E2E Networks
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from T4 up to B200 on hourly billing
- Committed rates on Hopper and Blackwell GPUs
- SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS certifications
- TIR platform for notebooks, training jobs and endpoints
- 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 | E2E Networks | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | $36.04 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (C3.8GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $70.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 150 GB NVMe (C3.16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $26.33 /mo 250 GB · Smallest volume size | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | 62% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| Object storage | $26.33 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $17.77 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB, 150 ms | -- Not listed | |
| 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
E2E Networks offers 11 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | E2E Networks | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on E2E Networks |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | 19% cheaper on E2E Networks |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on E2E Networks |
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H200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$5.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 15% cheaper on Lightning AI |
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A100
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Lightning AI |
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L40S
1 config · 3 configs
|
$1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on E2E Networks |
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L4
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on E2E Networks |
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T4
1 config · 2 configs
|
$0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 42% cheaper on E2E Networks |
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V100
1 config
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | E2E Networks only |
|
A40
1 config
|
$1.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | E2E Networks only |
E2E Networks bills on-demand and reserved (3 months); Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | E2E Networks | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | AWS and GCP clouds only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | 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 | E2E Networks | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 2 | -- |
| Example customers | CamCom AI, Scootsy, Crownit, Loora, Marsview.ai | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | www.e2enetworks.com | lightning.ai |
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Our data for E2E Networks was last updated on Nov. 2, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.