Cyfuture AI
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Wide accelerator range spanning NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel
- No ingress or egress fees
- Five Tier III data centers across India, with all data kept in-country
- Reserved commitments discount on-demand rates by up to roughly 50%
- 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 | Cyfuture AI | 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
Cyfuture AI offers 9 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cyfuture AI | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
16 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Cyfuture AI |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 42% cheaper on Cyfuture AI |
|
A100
16 configs · 8 configs
|
$2.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Lightning AI |
|
L40S
16 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 58% cheaper on Cyfuture AI |
|
B300
12 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Cyfuture AI only |
MI300X
16 configs
|
$1.62 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Cyfuture AI only |
|
V100
16 configs
|
$0.38 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | Cyfuture AI only |
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B200
1 config
|
-- | $9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
Cyfuture AI bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cyfuture AI | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Vector Databases |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cyfuture AI | 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 | Cyfuture AI | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 5 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | cyfuture.ai | lightning.ai |
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Our data for Cyfuture AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.