Rankings
GPU cloud providers 2026: H100, H200 and L40S availability and pricing
GPU availability changes quickly. This ranking uses each provider’s own product and pricing pages with an access date. Offers listed as “unverified” could not be confirmed from public pages at the time of review.
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Direct answer
Of 6 eligible providers, ranked first: DigitalOcean. Order: 1. DigitalOcean · 2. PortvMind · 3. AWS · 4. Vultr · 5. Google Cloud · 5. Azure. Providers are ranked by how many of the three data-centre GPUs (H100, H200, L40S) they offer as generally available, with published list prices as a tiebreaker. Availability does not imply equal capacity or performance; check quotas and verified benchmark runs for your workload.
Ranking
| # | Provider | GPU coverage | Unverified | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DigitalOcean | 100% | 0 | 3/3 GPU models |
| 2 | PortvMind Cloud | 100% | 0 | 3/3 GPU models |
| 3 | Amazon Web Services | 100% | 0 | 3/3 GPU models |
| 4 | Vultr | 66.7% | 1 | 2/3 GPU models |
| 5 | Google Cloud | 66.7% | 0 | 2/3 GPU models |
| 5 | Microsoft Azure | 66.7% | 0 | 2/3 GPU models |
Not eligible
- Hetzner — None of these GPUs offered
Availability and prices
| Provider | NVIDIA H100 | NVIDIA H200 | NVIDIA L40S | Türkiye infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Generally available GPU Droplet — NVIDIA HGX H100 $4.410 / GPU-h 1× or 8× H100 80 GB; 1× plan with 20 vCPU and 240 GiB RAM. | Generally available GPU Droplet — NVIDIA HGX H200 $4.470 / GPU-h 1× or 8× H200 141 GB; 1× plan with 24 vCPU and 240 GiB RAM. | Generally available GPU Droplet — NVIDIA L40S $1.570 / GPU-h 1× L40S 48 GB with 8 vCPU and 64 GiB RAM. | No |
| PortvMind Cloud | Generally available gpu.h100s / gpu.h100m profiles TRY 195.835 / GPU-h 1, 2, 3 or 4 GPUs per server; 80 GB (81,920 MB) VRAM per GPU; 26 vCPU and 496 GB RAM per GPU; local NVMe disk included. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (H200 option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (L40S option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Yes |
| Amazon Web Services | Generally available EC2 P5 Single-GPU p5.4xlarge and 8-GPU p5.48xlarge sizes; availability varies by region. | Generally available EC2 P5e / P5en 8-GPU instances; availability varies by region. | Generally available EC2 G6e 1 to 8 L40S GPUs per instance. | Yes |
| Vultr | Generally available Cloud GPU — NVIDIA HGX H100 $2.300 / GPU-h 8× H100 80 GB SXM (640 GB GPU RAM, 216 vCPU, 1,914 GB RAM). | Unverified Not listed on the public pricing page H200 was not listed on the Vultr pricing page at the last review date. | Generally available Cloud GPU — NVIDIA L40S $1.671 / GPU-h 1, 2, 4 or 8× L40S 48 GB; 1× plan with 16 vCPU and 180 GB RAM. | No |
| Google Cloud | Generally available A3 High / A3 Mega Up to 8 H100 GPUs per VM; zone availability varies. | Generally available A3 Ultra 8 H200 GPUs per VM; zone availability varies. | Not offered | Announced |
| Microsoft Azure | Generally available NC H100 v5 / ND H100 v5 NC H100 v5 with one or two H100 NVL GPUs; ND H100 v5 with eight H100 GPUs. | Generally available ND H200 v5 Eight H200 GPUs per VM. | Not offered L40S SKUs are documented for Azure Local / Azure Stack Hub (customer-site hardware). | No |
| Hetzner | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No |
Methodology
Score = 10 × number of generally available GPU models + number of those with a published list price. Ties share a rank and are listed alphabetically. Providers offering none of the three models are listed as not eligible.
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