AceCloud
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- Billed by the second, interruptible machines 50-80% off
- Studios move between its own cloud, AWS, GCP, Lambda and Nebius
- Owned H100, B200 and GB300 fleet in US datacenters
- Bring your own AWS or GCP account and spend cloud credits
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AceCloud | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | 10% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Not publicly listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
28 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
H200
24 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
A100
9 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
L40S
20 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.87 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 37% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
L4
15 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX A6000
11 configs
|
$0.85 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AceCloud | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | AWS and GCP clouds only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AceCloud | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | acecloud.ai | lightning.ai |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.