Build AI vs Lambda Labs

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
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

Lambda Labs

Offers high-performance GPUs such as the Nvidia H100, H200, and GH200
Easy to use dashboard and competitive prices
Private cloud available (isolated, physical access)

Price comparison

How do Build AI's prices compare against Lambda Labs?

Example configuration	Build AI	Lambda Labs
Block Storage	--	$20.00 / mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo
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

Lambda Labs offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
1x RTX6000	1x RTX 6000	24GB	14	46GB	$0.50	Launch
1x A10	1x A10G	24GB	30	200GB	$0.75	Launch
1x A6000	1x A6000	48GB	14	100GB	$0.80	Launch
1x A100 SXM	1x A100	40GB	30	200GB	$1.29	Launch
2x A6000	2x A6000	96GB	28	200GB	$1.60	Launch
1x H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	26	200GB	$2.49	Launch
2x A100	2x A100	80GB	60	400GB	$2.58	Launch
Nvidia GH200	1x GH200	96GB	64	432GB	$3.19	Source
4x A6000	4x A6000	192GB	56	400GB	$3.20	Launch
8x V100	8x V100	128GB	92	448GB	$4.40	Launch
4x A100	4x A100	160GB	120	800GB	$5.16	Launch
8x A100	8x A100	320GB	124	1800GB	$10.32	Launch
8x H100 SXM	8x H100	640GB	208	1800GB	$23.92	Launch
Nvidia H200 SXM	8x H200	1128GB	224	--	On Request	Source
B200	8x B200	1440GB	224	--	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 Lambda Labs offer:

Service	Build AI	Lambda Labs
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Kubernetes		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Build AI	Lambda Labs
Website	trybuild.ai	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2024	2012
Data Center Locations	1	15
Example Customers	--	Microsoft, Airbus, Covariant, Comma.ai, Samsung, Pika

	Build AI
Website	trybuild.ai
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2024
Data Center Locations	1
Example Customers	--

	Lambda Labs
Website	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	15
Example Customers	Microsoft, Airbus, Covariant, Comma.ai, Samsung, Pika