Google Cloud A3 alternatives

11 GPU cloud providers compared against Google Cloud A3 on entry plan. Google Cloud A3 is kept in the table and highlighted, because it is the number everything else here is measured against.

List prices checked

Ranked by entry plan

Cheapest first. "vs Google Cloud A3" shows how many times cheaper or dearer each one is on the same axis.

#ServiceProviderentry planvs Google Cloud A3Free tier
1Vast.ai H100Vast.ai$1.654.2× cheaperNone
2Together AI H100Together AI$1.754× cheaperNone
3Hyperstack H100Hyperstack$1.903.7× cheaperNone
4RunPod H100RunPod$1.993.5× cheaperNone
5Paperspace H100Paperspace$2.243.1× cheaperNone
6CoreWeave H100CoreWeave$2.313× cheaperNone
7Lambda H100Lambda$2.492.8× cheaperNone
8Modal H100Modal$3.951.8× cheaperNone
9Replicate H100Replicate$5.041.4× cheaperNone
10Google Cloud A3you are hereGoogle$6.98—None
11Azure ND H100 v5Microsoft$6.98sameNone
12AWS EC2 P5Amazon Web Services$7.571.1× dearerNone

Source: Google pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

Questions

What is the best alternative to Google Cloud A3 in 2026?
On entry plan, Vast.ai H100 is the cheapest alternative — roughly 4.2× cheaper than Google Cloud A3. Cheapest is not automatically best: check the free tier, the region list, and what each one does not charge for before switching.
How many alternatives to Google Cloud A3 are there?
11 in this dataset, all GPU cloud providers with published list prices. The table ranks every one of them on entry plan with Google Cloud A3 highlighted in place, so you can see exactly where it sits rather than taking a "top 5" on trust.
Is switching from Google Cloud A3 worth it?
It depends on which axis dominates your bill. Rented accelerators for training and inference, billed by the GPU-hour. The spread between the specialist hosts and the hyperscalers is the widest of any category on this site — often 3x to 5x for the identical card — because the specialists sell capacity and the hyperscalers sell it bundled with everything else. Run your own volumes through the comparison pages linked below before migrating — a provider that is cheaper per unit can still be more expensive for your particular usage shape.
Are there free alternatives to Google Cloud A3?
None of the alternatives in this category publish a free tier. All of them bill from the first unit of usage.

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