NVIDIA · 80 GB · updated 2026-11-02
H100 price: rent per GPU-hour, history and outlook
The NVIDIA H100 (80GB) rents for $1.30 to $12.29 per GPU-hour on demand across hyperscalers and neoclouds, median $3.83; a one-year commitment lists at $3.26. Coloprice tracks published provider price pages only — no purchase-price estimates. Below: the range, 28 historical snapshots, the analyst note with sources and the colocation alternative for owned hardware.
How much does an H100 cost to rent in 2026?
On 2026-11-02, NVIDIA H100 (80GB) on-demand rental ranges from $1.30 to $12.29 per GPU-hour across tracked providers, with a median of $3.83. A one-year contract lists at $3.26 per GPU-hour. At the median, one GPU running around the clock costs about $2796 per month; an eight-GPU node about $22367. Prices are read from provider price pages and change weekly.
H100 price history
Median on-demand price per GPU-hour by snapshot. Peak $8.00 (2023-06-01), low $1.95 (2025-10-01); change versus a year ago: +96%. Snapshots before 2026-08 are seeded from published market indices; later points are collected by Coloprice from provider price pages.
| Date | Median | Min | Max | 1-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | $3.83 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-10-26 | $3.49 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-10-16 | $3.49 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-10-14 | $3.29 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-10-07 | $3.29 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-09-28 | $3.29 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-09-21 | $3.29 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $3.26 |
| 2026-09-14 | $3.29 | $1.30 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-09-09 | $3.39 | $1.73 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-09-07 | $3.32 | $1.73 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-09-02 | $3.39 | $1.49 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-09-01 | $3.39 | $1.49 | $14.19 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-28 | $3.30 | $1.49 | $14.19 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-24 | $3.30 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-21 | $3.50 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-19 | $3.50 | $1.49 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-17 | $3.35 | $1.49 | $12.29 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-14 | $3.30 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-12 | $3.72 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-04 | $3.72 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-08-03 | $3.72 | $1.49 | $11.06 | $2.35 |
| 2026-03-01 | $3.10 | $1.49 | $6.98 | $2.35 |
| 2025-10-01 | $1.95 | $1.29 | $6.98 | $1.70 |
| 2025-06-01 | $2.15 | $1.49 | $6.98 | $1.99 |
| 2025-01-01 | $2.60 | $1.65 | $6.98 | $2.50 |
| 2024-07-01 | $3.20 | $1.99 | $6.98 | — |
| 2024-01-01 | $4.70 | $2.50 | $8.00 | — |
| 2023-06-01 | $8.00 | $4.25 | $12.00 | — |
Seed sources: Silicon Data H100 Rental Price Index · SemiAnalysis — GPU rental capacity and pricing · Introl — GPU cloud price collapse, Dec 2025
Analyst note: what moved the H100 price
Floor unchanged at Lium.io's $1.30/GPU-hr pool (not re-verified this cycle); ceiling unchanged at Azure ND96isr H100 v5 ($98.32/hr ÷ 8 = $12.29/GPU-hr), with AWS ~$6.88 and Google Cloud ~$11 below it. Typical price edged up to ~$3.49/GPU-hr (from $3.29): first-party lists show increases — Runpod Secure Cloud H100 SXM $3.99/hr (was $3.29; Community $2.69), Lambda H100 SXM $3.99-4.29, and Nebius HGX H100 raised from $3.85 to $4.50/GPU-hr effective Oct 1, 2026 — reversing part of the 2025 decline. DigitalOcean's 12-month reserved rate of $3.26/GPU-hr (last confirmed 28 Sep) is retained as the contract figure. Nov 2 refresh: GetDeploying median across 46 providers is $3.83/GPU-hr (lowest listed $1.75 PCIe, Google Cloud a3-highgpu-8g $11.07), so the median moves up from $3.49.
Sources: GetDeploying — H100 price comparison · Vantage — Azure ND96isr H100 v5 instance pricing · Lium.io pricing · DigitalOcean — GPU Droplets pricing · Runpod pricing · Lambda pricing
H100 against the other 10 tracked GPUs
Sorted by median on-demand price. H100 ranks #6 of 10 from cheapest. Same tracker, same date.
See also
Weekly digest: GPU and colocation price moves in one email.
FAQ
Why does the H100 price range from $1.30 to $12.29?
Because the tracker covers very different sellers: marketplaces and boutique neoclouds at the bottom, hyperscalers with bundled networking, storage and support at the top. The median $3.83 is the better planning number; the minimum usually comes with capacity limits, older hosts or spot-like terms.
Is the H100 getting cheaper?
The tracked median moved from $8.00 at the first snapshot (2023-06-01) to $3.83 now, with a peak of $8.00 and a low of $1.95; the change against a year ago is +96%. Newer generations, provider capacity and inference demand drive the direction — see the analyst note above for the latest move.
What does it cost to buy an H100 instead?
Coloprice does not publish purchase prices for the H100: vendors and OEMs do not list them publicly, and quoted figures vary by volume and configuration. For a rent-versus-buy comparison use the calculator on the tools page with your own quote and the rental median $3.83.
Where can I host my own H100 servers?
In colocation facilities built for high density: current NVIDIA accelerators need liquid cooling or 40–130 kW racks, which only AI-ready halls provide. The colocation pricing pages show wholesale $/kW benchmarks by market, and the catalog marks AI-ready facilities per city.
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