TheAINVIDIA B300 reserved pricing — 1 to 24 month terms.
Whole 8× NVIDIA B300 bare-metal nodes on reserved terms: from $5.30/GPU·hr on a 1-year term, $4.90 on 24 months, $6.75 on a single month. A node is 8 GPUs, so a 1-year term runs $42.40/node·hr — about $30,952 per node per month. No egress fees. Written quote within 24 hours; a 30% prepayment then locks slot and rate; billing starts only after acceptance benchmarks pass.
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Rate card
| Term | $ / GPU·hr | $ / node·hr (8 GPUs) | ≈ $ / node·month (730 h) | Term total (8 GPUs, take-or-pay) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 monthbase rate | $6.75 | $54.00 | $39,420 | $39,4201 months · 30% = $11,826 |
| 3 months−3% vs 1-month | $6.55 | $52.40 | $38,252 | $114,7563 months · 30% = $34,427 |
| 6 months−16% vs 1-month | $5.70 | $45.60 | $33,288 | $199,7286 months · 30% = $59,918 |
| 1 year−21% vs 1-month | $5.30 | $42.40 | $30,952 | $371,42412 months · 30% = $111,427 |
| 24 months−27% vs 1-month · our lowest rate | $4.90 | $39.20 | $28,616 | $686,78424 months · 30% = $206,035 |
| on-demand | planned, date TBA — minute-based billing from a prepaid balance; no price published yet | |||
Prices in USD per GPU-hour; a node is 8× B300 SXM 288GB — exact node spec. Reserved terms are take-or-pay: 30% on acceptance of the quote (wire or USDC), the remainder invoiced per the capacity agreement, monthly is standard. Machine-readable: GET /api/v1/pricing.
Reserved B300 pricing vs published reserved rates
| Provider | On-demand | 1 month | 6 months | 1 year | 24 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TheAI Cloud reserved · 1-24 month terms | planned | $6.75 | $5.70 | $5.30 | $4.9030% at signing |
| Verdapublished reserved tiers · source | $7.50 | $7.35 | $7.20 | $6.90 | $5.625full prepayment |
| DigitalOceanGPU Droplets, HGX B300 · source | — | — | — | $7.94 | — |
Published price lists, verified Sep 3, 2026; B300 per GPU-hour; provider names link to the source. Hyperstack and Nebius publish on-demand only. CoreWeave and Lambda quote reserved via sales. AWS Capacity Blocks list at $14.04/GPU·hr. Verda: published 1-year/2-year reserved tiers (full prepayment); on-demand/spot not compared.
One-year reserved at $5.30 is ~23% under Verda's published annual rate and ~33% under DigitalOcean's. Two-year reserved at $4.90 is ~13% under Verda's two-year rate — which requires full upfront payment; ours is 30% at signing. Market context: what ~50 providers quoted us for B300.
NVIDIA H200 — available now
Whole 8× H200 141GB SXM5 nodes in US East, available now. From $3.20/GPU·hr on a 1-year term, $3.45 on 6 months, $3.70 on 3 months — the minimum term. 30% at signing, take-or-pay; written quote within 24 hours. No on-demand H200.
8× H200 141GB SXM5 · 2× Intel Xeon 8558P (48c) · 3TB DDR5 · ~32TB local storage · whole node.
| Term | $ / GPU·hr | $ / node·hr (8 GPUs) | ≈ $ / node·month (730 h) | Term total (8 GPUs, take-or-pay) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 monthsminimum term | $3.70 | $29.60 | $21,608 | $64,8243 months · 30% = $19,447 |
| 6 months−7% vs 3-month | $3.45 | $27.60 | $20,148 | $120,8886 months · 30% = $36,266 |
| 1 year−14% vs 3-month | $3.20 | $25.60 | $18,688 | $224,25612 months · 30% = $67,277 |
H200 vs published rates
| Provider | On-demand | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TheAI Cloud available now · US East · 3 months minimum | — | $3.70 | $3.45 | $3.2030% at signing |
| Verdaon-demand minus published commitment discounts · source | $4.00 | $3.88 | $3.84 | $3.68 |
| DigitalOceanGPU Droplets, HGX H200 · source | $4.47 | — | — | $3.40 |
Published price lists, verified Sep 7, 2026; H200 per GPU-hour; provider names link to the source. Verda: 1-year commitment = 8% off on-demand; its 2-year tier ($3.00, paid fully upfront) is not compared — we offer H200 on 3-12 month terms.
One-year H200 at $3.20 is ~13% under Verda's published annual rate and ~6% under DigitalOcean's 12-month reserved. Request H200 nodes →
How a reservation works
- Request a configuration — nodes, term, target start. Free, no obligation.
- Written quote within 24 hours: site, delivery window, exact spec, rate.
- You accept → 30% prepayment invoice (wire or USDC) locks slot and rate, take-or-pay.
- Delivery → acceptance benchmarks (NCCL over NVLink and InfiniBand NDR, DCGM diag, burn-in) → billing starts.
Pricing FAQ
Is the reservation paid or binding?
Requesting a configuration is free and creates no obligation. Your quote — site, delivery window, spec and rate — comes within 24 hours. A 30% prepayment then locks your slot and rate; from that point the reservation is take-or-pay.
How do I lock my slot and rate?
Request a configuration → written quote within 24 hours → you accept → 30% prepayment invoice (wire or USDC) → slot and rate locked, take-or-pay. Remaining 70% per the agreement, monthly invoicing is standard.
Can I cancel a locked reservation?
A locked reservation is a rental contract, not a hold: the 30% prepayment is credited to your term and is not refunded if you cancel. Until you accept a quote, nothing is owed.
What if the delivery window slips?
If the delivery window in your agreement is missed, you choose: a rate reduction for the delay, or a full refund of the prepayment if the delay is material. Billing never starts before acceptance, and your rate does not move.
What if the cluster doesn't pass acceptance?
Acceptance criteria are written into your agreement before delivery. If the cluster doesn't pass them, the prepayment is refunded in full. The criteria are spec-based until first delivery: nccl-tests all_reduce intra-node over NVLink and inter-node over InfiniBand NDR against bandwidth thresholds, DCGM diagnostics at level 3, and a burn-in run.
What happens at zero balance?
Reserved terms don't run on a balance: you're invoiced per your capacity agreement, and a missed invoice is handled under its payment terms. On-demand, once it opens, will run from a prepaid balance — at zero balance on-demand instances are terminated immediately and drives are wiped, no grace period; we email you at ~24h and ~4h of remaining runway.
How does billing work?
Reserved terms: a 30% prepayment invoice (wire or USDC) after you accept the quote, then monthly invoices per the capacity agreement. Billing starts only after acceptance benchmarks pass. No egress fees. Card top-ups and minute-based billing arrive with on-demand — planned, date TBA.
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