Build AI vs Contabo

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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

Contabo

Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
Offers GPUs and object storage too
Available in 9 regions around the world

Price comparison

How do Build AI's prices compare against Contabo?

Example configuration	Build AI	Contabo
VM Small	--	$5.11 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1)
VM Medium	--	$10.79 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2)
VM Large	--	$15.90 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3)
Object Storage	--	$11.31 / mo 1 TB
Free egress allowance	--	10-324 TB per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

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 GPUs

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

Contabo GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S	4x L40S	192GB	64	512GB	$4.51	Source
H100	4x H100	320GB	64	512GB	$11.04	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.