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Hugging Face vs Thunder Compute

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What's good about...

Hugging Face logo Hugging Face

  • Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
  • Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
  • AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
  • Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • Offers fast GPUs at low prices, including A100 and H100 instances
  • Simple, pay-as-you-go, transparent pricing model
  • Customizable instance specs (CPUs, RAM, disk)

Price comparison

How do Hugging Face's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Block Storage

Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$10.00 / mo 100 GB · $0.1 per GB/month

Object Storage

Hugging Face Hugging Face
$18.00 / mo 1 TB (private)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Free egress allowance

Hugging Face Hugging Face
8x the amount of data stored
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hugging Face Hugging Face
Included within the allowance
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Hugging Face Hugging Face
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
A100 $2.50 $1.09

Billing Options

Hugging Face Hugging Face
On-Demand
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Hugging Face Hugging Face
A100(3) RTX PRO 6000(4) H200(4) L40S(3) L4(2) T4(2) A10G(4)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hugging Face and Thunder Compute offer:

Service Hugging Face Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Object Storage

Company details

Website
Hugging Face Hugging Face
huggingface.co
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Hugging Face Hugging Face
United States of America US flag
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Founded
Hugging Face Hugging Face
2016
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Example Customers
Hugging Face Hugging Face
Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 4, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 4, 2026.