⚡ Lambda Labs alternative · H100/A100 · INR/UPI/GST
Lambda Labs Alternative for India — H100/A100 from ₹180/hour
Lambda Labs alternative for Indian AI/ML developers. Same H100/A100 access, but with INR pricing, UPI checkout, GST invoice, WhatsApp support in Hindi. On-demand + reserved instances.
₹180/hour
INR + UPI GST invoice Curated hosts WhatsApp support
Hardware specs
H100 80GB SXM (1×)
₹250/hour
H100 80GB SXM (8×)
₹1,800/hour
For large training runs
A100 80GB (1×)
₹180/hour
A100 80GB (8×)
₹1,300/hour
L40S 48GB
₹120/hour
Great for inference
Reserved (30d+)
20-30% discount
Lock in for training runs
Why AIC over the alternatives
Same H100 SXM access as Lambda Labs — 80GB HBM3, 3.35 TB/s memory bandwidth
INR + UPI + GST invoice — Lambda is USD-only
Available now — Lambda H100 is frequently waitlisted
WhatsApp support in Hindi + English
Reserved instance discounts (20-30%) for 30+ day commits
8-GPU H100 nodes for large training runs (LLM fine-tuning at scale)
How we compare
Provider
Price
Region
Watch for
AIC Cloud GPURec
₹180-250/hour (H100)
APAC + US partners
INR/UPI/GST. WhatsApp support.
Lambda Labs H100 On-Demand
$2.49/hour (~₹224)
US
USD. US-only. Sometimes waitlisted.
Lambda Labs H100 Reserved
$1.99/hour (~₹180)
US
Requires 1-6 month commit. USD.
Vertex AI H100 (India)
$4.50+/hour (~₹405+)
asia-south1
Google Cloud pricing. GCP billing complexity.
Frequently asked questions
Two big differences: (1) Availability — Lambda's H100 on-demand is frequently waitlisted; AIC has H100 available now. (2) Billing — Lambda is USD; AIC is INR + GST + UPI, better for Indian entities filing GST returns. Same GPU hardware (H100 SXM 80GB), similar pricing.