Atlas Cloud
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- 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 | Atlas Cloud | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $76.51 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $147.14 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $294.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.44 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | 13% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| Object storage | $100.45 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | 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
Lightning AI offers 8 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Atlas Cloud.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Atlas Cloud | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | AWS and GCP clouds only |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Atlas Cloud | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | lightning.ai |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.