What is the difference between Lium.io and Modal?

Lium.io and Modal 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 Modal?

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 Modal?

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 28 different GPU models across both Lium.io and Modal, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lium.io vs Modal

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

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Lium.io GPUs

Modal GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.86/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 28Both available: 8Lium.io: 25Modal: 11

Showing 15 of 28 GPUs

Last updated: 11/8/2026, 12:58:12 PM

GPU Model ↑	Lium.io Price	Modal Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A10 24GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$1.10/hr★ Best	—	Modal
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $1.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$2.10/hr★ Best	—	Modal
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $2.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$1.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.50/hr	↓$1.50(60.0%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Modal $2.50/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.50(60.0%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$2.80/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.25/hr	↓$3.45(55.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $2.80/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $6.25/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.45(55.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	$1.90/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.90/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$1.45/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$3.95/hr	↓$2.50(63.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.45/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $3.95/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.50(63.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$3.84/hr★ Best	$4.54/hr	↓$0.70(15.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.84/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $4.54/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.70(15.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.85/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.85/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$7.10/hr	↓$3.10(43.7%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $7.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.10(43.7%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
L4 24GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$0.80/hr★ Best	—	Modal
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $0.80/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
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: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$0.38/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$1.95/hr	↓$1.57(80.5%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Modal $1.95/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.57(80.5%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.16/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.16/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

A10 24GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$1.10/hr★ Best	—	Modal
A10 24GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $1.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$2.10/hr★ Best	—	Modal
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $2.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$1.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.50/hr	↓$1.50(60.0%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Modal $2.50/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.50(60.0%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$2.80/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$6.25/hr	↓$3.45(55.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $2.80/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $6.25/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.45(55.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.07/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
GTX 1660 Ti 6GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.07/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io	$1.90/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.90/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$1.45/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$3.95/hr	↓$2.50(63.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.45/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $3.95/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.50(63.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$3.84/hr★ Best	$4.54/hr	↓$0.70(15.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.84/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $4.54/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.70(15.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io	$3.85/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
H200 NVL 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.85/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$4.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$7.10/hr	↓$3.10(43.7%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal $7.10/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.10(43.7%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
L4 24GB VRAM • Modal	Not Available	$0.80/hr★ Best	—	Modal
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Modal $0.80/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Modal
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: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioModal	$0.38/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$1.95/hr	↓$1.57(80.5%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Modal $1.95/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.57(80.5%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Modal
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.16/hr★ Best 2x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.16/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/7/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour Updated: 11/8/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

Features Comparison

Lium.io

Diverse GPU Options
Offers a variety of NVIDIA GPUs including B300, B200, H200, H100, RTX PRO 6000, RTX 5090 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.

Modal

Serverless GPUs
Run Python functions on NVIDIA GPUs without provisioning instances; cold starts in seconds
Per-Second Billing
Pay for actual GPU runtime at sub-minute granularity, with scale-to-zero by default
Container-Native
Define environments in code, with automatic image building and caching
Wide GPU Catalog
From T4 and L4 through A100, L40S, H100, H200 and B200

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

Modal

Advantages

Serverless model removes idle-instance costs
Per-second billing across the full GPU range
Strong fit for inference, batch jobs and ML pipelines

Considerations

Long-running, fixed-instance training is not the primary use case
Cold starts and storage limits require some application design
No bare-metal access; workloads run inside Modal's runtime

Compute Services

Lium.io

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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.

Modal

Per-Second GPU Billing

Charged per second of GPU runtime, with scale-to-zero when idle

Free Tier

Monthly free credits for experimentation and personal projects

Team and Enterprise Plans

Volume commitments and enterprise support for production deployments

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.

Modal

Get Started

1
Install the SDK
Run `pip install modal` and authenticate via the CLI
2
Define a function
Decorate a Python function with the desired GPU and image specification
3
Run or deploy
Invoke locally or deploy as a long-lived endpoint or scheduled job

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.

Modal

Global Regions

Multi-region availability across North America and Europe

Support

Documentation, community forum, and enterprise support for paid plans