What is the difference between Lium.io and Massed Compute?

Lium.io and Massed Compute 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 Massed Compute?

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 Massed Compute?

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 24 different GPU models across both Lium.io and Massed Compute, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lium.io vs Massed Compute

Compare GPU pricing between Lium.io and Massed Compute. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Lium.io GPUs

Massed Compute GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.74/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 24Both available: 8Lium.io: 17Massed Compute: 15

Showing 15 of 24 GPUs

Last updated: 10/27/2026, 9:52:55 PM

GPU Model ↑	Lium.io Price	Massed Compute Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$1.35/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $1.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$1.38/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $1.38/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
A30 24GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$0.35/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A30 24GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $0.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$5.83/hr 8x GPU	$5.43/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.40(+7.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.83/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 Massed Compute $5.43/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.40(+7.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$2.92/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Massed Compute API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $2.92/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$1.60/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.73/hr	↓$1.13(41.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $2.73/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.13(41.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.90/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.90/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$3.50/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$3.62/hr	↓$0.12(3.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.50/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $3.62/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.12(3.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.60/hr 8x GPU	↓$2.60(39.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $6.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.60(39.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
L40 40GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$0.77/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Massed Compute API
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $0.77/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$0.38/hr★ Best	$0.97/hr	↓$0.59(60.8%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $0.97/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.59(60.8%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.23/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.23/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.65/hr★ Best 6x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.65/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.25/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.25/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$1.35/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A100 PCIe 80GB 80GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $1.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$1.38/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $1.38/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
A30 24GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$0.35/hr★ Best	—	Massed Compute API
A30 24GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $0.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$5.83/hr 8x GPU	$5.43/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.40(+7.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.83/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 Massed Compute $5.43/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.40(+7.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$2.92/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Massed Compute API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $2.92/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$1.60/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.73/hr	↓$1.13(41.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $2.73/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.13(41.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.90/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.90/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$3.50/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$3.62/hr	↓$0.12(3.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.50/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $3.62/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.12(3.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.60/hr 8x GPU	↓$2.60(39.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $6.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.60(39.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
L40 40GB VRAM • Massed Compute	Not Available	$0.77/hr★ Best 4x GPU	—	Massed Compute API
L40 40GB VRAM • Not Available Massed Compute $0.77/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioMassed Compute	$0.38/hr★ Best	$0.97/hr	↓$0.59(60.8%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Massed Compute $0.97/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.59(60.8%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Massed Compute API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.23/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.23/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 10/26/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.65/hr★ Best 6x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.65/hour 6x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.25/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.25/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour Updated: 10/27/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

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.

Massed Compute

NVIDIA Preferred Partner
Assurance of fully-supported, high-performance NVIDIA GPU solutions
SOC 2 Type II Compliant
Independent attestation of security, availability, and confidentiality controls
HIPAA & GDPR
HIPAA and GDPR compliance listed alongside SOC 2, including on single-tenant bare-metal servers
MCP Server
Provision and manage GPU VMs from an AI agent through Massed Compute's MCP integration
On-Demand & Bare-Metal Options
Hourly VMs or single-tenant servers—no long-term contracts
Inventory API
REST API to list, provision, manage, and retire GPU instances programmatically

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

Massed Compute

Advantages

Broad catalog of NVIDIA GPUs from A30 up to B200 and B300
Very competitive hourly pricing with no hidden bandwidth fees
Owned hardware—no ‘middle-man’ latency or support hand-offs
Direct access to engineers for GPU & driver questions

Considerations

Data-center footprint limited to the United States
No AMD GPU options at present
You must maintain a prepaid credit balance to launch VMs

Compute Services

Lium.io

Massed Compute

On-Demand GPU Instances

Self-service VMs billed hourly; configurable 1-, 2-, 4- or 8-GPU nodes

Bare-Metal GPU Servers

Single-tenant servers with full hardware control and optional NVLink interconnects

No virtualization overhead
Customisable CPU, RAM, storage & network fabric

GPU Clusters

Reserved multi-node clusters networked for distributed training

InfiniBand-connected clusters from 8 to 512+ nodes
Long-term reservation guarantees capacity

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.

Massed Compute

On-Demand Instances

Hourly VMs with no long-term contracts and no bandwidth charges

Bare Metal & Clusters

Custom-quoted single-tenant servers and InfiniBand clusters, including commitment pricing

Inventory API

Wholesale pricing for platforms reselling the catalog via the REST API

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.

Massed Compute

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up and confirm email to access the console
2
Add billing credits
Add a credit card or pay with crypto, then set a minimum balance and auto-recharge amount
3
Select a GPU template
Choose GPU type, quantity, and OS image from the catalog
4
Launch via VDI or SSH
Boot the VM, connect in one click, or use the API

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.

Massed Compute

Global Regions

Tier III U.S. data centers (multiple sites in low-cost power markets)

Support

Documentation portal, Discord community, email ticketing, and direct engineer chat ('Ask AI Expert')