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
Render
- Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
- Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
- Generous free tier
Price comparison
How do Build AI's prices compare against Render?
| Example configuration |
Build AI
|
Render
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| VM Medium | -- | $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| VM Large | -- | $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| Block Storage | -- | $25.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB |
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 Render offer:
| Service |
Build AI
|
Render
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Build AI
|
Render
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai | render.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 4 |
| Example Customers | -- | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
|
Build AI
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Render
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | render.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Render on Nov. 12, 2024.