L40S cloud price per hour
We price 8 offers from 5 providers. The cheapest is $0.536 per GPU-hour at Vast.ai , the dearest $3.50 at Oracle Cloud. That is a 6.5× spread for the same card, so where you rent it matters more than anything else.
Every provider
Sorted by hourly rate. Spot and community tiers can be interrupted.
Cheapest nowVast.ai (community) at $0.54 /hr
| Source | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai Best value | community | $0.536 | 45 GB | $0.012 | $53.56 | ↗ |
| RunPod | community | $0.790 | 48 GB | $0.017 | $79.00 | ↗ |
| DataCrunch | spot | $0.931 | 48 GB | $0.019 | $93.15 | ↗ |
| CoreWeave | spot | $0.985 | 48 GB | $0.021 | $98.50 | ↗ |
| RunPod | on-demand | $1.09 | 48 GB | $0.023 | $109.00 | ↗ |
| DataCrunch | on-demand | $1.86 | 48 GB | $0.039 | $186.25 | ↗ |
| CoreWeave | on-demand | $2.25 | 48 GB | $0.047 | $225.00 | ↗ |
| Oracle Cloud | on-demand | $3.50 | 48 GB | $0.073 | $350.00 | ↗ |
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Questions
Answered from the L40S price data on this page.
How much does an L40S cost per hour?
The cheapest we track is $0.536 per GPU-hour at Vast.ai on the community tier, or $1.09 on demand at RunPod. Checked 28 Oct 2026.
What does a 100-hour training run on an L40S cost?
$53.56 at the cheapest rate we track, and $350.00 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 L40S?
The cheapest interruptible rate is $0.536 against $1.09 on demand, a saving of 51%. Worth it for checkpointed training, not for serving.