Database Mart
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Large selection of VPS and dedicated GPUs
- Affordable pricing and generous free egress allowance
- Regularly offers GPUs at a discount
- US-based data centers and 24/7 customer support
- 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 | Database Mart | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.99 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $12.99 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 140 GB SSD | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $23.99 /mo 8 vCPU, 18 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB extra SSD space | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | Identical |
| PostgreSQL | $12.99 /mo 3 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 32 TB per instance 100 Mbps (shared) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB Upgrade to 320 TB, 1 Gbps (shared) | 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
Database Mart offers 24 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Database Mart | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.92 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
A100
12 configs · 8 configs
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX 5090
12 configs
|
$0.58 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
RTX 4090
8 configs
|
$0.51 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
V100
8 configs
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
RTX A6000
12 configs
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart 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 |
Database Mart bills reserved (1, 3, 12 or 24 months); Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Database Mart | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Database Mart | 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 | Database Mart | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | -- |
| Example customers | EscrichSoft, Zavanti, SparqData | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | www.databasemart.com | lightning.ai |
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Our data for Database Mart was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.