand) $4.70/hr Vast.ai Q RTX 8000 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.25/hr RunPod RTX A6000 48 GB (Community Cloud) $0.33/hr RunPod A40 48 GB (Community Cloud) $0.35/hr Thunder Compute RTX A6000 48 GB (On-demand) $0.35/hr Vast.ai L40 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.36/hr Vast.ai RTX A6000 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.39/hr Vast.ai L40S 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.47/hr Vast.ai RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.47/hr Vast.ai RTX 5880 Ada 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.49/hr Hyperstack A6000 48 GB (On-demand) $0.50/hr Vast.ai A40 48 GB (Marketplace) $0.53/hr RunPod A40 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.59/hr RunPod RTX A6000 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.59/hr RunPod L40 48 GB (Community Cloud) $0.69/hr RunPod RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (Community Cloud) $0.74/hr RunPod L40S 48 GB (Community Cloud) $0.79/hr Thunder Compute L40 48 GB (On-demand) $0.79/hr Verda RTX A6000 48 GB (On-demand) $0.81/hr RunPod L40 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.82/hr RunPod RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.99/hr Hyperstack L40 48 GB (On-demand) $1.00/hr RunPod Pro 6000 MIG 48GB 48 GB (Community Cloud) $1.00/hr Lambda A6000 48 GB (On-demand) $1.09/hr RunPod L40S 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $1.09/hr RunPod Pro 6000 MIG 48GB 48 GB (Secure Cloud) $1.29/hr Verda RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (On-demand) $1.47/hr Crusoe L40S 48 GB (On-demand) $1.50/hr DigitalOcean L40S 48 GB (On-demand) $1.57/hr DigitalOcean RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (On-demand) $1.57/hr Verda L40S 48 GB (On-demand) $1.86/hr Verda A100 SXM4 40GB 40 GB (On-demand) $1.59/hr Lambda A100 PCIe 40GB 40 GB (On-demand) $1.99/hr Lambda A100 SXM 40GB 40 GB (On-demand) $1.99/hr Vast.ai RTX 5090 32 GB (Marketplace) $0.41/hr Vast.ai RTX 5000 Ada 32 GB (Marketplace) $0.44/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 5000 32 GB (Marketplace) $0.60/hr RunPod RTX 5090 32 GB (Community Cloud) $0.69/hr RunPod RTX 5090 32 GB (Secure Cloud) $1.19/hr Vast.ai L4 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai RTX 4090D 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai Tesla P40 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai RTX 3090 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.12/hr Vast.ai Q RTX 6000 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.13/hr Vast.ai RTX 4090 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.13/hr RunPod RTX A5000 24 GB (Community Cloud) $0.16/hr Vast.ai Titan RTX 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.17/hr Vast.ai RTX A5000 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.19/hr Vast.ai RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.20/hr Vast.ai RTX 4500 Ada 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.20/hr RunPod RTX 3090 24 GB (Community Cloud) $0.22/hr Vast.ai A10 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.24/hr RunPod RTX A5000 24 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.27/hr RunPod RTX 4090 24 GB (Community Cloud) $0.34/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 4500 24 GB (Marketplace) $0.35/hr RunPod L4 24 GB (Community Cloud) $0.44/hr RunPod Pro 6000 MIG 24GB 24 GB (Community Cloud) $0.50/hr RunPod RTX 3090 24 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.50/hr RunPod L4 24 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.59/hr Lambda Quadro RTX 6000 24 GB (On-demand) $0.69/hr RunPod Pro 6000 MIG 24GB 24 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.69/hr RunPod RTX 4090 24 GB (Secure Cloud) $0.89/hr Lambda A10 24 GB (On-demand) $1.29/hr Vast.ai RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB (Marketplace) $0.22/hr Vast.ai RTX PRO 4000 20 GB (Marketplace) $0.24/hr DigitalOcean RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB (On-demand) $0.76/hr Vast.ai RTX 4070S Ti 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.07/hr Vast.ai RTX A4000 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.07/hr Vast.ai Tesla P100 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.07/hr Vast.ai Tesla V100 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.07/hr Vast.ai Q RTX 5000 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.10/hr Vast.ai RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai Tesla T4 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.12/hr Hyperstack A4000 16 GB (On-demand) $0.15/hr Vast.ai RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.17/hr Vast.ai RTX 4080S 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.20/hr Vast.ai RTX 5080 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.21/hr Verda Tesla V100 16 GB (On-demand) $0.24/hr Vast.ai RTX 4080 16 GB (Marketplace) $0.24/hr Vast.ai GTX TITAN X 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.03/hr Vast.ai RTX 3060 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.03/hr Vast.ai Titan Xp 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.05/hr Vast.ai RTX 4070S 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.08/hr Vast.ai RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai RTX 5070 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.13/hr Vast.ai RTX 4070 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.15/hr Vast.ai RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB (Marketplace) $0.15/hr Vast.ai GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB (Marketplace) $0.06/hr Vast.ai RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB (Marketplace) $0.09/hr Vast.ai RTX 3080 10 GB (Marketplace) $0.12/hr Vast.ai GTX 1070 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.05/hr Vast.ai GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.05/hr Vast.ai GTX 1080 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.05/hr Vast.ai RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.05/hr Vast.ai Quadro P4000 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.06/hr Vast.ai RTX 2060S 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.06/hr Vast.ai RTX 2070 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.06/hr Vast.ai RTX 3070 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.07/hr Vast.ai RTX 2070S 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.08/hr Vast.ai RTX 4060 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.08/hr Vast.ai RTX 5060 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.08/hr Vast.ai RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.10/hr Vast.ai RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB (Marketplace) $0.11/hr Vast.ai GTX 1660 S 6 GB (Marketplace) $0.03/hr Vast.ai RTX A2000 6 GB (Marketplace) $0.03/hr Vast.ai RTX 3060 laptop 6 GB (Marketplace) $0.06/hr Vast.ai RTX 2060 6 GB (Marketplace) $0.08/hr Vast.ai GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB (Marketplace) $0.61/hr Vast.ai GTX 1650 4 GB (Marketplace) $0.13/hr

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How the calculator works

• Cloud cost per month is the hourly rate times the hours you use it each month.
• Local cost over the period is the hardware price plus the running cost per month times the months.
• Break-even is the hardware price divided by the cloud cost per month minus your local running cost per month. If renting costs less than your running cost, there is no break-even.

Cloud GPU prices

Read from the provider's public price list on 2026-10-28, with the source for each row. Prices are per GPU per hour (on-demand, or the marketplace offer where the tier says Marketplace), in US dollars, and change often.

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What it leaves out

• The calculator counts only what you type in. It leaves out storage and network charges, your time to set things up, what the hardware could resell for, and electricity unless you enter it.
• A rented GPU and a laptop are not the same speed or size. Choose a cloud GPU with at least the memory your model needs; the finder shows that.
• Prices change. We hide any price older than 45 days. Check the provider before you rent.
• Vast.ai is a marketplace: the price shown is the lowest offer when we read the page, and the median is in the notes. RunPod has two tiers, Secure Cloud and Community Cloud. The others list on-demand prices. Storage and traffic are billed separately.