Lambda vs Novita AI
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: Lambda is cheaper on 5 of 5 shared models (input or output price), Novita AI on 0.
Lambda
AI-first GPU cloud known for simple flat pricing, fast multi-node clusters and first access to new NVIDIA hardware. Popular with research labs; on-demand H100s and B200 clusters.
- Simple transparent pricing
- 1-Click Clusters with InfiniBand
- Early access to newest NVIDIA GPUs
Novita AI
Combines a serverless LLM API (DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen at aggressive per-token prices) with GPU instances and template deployments, one of the few providers covering both sides of the hosting equation..
- Both LLM API and GPU rental under one account
- Aggressive open-weight model pricing
- Template marketplace for common stacks
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-08-23 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | Lambda in/out | Novita AI in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 4 Scout | $0.050 / $0.100 | $0.180 / $0.590 | Lambda |
| Llama 4 Maverick | $0.050 / $0.100 | $0.270 / $0.850 | Lambda |
| Qwen3 32B | $0.050 / $0.100 | $0.100 / $0.450 | Lambda |
| DeepSeek R1 | $0.200 / $0.600 | $0.700 / $2.50 | Lambda |
| DeepSeek V3 | $0.200 / $0.600 | $0.270 / $1.12 | Lambda |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.