Lightning AI GPU pricing
7 GPUs priced today across 7 configurations. On average 23.8% above the market median.
Prices collected 2026-09-18 · seen since 2026-09-15
Visit Lightning AI →Lightning AI's on-demand median per GPU-hour, per snapshot. Gaps are runs where the GPU was not listed.
At a glance
Every GPU Lightning AI prices, against the market
Per GPU-hour, on-demand, 2026-09-18. vs market compares Lightning AI's own median for that GPU with the index median across every provider. Click a GPU for every provider's price.
| GPU | Lightning AI | Market | vs market | Per month | Sizes | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NVIDIA H200 | $4.50 | $4.45 | +1% | $3,240 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $4.50 | $3.50 | +29% | $3,240 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $2.71 | $1.79 | +51% | $1,951 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $2.19 | $1.48 | +48% | $1,577 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA L40S | $2.14 | $1.47 | +46% | $1,541 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA L4 | $0.79 | $0.80 | -1% | $569 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
| NVIDIA T4 | $0.55 | $0.59 | -7% | $396 | 1x · 1 config | on-demand |
Price history
Lightning AI has been in the index since 2026-09-15. The chart at the top draws its on-demand median per GPU on every snapshot; a gap is a run where the GPU was not listed, never a guess. No price moved by more than 1% between consecutive snapshots so far.
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How much does Lightning AI charge for an H100?
As of 2026-09-18, Lightning AI's on-demand H100 SXM works out to $4.50 per GPU-hour, 29% above the market median of $3.50. That is about $3,240 a month per GPU at 720 hours.
Is Lightning AI cheap?
Across the 7 GPUs it prices, Lightning AI averages 23.8% above the market median, and is cheaper than the median on 2 of them.
Where do these Lightning AI prices come from?
Public pricing page, parsed. Per-GPU price is the listed per-GPU rate, or the node price divided by GPU count. Prices near reserved, committed or contract terms are discarded; anything outside a plausible range for the GPU is discarded. Prices are collected every six hours and every snapshot is kept, so the history above is what Lightning AI actually published on those dates. Nothing is estimated or interpolated.
Does Lightning AI offer spot or reserved pricing?
No spot or interruptible rates were listed on the pricing we read. Reserved pricing, where it exists, is by quote and not published. Only on-demand prices enter the index median.