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
Hetzner
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
Price comparison
How do Build AI's prices compare against Hetzner?
| Example configuration |
Build AI
|
Hetzner
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $4.77 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22) |
| VM Medium | -- | $8.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32) |
| VM Large | -- | $20.65 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42) |
| Block Storage | -- | $5.49 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $5.29 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $6.73 / mo LB11 |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 1-60 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | $1.06 €1 / TB |
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 |
Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEX44 | 1x RTX4000 | 20GB | 14 | 64GB | $0.37 | Source |
| GEX130 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 24 | 128GB | $1.69 | 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 Hetzner offer:
| Service |
Build AI
|
Hetzner
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
Build AI
|
Hetzner
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 2024 | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 6 |
| Example Customers | -- | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
|
Build AI
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Hetzner
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | hetzner.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Data Center Locations | 6 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Hetzner on Dec. 3, 2024.