What is the difference between Lium.io and Lyceum?

Lium.io 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: Lium.io 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 Lium.io 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 20 different GPU models across both Lium.io and Lyceum, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lium.io vs Lyceum

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

Lium.io

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Lium.io GPUs

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Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.21/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 20Both available: 5Lium.io: 19Lyceum: 6

Showing 15 of 20 GPUs

Last updated: 10/31/2026, 4:50:23 AM

GPU Model ↑	Lium.io Price	Lyceum Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$1.19/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $1.19/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$5.90/hr	$4.49/hr★ Best	↑+$1.41(+31.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.90/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 Lyceum $4.49/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.41(+31.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$1.79/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$2.39/hr	↓$0.60(24.9%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.79/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/29/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $2.39/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.60(24.9%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$2.25/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$3.09/hr	↓$0.84(27.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $2.25/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/29/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $3.09/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.84(27.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.59/hr	↓$1.59(28.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $5.59/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.59(28.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
L40 40GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.33/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40 40GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.33/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$0.38/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$1.99/hr	↓$1.61(80.9%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $1.99/hour Updated: 10/28/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.61(80.9%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.20/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.20/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.30/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.30/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.50/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.50/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.80/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.80/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	Not Available	$1.19/hr★ Best	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Lyceum $1.19/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$5.90/hr	$4.49/hr★ Best	↑+$1.41(+31.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.90/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 Lyceum $4.49/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.41(+31.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$1.79/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$2.39/hr	↓$0.60(24.9%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.79/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/29/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $2.39/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.60(24.9%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$2.25/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$3.09/hr	↓$0.84(27.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $2.25/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/29/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $3.09/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.84(27.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.59/hr	↓$1.59(28.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $5.59/hour Updated: 10/26/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.59(28.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
L40 40GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.33/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40 40GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.33/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioLyceum	$0.38/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$1.99/hr	↓$1.61(80.9%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Lyceum $1.99/hour Updated: 10/28/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.61(80.9%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Lyceum
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.20/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.20/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.30/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.30/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.30/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.50/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.50/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.80/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.80/hour Updated: 10/30/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 12Both available: 0Lium.io: 0Lyceum: 12

Showing 12 of 12 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/31/2026, 4:50:23 AM

Model ↑	Lium.io	Lyceum	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.250 in $0.300 out	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	Not available	$2.00 in $4.00 out	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	Not available	$0.500 in $1.50 out	—
GLM-5.2 Z.ai	Not available	$1.50 in $4.50 out	—
GLM-5.3 Z.ai	Not available	$1.40 in $4.40 out	—
GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai	Not available	$0.200 in $0.500 out	—
Kimi K2.7 Code Moonshot AI	Not available	$1.25 in $4.50 out	—
Kimi K3 Moonshot AI	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
MiniMax-M3 MiniMax	Not available	$0.400 in $2.00 out	—
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B Alibaba	Not available	$2.50 in $6.00 out	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	Not available	$0.400 in $2.40 out	—
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Alibaba	Not available	$0.200 in $0.500 out	—

Features Comparison

Lium.io

Diverse GPU Options
Offers a variety of NVIDIA GPUs including B300, B200, H100, and RTX 4090.
Secure and Spot Tiers
Every node is listed as Secure or Spot; Spot nodes are cheaper but may be interrupted without compensation.
Global Availability
Data centers in multiple countries including the US, Europe, and Australia.
Verified Machines
Lium checks every machine's GPUs and scores their performance before it is rented.
GPU Splitting
Nodes can be split so several renters each rent a whole number of a node's GPUs.
CLI, SDK and REST API
Headless CLI and Python SDK with JSON output, a REST API with scoped API keys and per-key USD budgets, and rent-by-spec under a price ceiling.

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.
OpenAI-Compatible API
Serverless models are served through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so existing OpenAI SDK code works by changing the base URL and API key.

Pros & Cons

Lium.io

Advantages

Per-second billing with no minimum rental and no commitment
Public machine-readable pricing for every model and every rentable node
Documented CLI, Python SDK and REST API
Multiple global locations for deployment

Considerations

Marketplace capacity: available GPUs and prices vary by provider and change continuously
Spot nodes may be interrupted without compensation
Prepaid balance required; pods stop when the balance runs out

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

Dedicated endpoint and reserved capacity pricing is agreed per contract rather than published.
Spot GPUs can be reclaimed, and not every GPU type is offered as spot.
Data centres are in Europe only.

Compute Services

Lium.io

Lyceum

Pricing Options

Lium.io

Pay-as-you-go

Billed per second at the listed hourly rate from a prepaid balance, with no minimum rental and no commitment.

Secure Tier

The default tier; providers are penalized if a rental is interrupted.

Spot Tier

Cheaper nodes that may be interrupted without compensation.

Lyceum

Serverless inference

Billed per token for input, cached input and output, with no base fee

Prompt caching

Repeated prompt prefixes still in GPU memory are billed at the cached input rate where listed

On-demand GPUs

Billed per second with no subscription

Spot GPUs

About 45% less than on-demand; capacity can be reclaimed

Reserved GPUs, clusters and dedicated endpoints

Commitment pricing agreed per contract, including multi-year reserved blocks

Getting Started

Lium.io

Get Started

1
Sign Up
Create an account on lium.io and add an SSH key.
2
Top Up Balance
Add funds to your prepaid balance.
3
Choose a Node
Pick a GPU node by model, count, location and tier (Secure or Spot).
4
Deploy a Pod
Select a template and deploy, from the dashboard, the CLI, or the API.
5
Connect and Stop
Connect over SSH; billing stops when the pod is deleted.

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

Lium.io

Global Regions

Available in Australia, United States, various European countries

Support

Email support@lium.io, or open a private ticket in #tickets on the official Lium Discord server (discord.gg/lium). Documentation at docs.lium.io, with a machine-readable index at docs.lium.io/llms.txt.

Lyceum

Global Regions

European data centres; serverless models run in Paris and Finland, while dedicated and VM locations are agreed per contract

Support

Email support for all customers; business customers also get a shared Slack channel and agreed response times.