Build AI vs Replicate

Build AI helps you save on compute costs when training your AI models. Replicate makes it easy to run inference workloads.

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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

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

Build AI's Pricing

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

Replicate's Pricing

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia T4	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.81	Source
Nvidia A40 (Small)	1x A40	48GB	4	16GB	$2.07	Source
Nvidia A40 (Large)	1x A40	48GB	10	72GB	$2.61	Source
Nvidia A100 (40GB)	1x A100	40GB	10	72GB	$4.14	Source
Nvidia A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	10	144GB	$5.04	Source
2x Nvidia A40 (Large)	2x A40	96GB	20	144GB	$5.22	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	2x A100	80GB	20	144GB	$8.28	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	2x A100	160GB	20	288GB	$10.08	Source
4x Nvidia A40 (Large)	4x A40	192GB	40	288GB	$10.44	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	4x A100	160GB	40	288GB	$16.56	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	4x A100	320GB	40	576GB	$20.16	Source
8x Nvidia A40 (Large)	8x A40	384GB	48	680GB	$20.88	Source
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	8x A100	640GB	80	960GB	$40.32	Source

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Build AI and Replicate offer:

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

Company details

	Build AI	Replicate
Website	trybuild.ai	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2024	2019
Data Center Locations	1	--
Example Customers	--	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

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

	Replicate
Website	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2019
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro