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
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do Build AI's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Build AI
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $3.17 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | -- | $55.02 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | -- | $169.30 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | -- | $23.28 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $21.16 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $10.58 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $63.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $52.90 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
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 UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Build AI
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
Build AI
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2024 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 13 |
| Example Customers | -- | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Build AI
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | trybuild.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Build AI was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for UpCloud on Dec. 3, 2024.