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- NVIDIA GPU cloud instances
- Pre-configured ML software stack
- On-demand and reserved pricing
- Simple API and CLI
- Multi-GPU cluster support
Updated March 10, 2026
Baseten is a model inference platform that lets developers deploy and scale ML models with high-performance GPU infrastructure. It supports custom model deployments with autoscaling, and hosts popular open-source models through its Truss serving framework.
Lambda provides GPU cloud infrastructure and workstations purpose-built for deep learning. Their cloud platform offers on-demand access to NVIDIA H100 and A100 GPUs with pre-installed ML frameworks. Lambda also sells GPU workstations and servers for on-premises AI development. Known for competitive pricing and developer-friendly tooling, Lambda serves AI researchers and companies needing dedicated GPU compute.
Core capabilities each platform advertises.
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