A40 cloud price per hour
We price 3 offers from 2 providers. The cheapest is $0.270 per GPU-hour at Vast.ai , the dearest $0.590 at RunPod. That is a 2.2× spread for the same card, so where you rent it matters more than anything else. 1 of these 3 prices were checked by hand against Vast.ai's price page (26 October 2026) rather than read automatically, and are marked in the table.
Every provider
Sorted by hourly rate. Spot and community tiers can be interrupted.
Cheapest nowVast.ai (community) at $0.27 /hr
| Source | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai Best value stale · last good 26 Oct | community | $0.270 | 45 GB | $0.006 | $26.96 | ↗ |
| RunPod | community | $0.350 | 48 GB | $0.0073 | $35.00 | ↗ |
| RunPod | on-demand | $0.590 | 48 GB | $0.012 | $59.00 | ↗ |
Prices last checked: . Methodology
Questions
Answered from the A40 price data on this page.
How much does an A40 cost per hour?
The cheapest we track is $0.270 per GPU-hour at Vast.ai on the community tier, or $0.590 on demand at RunPod. Checked 28 Oct 2026.
What does a 100-hour training run on an A40 cost?
$26.96 at the cheapest rate we track, and $59.00 at the dearest. That spread is for the same card, so where you rent it matters more than anything else.
Is spot or community pricing worth it for an A40?
The cheapest interruptible rate is $0.270 against $0.590 on demand, a saving of 54%. Worth it for checkpointed training, not for serving.