What is the difference between Google Cloud and Lium.io?

Google Cloud and Lium.io are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Google Cloud or Lium.io?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Google Cloud and Lium.io?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 18 different GPU models across both Google Cloud and Lium.io, with 0 models available from both providers.

Google Cloud vs Lium.io

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Google Cloud and Lium.io. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Google Cloud

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Lium.io

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Google Cloud GPUs

Lium.io GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.18/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 18Both available: 4Google Cloud: 6Lium.io: 16

Showing 15 of 18 GPUs

Last updated: 10/2/2026, 9:02:33 PM

GPU Model ↑	Google Cloud Price	Lium.io Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.65/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.65/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$3.04/hr	$0.98/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$2.06(+210.3%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 Lium.io $0.98/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$2.06(+210.3%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.40/hr	↓$0.45(8.3%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium.io $5.40/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.45(8.3%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$2.22/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $2.22/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$1.30/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $1.30/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$2.95/hr★ Best	↑+$1.70(+57.7%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 Lium.io $2.95/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.70(+57.7%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$8.35/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $8.35/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.45/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.45/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.38/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.38/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.16/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.16/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.58/hr★ Best 3x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.58/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.20/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.69/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.69/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed

A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.65/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.65/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$3.04/hr	$0.98/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$2.06(+210.3%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 Lium.io $0.98/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$2.06(+210.3%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.40/hr	↓$0.45(8.3%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium.io $5.40/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.45(8.3%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$2.22/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $2.22/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$1.30/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $1.30/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudLium.io	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$2.95/hr★ Best	↑+$1.70(+57.7%)	Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 Lium.io $2.95/hour Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.70(+57.7%) Google Cloud Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$8.35/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $8.35/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.45/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.45/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.38/hr★ Best	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.38/hour Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.16/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.16/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.58/hr★ Best 3x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.58/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/2/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.20/hr★ Best 6x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.20/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	Not Available	$0.69/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lium.io $0.69/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/1/2026 ★Best Price Lium Public Nodes Feed

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 13Both available: 0Google Cloud: 13Lium.io: 0

Showing 13 of 13 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/2/2026, 9:02:33 PM

Model ↑	Google Cloud	Lium.io	Input Diff ↕
Gemini 2.0 Flash Google	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google	$0.075 in $0.300 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google	$0.100 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	$1.25 in $10.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Google	$0.500 in $3.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	$0.250 in $1.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	$2.00 in $12.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	$1.50 in $9.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Google Cloud

Compute Engine
Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless compute platform.
Cloud Run
Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.
Vertex AI
Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.
Spot VMs
Spare compute capacity at discounted Spot prices, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads that can be interrupted.

Lium.io

Diverse GPU Options
Offers a variety of NVIDIA GPUs including B200, H100, and RTX 4090.
Flexible Configurations
Supports different configurations including CPU and memory options.
Global Availability
Data centers in multiple countries including the US, Europe, and Australia.
High Reliability
Multiple instances report reliability ratings of over 90%.
Dynamic Scaling
Supports GPU splitting and various resource scaling options.

Pros & Cons

Google Cloud

Advantages

Flexible pricing options, including sustained use discounts
Strong AI and machine learning tools (Vertex AI)
Good integration with other Google services
Mature managed Kubernetes offering (GKE)

Considerations

Limited availability in some regions compared to AWS
Complexity in managing resources
Support can be costly

Lium.io

Advantages

Multiple global locations for deployment
Variety of GPU and CPU options available
High reliability ratings for uptime
Diverse configurations to meet various workload needs

Considerations

Limited documentation available
Pricing structure not detailed for all instances
Support information not clearly listed

Compute Services

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

Offers customizable virtual machines running in Google's data centers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Managed Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.

Automated Kubernetes operations
Integration with Google Cloud services

Cloud Functions

Serverless compute platform for running code in response to events.

Automatic scaling and high availability
Pay only for the compute time consumed

Lium.io

Pricing Options

Google Cloud

On-Demand

Pay for vCPUs, GPUs, and memory with a one-minute minimum and per-second billing thereafter, with no long-term commitments.

Sustained Use Discounts

Automatic discounts for running instances for a significant portion of the month.

Resource-based Committed Use Discounts

Discounted rates in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a minimum level of resource usage in a region, and combinable with reservations.

Compute Flexible Committed Use Discounts

Spend-based commitments that apply across eligible machine families and regions rather than to specific resources.

Spot VMs

Spare capacity at discounted Spot prices for fault-tolerant workloads that can be preempted.

Lium.io

Getting Started

Google Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a Google Cloud project
Set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.
2
Enable billing
Set up a billing account to pay for resource usage.
3
Choose a compute service
Select Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run based on your needs.
4
Create and configure an instance
Launch a VM instance, configure a Kubernetes cluster, or deploy a function/application.
5
Manage resources
Use the Cloud Console, command-line tools, or APIs to manage your resources.

Lium.io

Get Started

1
Sign Up
Create an account on Lium.io.
2
Choose Instance Type
Select the desired GPU or CPU instance.
3
Configure Resources
Set specific configurations such as memory and storage.
4
Launch Instance
Start the compute instance and access it via terminal.
5
Monitor Usage
Track your resource utilization and manage instances accordingly.

Support & Global Availability

Google Cloud

Global Regions

40+ regions and 120+ zones worldwide.

Support

Role-based (free), Standard, Enhanced and Premium support plans. Comprehensive documentation, community forums, and training resources.

Lium.io

Global Regions

Available in Australia, United States, various European countries

Support

Support channels not explicitly mentioned.