Lambda alternative: VRAMfarm compared
Lambda: US GPU cloud for AI: on-demand instances, 1-Click Clusters and large reserved clusters; site moved from lambda.ai to lambda.com. VRAMfarm is per-minute GPU rental from a prepaid euro balance, with 20 NVIDIA models and ready-made AI apps. Below is a side-by-side view, including where Lambda is the better choice.
Facts about Lambda from its public pages, checked 11 November 2026. Prices and terms change: check at the source.
| Lambda | VRAMfarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | US GPU cloud for AI: on-demand instances, 1-Click Clusters and large reserved clusters; site moved from lambda.ai to lambda.com | GPU rental with ready-made AI apps |
| Billing | On-demand instances billed in one-minute increments from launch until terminate; weekly invoices | Per minute, minimum 15 minutes per launch |
| Currency | USD | EUR |
| Payment | Major credit cards only (no debit or prepaid cards); $10 pre-authorisation; reserved capacity via sales | Prepaid balance from €10: card (incl. Apple Pay, Google Pay) or SEPA |
| GPUs in Europe | One European region: europe-central-1 (Germany); other regions in the US, Asia and Middle East | Some machines; the country of each one is shown before launch |
| GPU range | Quadro RTX 6000 24 GB, A10, A100 80 GB, H100, GH200 96 GB, B200 180 GB; B300/GB300 in clusters | 20 models, RTX 3060 12 GB to B200 192 GB |
| Ready-made apps | No app templates; Ubuntu image with Lambda Stack (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, CUDA) and JupyterLab on each instance | ComfyUI with Flux and Wan video, private chat, text to speech; Jupyter, SSH, vLLM, Ollama, own Docker image |
| Data after stop | Persistent filesystems per region, billed per GiB-month in hourly steps; price shown at creation, billed until deleted | Disk wiped on stop; saved folder €0.03 per GB a month |
| 24 GB card, per hour | about $0.69/h (Quadro RTX 6000 24 GB); A10 24 GB about $1.29/h | from €0.30 (RTX 3090) |
| 80 GB card, per hour | about $3.19/h (A100 80 GB, 8x node); H100 PCIe about $3.79/h | from €1.46 (A100), €3.90 (H100) |
When Lambda is the better choice
- Per-minute billing with no minimum
- Ready ML stack and JupyterLab on every instance
- Access to newest NVIDIA systems (B200, B300) and large clusters
Worth knowing about Lambda
- USD only, credit card only, sales tax/VAT added
- Only one EU region (Germany)
- Published price list takes effect 16 Nov 2026; current prices are shown only after login
What VRAMfarm does differently
- Billing per minute from a balance in euros, no subscription
- Ready-made apps that open in the browser with the models already downloaded
- Consumer and data-centre cards in one list, from 12 to 192 GB
- The country, driver and CUDA version of each machine shown before launch
What VRAMfarm does not have yet
- VAT invoices and a downloadable DPA (the company registration is in progress)
- Not every machine is in the EU
- No dedicated public IP: SSH and apps go through our address
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Lambda and VRAMfarm?
Lambda: On-demand instances billed in one-minute increments from launch until terminate; weekly invoices, USD. VRAMfarm bills per minute from a prepaid euro balance and adds ready-made apps for images, video, chat and speech.
Is VRAMfarm cheaper than Lambda?
It depends on the card and how long you run it. Compare the hourly price for the card you need, then your typical session length: with per-minute billing short sessions cost less than with hourly rounding.
How do I move from Lambda to VRAMfarm?
Upload your models and data to /workspace on a new server over SSH, or start from your own Docker image. Save the folder on stop and it is there for the next session.
Try it on your own task
Top up from €10 and run the same job you run on Lambda; compare time and cost.