What's good about...
Build AI
- Cost efficient, claims to save up to 50% on GPU costs
- Predictable interruptions during peak energy hours
- Offers high-performance Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs
- Powered by renewable energy
RunPod
- Affordable GPUs in various configurations
- Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
- Available in 30+ regions across the world
Price comparison
How do Build AI's prices compare against RunPod?
| Example configuration |
Build AI
|
RunPod
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
| VM Medium | -- | $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
| VM Large | -- | $172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
| Block Storage | -- | $10.00 / mo $0.10 / GB / mo 100 GB |
| 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 | |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | 15 | 200GB | $1.42 | |
| A100 (spot) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 30 | 225GB | $1.45 | |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 80GB | 30 | 225GB | $1.97 | |
| H100 (spot) | 1x H100 | 80GB | 26 | 225GB | $2.79 | |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 26 | 225GB | $3.85 | |
RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX3070 | 1x RTX3070 | 8GB | 16 | 31GB | $0.13 | |
| A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 4 | 17GB | $0.17 | |
| A4500 | 1x A4500 | 20GB | 4 | 29GB | $0.19 | |
| A4000 Ada | 1x A4000 | 20GB | 4 | 31GB | $0.20 | |
| A30 | 1x A30 | 24GB | 8 | 31GB | $0.22 | |
| A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 4 | 24GB | $0.22 | |
| RTX4090 | 1x RTX4090 | 24GB | 7 | 24GB | $0.44 | |
| A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 9 | 50GB | $0.47 | |
| A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 50GB | $0.49 | |
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 12 | 62GB | $0.79 | |
| A6000 Ada | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 14 | 62GB | $0.79 | |
| MI250 | 1x MI250 | 128GB | -- | -- | $0.90 | |
| L40 | 1x L40S | 48GB | 16 | 250GB | $0.99 | |
| A100 PCIe | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 83GB | $1.19 | |
| A100 SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | 16 | 125GB | $1.94 | |
| H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 176GB | $2.69 | |
| H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 125GB | $2.99 | |
| MI300X | 1x MI300X | 192GB | 24 | 283GB | $3.99 | |
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 of the managed services that Build AI and RunPod offer:
| Service |
Build AI
|
RunPod
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
Build AI
|
RunPod
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai | www.runpod.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 24 |
| Example Customers | -- | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu |
|
Build AI
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
RunPod
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.runpod.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Data Center Locations | 24 |
| Example Customers | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu |
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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Sept. 25, 2024, and for RunPod on Sept. 25, 2024.