Nodus vs Lambda: Which Cloud Is Cheaper for GPU Training?

Lambda is better suited to reserved multi-node InfiniBand clusters of 16 or more GPUs, or to long-running machines kept for weeks. Nodus targets single-machine training and fine-tuning, and its listed H100 and A100 rates are lower than Lambda's on-demand prices. Nodus stops billing when a command exits and restores a checkpoint onto a replacement machine if one is lost. The two services differ in model: Lambda rents Linux virtual machines that users launch and manage, while Nodus runs a job to completion and handles placement and recovery. Price comparisons on two sample workloads favored Nodus, though the article notes that Lambda's larger instances include more vCPUs, RAM, and local storage.