Build AI vs Civo

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Build AI

Cost efficient, claims to save up to 50% on GPU costs
Predictable interruptions during peak energy hours
Offers Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs

Civo

Offers many managed services, from databases to GPUs to object storage to containers
Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
Competitive pricing, free egress

Price comparison

How do Build AI's prices compare against Civo?

Example configuration	Build AI	Civo
VM Small	--	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
VM Medium	--	$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
VM Large	--	$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM
Block Storage	--	$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Load Balancer	--	$10.00 / mo Single node
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Managed Redis®*	--	$20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	Free and unlimited

What makes Build AI's pricing stand out is that you can run your workload on interruptible GPUs (spot) and save up to 50% of the cost. They claim interruptions last about 2 hours per day, which makes them particularly suited for training workloads.

If you require guaranteed uptime, non-interruptible GPUs can be reserved on their platform too.

Build AI offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
A100 (spot)	1x A100	40GB	15	200GB	$1.05	Source
A100	1x A100	40GB	15	200GB	$1.42	Source
A100 (spot)	1x A100	80GB	30	225GB	$1.45	Source
A100	1x A100	80GB	30	225GB	$1.97	Source
H100 (spot)	1x H100	80GB	26	225GB	$2.79	Source
H100	1x H100	80GB	26	225GB	$3.85	Source

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S Medium	1x L40S	48GB	8	64GB	$1.79	Source
A100-40 Small	1x A100	40GB	8	64GB	$1.79	Source
A100-80 Small	1x A100	80GB	12	128GB	$2.38	Source
L40S Medium (2x)	2x L40S	96GB	16	128GB	$3.57	Source
A100-40 Medium	2x A100	80GB	16	128GB	$3.57	Source
A100-80 Medium	2x A100	160GB	24	256GB	$4.76	Source
L40S Large	4x L40S	192GB	32	255GB	$7.14	Source
A100-40 Large	4x A100	160GB	32	255GB	$7.14	Source
A100-80 Large	4x A100	320GB	48	512GB	$9.52	Source
L40S Extra Large	8x L40S	384GB	64	512GB	$14.29	Source
A100-40 Extra Large	8x A100	320GB	64	512GB	$14.29	Source
A100-80 Extra Large	8x A100	640GB	96	1024GB	$19.05	Source
H100	1x H100	80GB	--	--	On Request	Source
GH200	1x GH200	96GB	--	--	On Request	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some managed services that Build AI and Civo offer:

Service	Build AI	Civo
Block Storage	--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer	--
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL	--
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Managed Redis®*	--
Object Storage	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Build AI	Civo
Website	trybuild.ai	civo.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2024	2015
Data Center Locations	1	5
Example Customers	--	TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™