CambridgeNexus
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Whole GB300 NVL72 racks, single tenant
- Reserve capacity for 6 months or more
- Installed within 75 to 90 days of contract
- Tier III datacenters in the United States and Taiwan
- Billed by the second, interruptible machines 50-80% off
- Studios move between its own cloud, AWS, GCP, Lambda and Nebius
- Owned H100, B200 and GB300 fleet in US datacenters
- Bring your own AWS or GCP account and spend cloud credits
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | CambridgeNexus | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Not publicly listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
CambridgeNexus offers 2 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CambridgeNexus | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | CambridgeNexus only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | CambridgeNexus only |
|
H100
4 configs
|
-- | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
A100
8 configs
|
-- | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | CambridgeNexus | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | CambridgeNexus | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| HIPAA | Yes | AWS and GCP clouds only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | CambridgeNexus | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | cambridgenexus.com | lightning.ai |
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Our data for CambridgeNexus was last updated on Oct. 15, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.