What's good about...
Build AI
- Cost efficient, save up to 50% on GPU costs
- Predictable interruptions during peak energy hours
- Offers high-performance Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs
- Powered by renewable energy
Heroku
- As easy as it gets if you just want to deploy a Git repo
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
How do Build AI's prices compare against Heroku?
| Example configuration |
Build AI
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
| VM Medium | -- | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
| VM Large | -- | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 2 TB / mo per app |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | Not publicly listed |
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 | |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | 15 | 200GB | $1.42 | |
| A100 (spot) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 30 | 225GB | $1.45 | |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 80GB | 30 | 225GB | $1.97 | |
| H100 (spot) | 1x H100 | 80GB | 26 | 225GB | $2.79 | |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 26 | 225GB | $3.85 | |
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 of the managed services that Build AI and Heroku offer:
| Service |
Build AI
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Build AI
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example Customers | -- | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
|
Build AI
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Sept. 7, 2024, and for Heroku on Aug. 15, 2024.