Cloudzy
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- 10+ regions across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia
- Monthly transfer allowance of 1-16 TB
- 40 Gb/s uplinks and NVMe storage on every plan
- GPU plans use full card passthrough, not vGPU or MIG slices
- 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 | Cloudzy | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $52.95 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $99.95 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 350 GB NVMe | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | |
| Egress allowance | 1-16 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited 1-16 TB per instance | 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
Cloudzy offers 4 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudzy | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.93 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 58% cheaper on Cloudzy |
|
A100
6 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5% cheaper on Lightning AI |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
RTX 4090
6 configs
|
$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy 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 |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.50 /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 |
Cloudzy bills on-demand and reserved (1 months); Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cloudzy | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudzy | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| HIPAA | -- | 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 | Cloudzy | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | UAE | USA |
| Locations | 13 | -- |
| Example customers | University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Calgary, University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | cloudzy.com | lightning.ai |
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Our data for Cloudzy was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.