Independent comparison Updated April 2026 20 GPU providers tested Real hourly pricing

GPU availability snapshot · April 30, 2026

GPU Cloud Availability Tracker

Where you can actually get an H100, A100, or RTX 4090 right now. Daily snapshot across 20 GPU clouds and major regions.

Status legend

✓ Available Provisionable on-demand right now
⚠ Limited Available but capacity tight; expect short wait
⌛ Waitlist Days-to-weeks wait or reservation required
✗ Stockout No on-demand capacity; reservation needed
ProviderGPURegionStatusETANotes
R RunPodH100 80GB SXMUS-East✓ AvailableSecure Cloud, on-demand
R RunPodH100 80GB SXMUS-West✓ AvailableSecure Cloud
R RunPodH100 80GB SXMEU-Central⚠ Limited1-3hWait for capacity
R RunPodA100 80GBUS-East✓ AvailableBoth Community and Secure
R RunPodA100 80GBEU-Central✓ AvailableSecure Cloud
R RunPodRTX 4090Global✓ AvailableAlways available via Community
λ Lambda LabsH100 80GB SXMUS-West✓ AvailableOn-demand from $2.49/h
λ Lambda LabsH100 80GB SXMUS-East⚠ LimitedSame dayCapacity tightens during business hours
λ Lambda LabsH100 80GB SXMEU⌛ Waitlist1-3 daysLimited EU capacity
λ Lambda LabsA100 80GBUS-West✓ Available
λ Lambda LabsA100 80GBUS-East✓ Available
C CoreWeaveH100 80GB SXMUS-Midwest✓ AvailableSales callReservations only — sales-led process
C CoreWeaveH100 80GB SXMEU-Amsterdam⚠ Limited1-2 weeksLarger clusters available with notice
C CoreWeaveA100 80GB SXMUS✓ Available
V Vast.aiH100 80GBGlobal✓ AvailableMarketplace — varies by host
V Vast.aiA100 80GBGlobal✓ AvailableCommunity marketplace
V Vast.aiA100 40GBGlobal✓ Available
V Vast.aiRTX 4090Global✓ AvailableAlways abundant
V Vast.aiRTX 3090Global✓ Available
PaperspaceA100 80GBUS⚠ LimitedSame dayFrequent stockouts during US business hours
PaperspaceA100 40GBUS✓ Available
PaperspaceA100 40GBEU⚠ LimitedSame day
Hetzner GPUA100 PCIe 40GBGermany (Falkenstein)✓ AvailableHourly + monthly billing
Hetzner GPUA100 PCIe 40GBFinland (Helsinki)✓ Available
OVH GPUA100 80GBFrance (Gravelines)✓ AvailableEU sovereign cloud
OVH GPUT4France (Gravelines)✓ Available
OVH GPUV100France (Gravelines)✓ Available
Google CloudH100 80GB (A3)us-central1✗ StockoutUnknownOn-demand frequently unavailable; reservations required
Google CloudH100 80GB (A3)us-east5⚠ LimitedHoursCapacity returns intermittently
Google CloudH100 80GB (A3)europe-west4✗ StockoutUnknown
Google CloudA100 80GB (a2)us-central1⚠ LimitedHours
Google CloudA100 40GB (a2)us-central1✓ Available
Google CloudTPU v5eus-central1✓ AvailableStrong TPU availability
AWSH100 (p5.48xlarge)us-east-1✗ StockoutUnknownReservations required for guaranteed access
AWSH100 (p5.48xlarge)us-west-2⚠ LimitedHours-DaysBest on-demand region for H100
AWSH100 (p5.48xlarge)eu-west-1✗ StockoutUnknown
AWSA100 (p4d/p4de)us-east-1✓ Available
AWSA100 (p4d/p4de)us-west-2✓ Available
AzureH100 (NDA100 v5)East US⚠ Limited1-3 daysQuota request needed
AzureH100 (NDA100 v5)West Europe✗ StockoutUnknown
AzureA100 80GB (NDv4)East US✓ Available
AzureA100 80GB (NDv4)West Europe✓ Available

Snapshot from April 30, 2026. Status is determined from public provisioning attempts and provider status pages — actual availability changes minute-to-minute. Marketplace clouds (Vast.ai) reflect host-pool size, not guaranteed individual hosts.

Why H100 is so hard to get in 2026

Frontier model demand

OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google and xAI absorb most NVIDIA Hopper allocation. CoreWeave and Lambda Labs receive the largest specialist allocations; AWS, GCP and Azure prioritize internal teams + reservations.

Reservation-first economics

Hyperscalers bias H100 capacity toward reserved (1-3 year commit) customers. On-demand is the leftover. This is why AWS p5 has more stockouts than RunPod despite a 100× larger fleet.

EU is harder

EU H100 capacity is concentrated in a handful of datacenters (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Dublin). For European workloads, CoreWeave EU and RunPod EU are the most reliable; Lambda Labs has limited EU presence.

Workarounds

Use A100 80GB if your model fits ≤70B parameters (much more available). Use spot/preemptible for fault-tolerant training (50-70% off + better availability). Or rent from Vast.ai marketplace — never officially "out of stock."