Elastx
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- 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 | Elastx | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $127.61 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $255.21 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $28.58 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | 65% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| Object storage | $70.52 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $184.47 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $184.47 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $38.95 /mo v1-lb-1 | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $50.32 /TB 1 TB external traffic | 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
Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 4 configs
|
$2.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Elastx |
|
A100
2 configs · 8 configs
|
$3.62 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on Lightning AI |
|
L40S
1 config · 3 configs
|
$2.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on Elastx |
|
L4
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Lightning AI |
|
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 |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
Elastx bills on-demand; 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 | Elastx | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | AWS and GCP clouds only |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Elastx | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | elastx.se | lightning.ai |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.