What is the difference between Google Cloud and Lyceum?

Google Cloud and Lyceum 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 Lyceum?

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 Lyceum?

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 8 different GPU models across both Google Cloud and Lyceum, with 0 models available from both providers.

Google Cloud vs Lyceum

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

Google Cloud

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Google Cloud GPUs

Lyceum GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.09/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 8Both available: 3Google Cloud: 5Lyceum: 6

Showing 8 of 8 GPUs

Last updated: 9/25/2026, 3:20:16 PM

GPU Model ↑	Google Cloud Price	Lyceum Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	$2.50/hr	↓$1.28(51.2%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $2.50/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.28(51.2%) Google Cloud Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.29/hr	↓$1.34(21.2%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $6.29/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.34(21.2%) Google Cloud Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$2.79/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $2.79/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$3.99/hr★ Best	↑+$0.66(+16.6%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Lyceum $3.99/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.66(+16.6%) Google Cloud Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$7.99/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $7.99/hour Updated: 9/21/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.60/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.60/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$1.69/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $1.69/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.77/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.77/hour Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	$2.50/hr	↓$1.28(51.2%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $2.50/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.28(51.2%) Google Cloud Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.29/hr	↓$1.34(21.2%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $6.29/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.34(21.2%) Google Cloud Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$2.79/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $2.79/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudLyceum	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$3.99/hr★ Best	↑+$0.66(+16.6%)	Google Cloud Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Lyceum $3.99/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.66(+16.6%) Google Cloud Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$7.99/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $7.99/hour Updated: 9/21/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.60/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.60/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$1.69/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $1.69/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.77/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.77/hour Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 29Both available: 0Google Cloud: 13Lyceum: 16

Showing 15 of 29 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 9/25/2026, 3:20:16 PM

Model ↑	Google Cloud	Lyceum	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.250 in $0.300 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	Not available	$1.75 in $3.50 out	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.500 in $1.50 out	—
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	—

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.

Lyceum

Serverless Inference
API access to open-source models with pay-per-token pricing.
Dedicated Endpoints
Reserved GPU capacity for production models ensuring low latency and high availability.
Serverless Training
Run training jobs on GPUs without the need for infrastructure management.
GPU Virtual Machines
Full root access to customizable GPU instances ready in seconds.
Large-Scale Clusters
Support for configurations from 8 to 8,000 GPUs with InfiniBand connectivity.

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

Lyceum

Advantages

Instant availability of GPUs with minimal provisioning time.
No capacity planning or vendor lock-in required.
Complies with EU data residency requirements.

Considerations

Limited pricing information available publicly.
Documentation and support resources not explicitly 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

Lyceum

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.

Lyceum

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.

Lyceum

Get Started

1
Sign Up
Create an account on the Lyceum platform.
2
Choose a Service
Select between inference, training, or virtual machine options.
3
Deploy a Model or Job
Use provided API or CLI instructions to submit your workload.
4
Monitor Usage
Utilize dashboard features to track resource usage and performance.
5
Seek Support if Needed
Contact the sales or support team for assistance.

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.

Lyceum

Global Regions

GPUs hosted in European data centres

Support

Contact support via sales inquiry or demo booking.