What's good about...
Fal.ai
- Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
- Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Offers both serverless GPU instances
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
| Example configuration |
Fal.ai
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:
- GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
- Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.
Fal.ai GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | -- | -- | $0.60 | Source |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $0.99 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $1.89 | Source |
| H200 | 1x H200 | 141GB | -- | -- | $2.10 | Source |
| B200 | 1x B200 | 184GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
Thunder Compute GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
| A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
| A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Fal.ai and Thunder Compute offer:
| Service |
Fal.ai
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers |
Company details
|
Fal.ai
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | fal.ai | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2021 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example Customers | PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Fal.ai
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | fal.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra |
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Fal.ai was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for Thunder Compute on June 12, 2025.