What is the difference between Lium.io and Spheron?

Lium.io and Spheron 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 Spheron?

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 Spheron?

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 Spheron, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lium.io vs Spheron

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

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Lium.io GPUs

Spheron GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.13/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 24Both available: 10Lium.io: 22Spheron: 12

Showing 15 of 24 GPUs

Last updated: 11/6/2026, 7:46:31 PM

GPU Model ↑	Lium.io Price	Spheron Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$1.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$1.19/hr	↓$0.19(16.0%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $1.19/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.19(16.0%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$5.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.66/hr	↓$0.16(2.8%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $5.66/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.16(2.8%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron	Not Available	$3.02/hr★ Best	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Not Available Spheron $3.02/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$1.49/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.20/hr	↓$0.71(32.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.49/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $2.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.71(32.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$3.99/hr	$3.32/hr★ Best	↑+$0.67(+20.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.99/hour Updated: 11/5/2026 Spheron $3.32/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.67(+20.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$4.00/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$11.52/hr	↓$7.52(65.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $11.52/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$7.52(65.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
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: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$0.38/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$0.96/hr	↓$0.58(60.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $0.96/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.58(60.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron	Not Available	$3.59/hr★ Best	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Spheron $3.59/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.19/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.19/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$0.35/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$0.72/hr	↓$0.37(51.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $0.72/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.37(51.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.20/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$1.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$1.19/hr	↓$0.19(16.0%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $1.19/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.19(16.0%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$5.50/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$5.66/hr	↓$0.16(2.8%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Lium.io $5.50/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $5.66/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.16(2.8%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Spheron	Not Available	$3.02/hr★ Best	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
GH200 96GB VRAM • Not Available Spheron $3.02/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$1.49/hr★ Best 8x GPU	$2.20/hr	↓$0.71(32.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lium.io $1.49/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $2.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.71(32.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$3.99/hr	$3.32/hr★ Best	↑+$0.67(+20.2%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Lium.io $3.99/hour Updated: 11/5/2026 Spheron $3.32/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.67(+20.2%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$4.00/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$11.52/hr	↓$7.52(65.3%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lium.io $4.00/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $11.52/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$7.52(65.3%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
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: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$0.38/hr★ Best 4x GPU	$0.96/hr	↓$0.58(60.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.38/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $0.96/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.58(60.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Spheron	Not Available	$3.59/hr★ Best	—	Spheron GPU pricing feed
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Not Available Spheron $3.59/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.19/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.19/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best 3x GPU	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour 3x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.ioSpheron	$0.35/hr★ Best 2x GPU	$0.72/hr	↓$0.37(51.4%)	Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.35/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 11/5/2026 ★Best Price Spheron $0.72/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.37(51.4%) Lium Public Nodes Feed Spheron GPU pricing feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.20/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.20/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io	$0.22/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lium Public Nodes Feed
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Lium.io $0.22/hour Updated: 11/5/2026 ★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.

Spheron

Multi-provider marketplace
Access GPU capacity from multiple cloud providers and certified data centers from one account, without separate signups per provider
Per-minute billing
Instances are billed by the minute rather than rounded up to the hour, past a 20-minute minimum runtime (60 minutes for a 2x AMD MI300X)
Fast provisioning
NVIDIA instances are typically ready in under two minutes with no approval workflow or provisioning queue
Unified billing and cost tracking
Compute spend across every connected provider is tracked in a single dashboard
Full root access instances
Each VM or bare metal instance includes NVMe SSD storage, network bandwidth and full root access, with a dedicated IP on NVIDIA instances
Supplier matchmaking
Spheron sources large clusters, specific hardware and InfiniBand configurations from its partner data center network, with a typical quote turnaround of 24-48 hours

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

Spheron

Advantages

One account and dashboard spans several GPU clouds, avoiding per-provider lock-in
Per-minute billing past a short minimum runtime, with no contract or long-term commitment
Wide NVIDIA range from RTX 4090 through B300 plus the AMD MI300X, with GB200, GB300 and R100 available to reserve
Spot instances run the same hardware at up to 50% off dedicated rates

Considerations

Capacity is supplied by third-party data centers, so hardware, regions and operational experience vary by partner
Spot instances are interruptible and can be reclaimed when demand returns
Large clusters, custom configurations and reserved capacity go through sales rather than self-service

Compute Services

Lium.io

Spheron

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.

Spheron

On-Demand Dedicated Instances

Non-interruptible instances covered by an uptime SLA and billed per minute, with no contract or long-term commitment

Spot Instances

Idle capacity on the same hardware at up to 50% off dedicated rates, interruptible when the provider reclaims it

Reserved Commitments

Commit to a duration for locked capacity, volume pricing and dedicated support

Custom Clusters

Quoted deployments from 8 to 512+ GPUs with specific hardware and InfiniBand configurations sourced from partner data centers

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.

Spheron

Get Started

1
Pick your GPU
Browse available GPU models with live pricing and filter by VRAM, architecture or price
2
Configure and launch
Choose a region, storage and OS image, then deploy; instances are provisioned in around two minutes
3
Build, train, iterate
SSH in and start working, switch to another GPU model at any time, or spin down to stop per-minute billing
4
Request a quote for larger needs
Submit requirements for reserved capacity or custom clusters and Spheron sources, negotiates and sets up the deployment

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.

Spheron

Global Regions

Capacity sourced from vetted Tier 3/4 partner data centers spanning multiple continents; region is selected at deploy time

Support

Documentation, API reference and changelog at docs.spheron.ai, plus sales contact and call scheduling for reserved capacity and custom cluster quotes