Why each site's lowest price differs
On 2026-11-10 we read the headline "cheapest H100" on five comparison sites. They show $1.80, $1.80, $1.87, $1.99 and $2.90. None is wrong; each answers a different question.
$1.80GetDeploying
$1.80GPURentalPrices
$1.87ComputeTick
$1.99GlobeGPU
$2.90GPUPerHour
What each site counts
| Site | Headline | What it counts | Why it differs |
|---|---|---|---|
| GetDeploying | $1.80 "Cheapest H100 $1.80 /GPU/hr · HyperAI · on-demand" | Any H100 form, on-demand, any provider that lists it. The provider named is HyperAI. | Headline is the minimum across all H100 forms; the PCIe card at a low-cost host sets it. |
| GPURentalPrices | $1.80 "The cheapest on-demand H100 is $1.80 an hour at HyperAI for the H100 PCIe, checked 9 November 2026" | On-demand, any H100 form; the page names the PCIe card explicitly and shows it separately from SXM and NVL. | Same HyperAI PCIe offer as GetDeploying, so the two headlines agree. |
| ComputeTick | $1.87 "Cheapest on-demand today: H100 $1.87/hr at Vast.ai (marketplace)" | On-demand list prices including marketplaces, where the lowest host listing on Vast.ai sets the number. Captured 2026-11-10; could not be re-verified on 2026-11-10 because Vast.ai’s pricing page renders its prices in JavaScript. | A marketplace price moves with hosts coming and going, so it differs from provider-run prices and from our "from" figure on the same day. Treat this headline as a 2026-11-10 capture, not a live price. |
| GlobeGPU | $1.99 "Today the H100 starts at $1.99 an hour, or $0.790 on spot." | On-demand and interruptible shown apart; the $1.99 is RunPod on-demand. | It matches RunPod Community Cloud H100 PCIe ($1.99 on our table). |
| GPUPerHour | $2.90 "Cheapest current secure on-demand offers · H100 SXM5 $2.90/hr Ori" | Secure on-demand only, and split by form: SXM5 $2.90 (Ori), PCIe $3.20 (Scaleway), NVL $4.19 (Vast.ai). Re-checked 10 November 2026: Ori $2.90 still the cheapest secure on-demand H100 SXM. | It excludes community clouds, marketplaces and spot, and it reads the SXM5 row, so it is higher than the all-forms minimum. |
Headlines are short quotes captured 2026-11-10; those sites change daily, so their numbers will have moved. We link the sites so you can check.
Our own data, six definitions, six numbers
The same snapshot gives different "lowest H100" answers depending on the definition:
| Definition | Lowest on TideRack |
|---|---|
| All H100 forms, every non-spot, non-reserved tier | $1.68 · Latitude.sh (unspecified, Secure) |
| H100 PCIe, community or secure (no marketplace) | $1.99 · RunPod (PCIe, Community) |
| H100 SXM, secure + community + marketplace | $1.99 · Voltage Park (SXM, Secure) |
| H100 SXM, secure on-demand, exact listed prices (no "from" or "starting at") | $3.20 · Hyperstack (SXM, Secure) |
| H100 NVL, secure only | $2.60 · Hyperstack (NVL, Secure) |
| H100 spot / preemptible, any form ("from" counted) | $0.79 · Nebius (SXM, Spot) |
The seven reasons a lowest price moves
- Form. PCIe, SXM and NVL are different products. A headline that mixes them reads the cheapest form.
- Tier. Community clouds, marketplaces and spot sit below secure on-demand.
- "From" prices. Marketplaces show the lowest current host; it can vanish by the hour.
- Provider coverage. A site that tracks a low-cost host others do not will show a lower floor.
- Per-second and per-minute billing converted to hours.
- Date. Prices change; Lambda has announced new prices from 2026-11-16, and DigitalOcean moved on 2026-08-01.
- Region and minimums. Many pages show a single price with no region or commitment.
What to do: pick the model and form you need, pick your tier, then use the job estimator to total the run. See how we order rows.