What's good about...

Build AI logo 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

Build AI logo Heroku

  • 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 Bandwidth is soft limited per app (2 TB / mo)

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

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 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
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 Oct. 7, 2024, and for Heroku on Nov. 12, 2024.