What's good about...

Build AI logo 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

Build AI logo Thunder Compute

  • Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
  • Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
  • Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.

Price comparison

How do Build AI's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Example configuration Build AI Thunder Compute
Block Storage -- $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 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 GPUs

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

Thunder Compute GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
Tesla T4 1x T4 16GB 4 32GB $0.27 Source
A100 (40GB) 1x A100 40GB 4 32GB $0.57 Source
A100 (80GB) 1x A100 80GB 4 32GB $0.78 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB 4 32GB $1.47 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 Thunder Compute offer:

Service Build AI Thunder Compute
Block Storage --
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Kubernetes --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Build AI
Website trybuild.ai
Headquarters United States of America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Founded 2024
Data Center Locations 1
Example Customers --
Thunder Compute
Website thundercompute.com
Headquarters United States of America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Founded 2024
Data Center Locations 1
Example Customers KronosAI, Abbvie

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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Thunder Compute on June 7, 2025.