NVIDIA A100 80GB Rental Price
All A100 80GB rental rates, live: $/hr, ₹/hr, $/day, $/month across 8+ providers — on-demand and spot. Not the hardware price. The actual cost to run your workload on the value 80GB GPU.
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A100 80GB Rental — live providers
| Provider | On-demand $/hr | Spot $/hr | ₹/hr | $/day | $/month | Spot saving |
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*Live gpuprice.in feed (pricing-data.json, source Parallel.ai), updated daily. Spot saving = % cheaper than that provider's on-demand. $/day = 24h, $/month = 730h, ₹/hr ≈ ₹83/USD.
A100 specs that matter for rental
The A100 80GB is the value workhorse of AI rental in 2026: it is the cheapest 80GB card on the market (from $1.67/hr on-demand), and with 8+ providers on the live feed it has the deepest competition and supply of any big-VRAM GPU — which keeps prices low and availability high.
The 80GB VRAM ceiling fits the same models as an H100 for most batch work — up to ~70B-parameter models at lower precision, fine-tuning, and offline training. The difference is throughput: at 312 FP16 TFLOPS the A100 is roughly 2-3× slower than an H100, so it is best where throughput is not the bottleneck (batch jobs, fine-tuning, experiments) rather than latency-sensitive inference.
How much will your A100 workload cost?
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Need $/1M-token cost? Use the Workload Cost Calculator → to see how an A100 (or any GPU that fits your model) prices a real inference workload.
On-demand A100
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Spot A100 (interruptible)
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Example: 1,000 hours of A100 fine-tuning = ~$1,670 on-demand at the cheapest rate, vs ~$610 on spot. The deep A100 spot market (63% below on-demand) is the single biggest lever for batch workloads.
A100 vs alternatives: rent by what fits
Usually the choice is VRAM, not brand. Cheapest live on-demand rate per GPU.
| GPU | Arch | VRAM | Cheapest $/hr | Cheapest ₹/hr |
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A100 vs H100
The H100 is the faster, newer Hopper card (989 vs 312 FP16 TFLOPS) and runs ~2-3× more throughput for LLM inference. But it costs ~50% more per hour ($1.67 vs $2.50). Pick H100 when latency or throughput is the bottleneck; pick A100 when price per hour is — batch, offline training, and fine-tuning don't care about latency.
A100 vs RTX 5090
The RTX 5090 (32GB) is far cheaper at $0.58/hr but can't touch the A100's 80GB VRAM. If your model fits in 32GB (8-13B models), the 5090 is dramatically cheaper; if it needs 40-80GB, the A100 is the right value 80GB pick.
A100 vs H200
The H200 (141GB) fits models too big for 80GB, but it is scarcer (5 providers) and pricier (~$2.80/hr). The A100 wins when 80GB is enough and you want the deepest price competition.
A100 rental vs buying
A single A100 80GB is roughly $15,000-20,000 to buy (≈₹13 lakh in India), plus hosting, power and depreciation. Renting at the cheapest $1.67/hr is about $1,220/month — far less than the monthly finance cost, with instant scale and zero hardware risk.
The rule of thumb: rent unless your A100 runs 24/7 at high utilisation with a multi-year runway. For batch training, fine-tuning and experiments — rent and lean on the deep spot market. See full ₹-based TCO in GPU rental vs buy in India.
Cheapest A100 rental (right now, live): $1.67/hr on-demand at Vast.ai & Spheron; E2E Networks is the India-hosted option at ₹149/hr; spot from $0.61/hr. Rates move weekly — this page is the live source.
A100 Rental — FAQ
Honest answers for teams renting NVIDIA A100 80GB compute.
How much does it cost to rent an NVIDIA A100 80GB?▾
Live on this page: A100 on-demand from $1.67/hr (≈₹139/hr) at Vast.ai and Spheron, E2E Networks at $1.80/hr (₹149/hr) for India hosting. Spot from $0.61/hr. A full day is ~$40; a month at 730 hours is ~$1,220.
Is the A100 80GB still worth renting in 2026?▾
Yes — for value-sensitive work. At $1.67/hr it is the cheapest 80GB GPU and has the deepest provider competition, making it ideal for batch training, fine-tuning and experiments where latency isn't critical. If you need fast LLM serving, an H100 at $2.50/hr is ~2-3× faster and wins on total throughput.
A100 on-demand vs spot — what should I choose?▾
On-demand is guaranteed and never interrupted — for production. A100 spot is ~63% cheaper (from $0.61/hr) with the deepest spot market of the big cards, but can be reclaimed on short notice — perfect for batch training and fine-tuning that checkpoint. If it must stay up, pay on-demand.
What can I run on a rented A100 80GB?▾
LLM training and fine-tuning for models up to ~70B parameters at lower precision, offline inference, image/video generation, and multi-GPU training clusters. The A100 is best for throughput-tolerant workloads; for low-latency production serving prefer H100.
Which provider rents the A100 cheapest in India?▾
E2E Networks is the India-hosted option on this feed (Mumbai DC) at $1.80/hr on-demand (₹149/hr), with A100 spot at $0.90/hr. Globally, Vast.ai and Spheron lead on-demand at $1.67/hr and spot at $0.61/hr.