Northflank

Northflank GPU pricing overview

Northflank is a specialist GPU cloud provider headquartered in London, UK. Northflank is a developer-focused PaaS platform offering GPU compute (L4, A100 40GB, A100 80GB, H100 80GB, RTX PRO 6000) alongside managed containers, CI/CD pipelines, databases, and cron jobs — all in one platform. GPU instances are available on-demand in US and EU regions. The platform is designed for teams that want to run GPU workloads as part of a broader application stack without managing raw cloud infrastructure. A strong choice for ML engineers who want GPU compute tightly integrated with deployment, scheduling, and application services. Billing is On-demand with a minimum commitment of None. Available regions include US, EU. GPU instances can be provisioned on-demand, making Northflank suitable for both short-duration experiments and sustained production workloads.

Northflank vs other GPU providers

Northflank competes with providers including Lambda Labs, CoreWeave, RunPod, Paperspace, Vast.ai, and the major hyperscalers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) for GPU compute workloads spanning LLM training, fine-tuning, and inference serving. Key differentiators include: GPU compute integrated with PaaS — containers, CI/CD, databases in one platform; H100 80GB and RTX PRO 6000 availability; US and EU regions. Use the side-by-side comparison tool above to see Northflank pricing against any other provider across shared GPU models. For a broader market view, the live GPU prices table shows all 5 Northflank listings alongside 91+ providers in a single sortable view.

Best use cases for Northflank

Northflank is best suited for: ML engineers wanting GPU + application platform in one product, Teams running GPU workloads alongside web services and databases, Startups wanting managed GPU infrastructure without cloud ops overhead, EU and US teams needing flexible GPU PaaS. Support tiers range from Standard → Enterprise, making it viable for both individual researchers and enterprise teams with SLA requirements. There are currently 5 active GPU listings on Northflank, covering L4, A100 40GB, A100 80GB, H100 80GB and more. H100 SXM5 instances with NVLink interconnect are commonly used for large-scale training workloads. A100 40GB and RTX 4090 instances are frequently used for fine-tuning and inference of smaller models.

Northflank billing model and cost structure

Northflank uses On-demand pricing. Spot pricing is not currently available on this provider — all instances are on-demand. Reserved instance pricing may be available for predictable long-running workloads — check the provider's pricing page for current committed-use rates. Always compare the effective hourly rate including egress, storage, and networking costs when evaluating total cost of ownership across providers.

Choosing the right GPU on Northflank

GPU selection depends on model size, precision, and whether your workload is compute-bound or memory-bandwidth-bound. For LLM training above 30B parameters, H100 80GB SXM5 instances with NVLink are the standard choice — high HBM3 bandwidth and FP16 throughput make them well-suited for large transformer workloads. For inference of 7B–13B models in FP16 or BF16, A100 40GB is a common choice on many providers. RTX 4090 instances are widely used for fine-tuning, prototyping, and quantized inference (INT4/INT8) of models up to 70B. Read the H100 vs A100 guide or the GPU benchmarks for ML guide for a full breakdown.

How Northflank pricing data is collected

Prices shown are sourced from Northflank's public pricing API or pricing page and refreshed every 15 minutes. On-demand rates reflect the current list price for a single GPU instance in the cheapest available region. Spot prices, where available, reflect interruptible instance rates at the time of the last snapshot. All prices are in USD per hour. Daily snapshots are kept in our history archive and visualised in the GPU price history charts — useful for identifying seasonal pricing patterns and evaluating whether current rates are above or below the 30-day average.

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