Dear Users,
Greetings!
As the Southeast Asia compute rental market develops rapidly, GPU cloud server spot rental prices in regions such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia have been fluctuating frequently.
Market demand for a standardized, transparent reference benchmark for compute spot prices is increasingly prominent. Southeast Asia has become the first stop for Chinese enterprises going global, where new and under-construction projects have formed clustering effects.
To fill the market gap for Southeast Asia compute spot price references and help both overseas-expanding and local market participants better grasp compute cost trends and reduce information asymmetry, following thorough market research, methodology validation, and technical development, SMM will officially launch the "SMM Southeast Asia Compute Rental Retail Price" data point starting from September 1, 2026, with daily updates on each working day.
The specifics are explained below:
I. Data Point Overview
The newly added data point is the SMM Southeast Asia Compute Rental Retail Price, covering the retail-dimension price reference of Southeast Asia's public compute rental market.
II. SMM Southeast Asia Compute Rental Retail Price
2.1 Product Positioning
The SMM Southeast Asia Compute Rental Retail Price is a direct -price data point launched this time. It selects the real-time retail prices from representative compute platforms under each price point, providing a direct reference for market participants to compare.
2.2 Coverage
Regions: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia;
Models: Covers mainstream GPU models such as NVIDIA H100, H200. The specific model scope is subject to the price data actually captured by the technical team, and will be dynamically updated as the source coverage expands;Pricing unit: USD/GPU-hour (USD/card-hour).
2.3 Price Point Naming Rules
prices are published as standardized price points. The naming format is: SMM-{Model}-{Memory}-{Spec Tier}-{Commitment}-{Region}-Retail Examples: SMM-H100-80G-WholeServer-OnDemand-Singapore-Retail, SMM-H100-80G-WholeServer-OnDemand-Malaysia-Retail; model-summary level: SMM-H100-Retail-ALL. Here {Spec Tier} denotes the hardware form factor (e.g., WholeServer), and {Commitment} denotes the billing and resource-commitment mode, with values: OnDemand, Preemptible, 1YrCommit, 3YrCommit.
2.4 Price Description
prices follow each platform's public real-time retail caliber; the price range (Low ~ High) reflects the distribution of market retail prices. Pricing unit: USD/GPU-hour (USD/card-hour).
III. Usage Notes and Disclaimers
3.1 Use Cases Overseas compute cost estimation, cross-region price comparison between Singapore/Malaysia, benchmark for spot vs.long-term contract pricing, overseas site selection, etc.
3.2 Important Notes
This data point is a reference for public spot retail prices, excluding customized, hosting, and off-market compute prices;
The price range (Low ~ High) reflects the distribution of market retail prices. Actual transaction prices may deviate from this range due to factors such as supply-demand dynamics, bargaining power, contract terms, and cross-border compliance;
The two-tier aggregated data at the spec-tier summary and model-summary levels have higher coverage and are recommended as the primary reference; complete price-point-level data has a higher missing-collection rate—see the review document for details;
SMM will continuously optimize source coverage and calculation methods, and gradually expand to more models and regions in the future;
If you have needs for data correction, price verification, or new source recommendations, please contact the SMM Compute Research Team.
IV. Contact If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us through the following:
SMM Compute Research Team Email: fangwenda@smm.cn; liuxiaolei@smm.cn
Tel: 021-51666821
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