What is the difference between Lyceum and Salad Cloud?

Lyceum and Salad Cloud 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: Lyceum or Salad Cloud?

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 Lyceum and Salad Cloud?

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 26 different GPU models across both Lyceum and Salad Cloud, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lyceum vs Salad Cloud GPU & LLM API Pricing 2026

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 26Both available: 0Lyceum: 6Salad Cloud: 20

Showing 15 of 26 GPUs

Last updated: 8/26/2026, 4:57:00 AM

GPU Model ↑	Lyceum Price	Salad Cloud Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$2.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $2.50/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum	$6.29/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum $6.29/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.59/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.99/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.99/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	$8.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum $8.49/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.69/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.69/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.04/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.04/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.06/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.06/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.08/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.09/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.10/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.10/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.05/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.08/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.05/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$2.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $2.50/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum	$6.29/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum $6.29/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.59/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.99/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.99/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	$8.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum $8.49/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.69/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.69/hour Updated: 8/22/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.04/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.04/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3070 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.06/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.06/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.06/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3080 Ti 12GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.08/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.09/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.09/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.10/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 3090 Ti 24GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.10/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4060 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.05/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.08/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.08/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Salad Cloud	Not Available	$0.05/hr★ Best	—	Salad API
RTX 4070 12GB VRAM • Not Available Salad Cloud $0.05/hour Updated: 8/25/2026 ★Best Price Salad API

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 20Both available: 0Lyceum: 20Salad Cloud: 0

Showing 15 of 20 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 8/26/2026, 4:57:00 AM

Model ↑	Lyceum	Salad Cloud	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek	$0.300 in $0.450 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	$0.150 in $0.300 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	$1.75 in $3.50 out	Not available	—
Gemma 3 27B Google	$0.100 in $0.300 out	Not available	—
GLM-5 Zhipu	$1.00 in $3.20 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.1 Zhipu	$1.40 in $4.40 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	$1.50 in $4.50 out	Not available	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
Kimi K2 Moonshot	$1.00 in $4.00 out	Not available	—
Kimi K2.5 Moonshot	$0.500 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Kimi K3 Moonshot	$3.00 in $15.00 out	Not available	—
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B NVIDIA	$0.600 in $1.80 out	Not available	—
MiniMax M1 MiniMax	$0.400 in $2.00 out	Not available	—
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B NVIDIA	$0.060 in $0.240 out	Not available	—
Qwen 3 30B Alibaba	$0.100 in $0.300 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

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.

Salad Cloud

Community GPU Pool
Community-powered consumer GPUs for stateless and high-volume workloads with very competitive pricing.
Secure GPU Clusters
Data center-grade A100, L40S, and H100 NVL capacity with managed orchestration for compliant workloads.
Managed Container Engine
Deploy containers without managing nodes; scale replicas across thousands of GPUs via the Salad portal.
Transparent Pricing Calculator
Public pricing calculator shows hourly rates for all GPU types across both Community and Secure tiers.
Developer Hub & Docs
Portal access, Developer Hub, and product documentation at docs.salad.com.

Pros & Cons

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.

Salad Cloud

Advantages

Very competitive GPU pricing across both community and secure tiers
Mix of community GPUs and secure data center clusters with A100/L40S/H100 options
Managed container engine reduces infrastructure and orchestration overhead
Developer portal, calculator, and docs make costs and deployment steps clear

Considerations

Community GPU pool is best for stateless or fault-tolerant workloads where node variability is acceptable
Secure tier GPU lineup is limited to the published SKUs (H100 NVL, A100, L40S) and 8x cluster configurations

Compute Services

Lyceum

Salad Cloud

Salad Container Engine - Secure

Managed container orchestration on data center GPUs such as H100 NVL, A100, and L40S with competitive hourly pricing.

Salad Container Engine - Community

Community-powered GPU pool for flexible, stateless workloads with very competitive pricing.

Pricing Options

Lyceum

Salad Cloud

Community GPU Pricing

Extremely cost-effective community tier with consumer GPUs for stateless and fault-tolerant workloads.

Secure Tier Pricing

Competitive hourly rates for data center-grade H100 NVL, A100, and L40S GPUs with managed orchestration.

On-demand, no contracts

Hourly billing via the Salad portal and calculator with no prepayments or long-term commitments required.

Transparent pricing calculator

Public pricing calculator available showing all GPU types and hourly rates across both tiers.

Getting Started

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.

Salad Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a SaladCloud account
Sign up and log in at portal.salad.com to access the dashboard and calculator.
2
Choose a container engine tier
Pick Community for the lowest-cost consumer GPUs or Secure for data center-grade H100/A100/L40S clusters.
3
Select GPU type and replicas
Use the pricing calculator to pick a GPU SKU (e.g., L40S, A100, H100 NVL) and set the number of replicas.
4
Deploy your container
Provide your image, command, and environment settings, then launch via the portal or API.
5
Monitor and iterate
Track deployments and status in the portal; adjust replicas or GPU class as needed.

Support & Global Availability

Lyceum

Global Regions

GPUs hosted in European data centres

Support

Contact support via sales inquiry or demo booking.

Salad Cloud

Global Regions

Distributed global community GPU network with secure data center clusters (locations not explicitly listed on public pages).

Support

Documentation and Developer Hub at docs.salad.com, portal dashboards with a status page, community Discord, and sales contact for secure clusters.