Hyperstack
vs
Lightning AI
What's good about each
- No egress or ingress fees
- SR-IOV networking up to 350 Gb/s in Canada and the US
- Free Kubernetes master and load balancer nodes
- GB200 and GB300 NVL72 clusters on reservation
- SOC 2 Type 2 audited
- 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 | Hyperstack | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | $252.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (n1-cpu-small) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $468.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (n1-cpu-medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $6.97 /mo 100 GB SSD | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | 30% cheaper on Hyperstack |
| Object storage | $13.97 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Hyperstack offers 9 GPU models, while Lightning AI offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hyperstack | Lightning AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
17 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Hyperstack |
|
B200
2 configs · 1 config
|
$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Hyperstack |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.85 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Hyperstack |
|
H200
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Hyperstack |
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A100
14 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on Hyperstack |
|
B300
1 config
|
$7.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Hyperstack only |
|
RTX A6000
9 configs
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
|
L40
9 configs
|
$0.70 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- | Hyperstack only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lightning AI only |
Hyperstack bills on-demand, spot and reserved; Lightning AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Hyperstack | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Hyperstack | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, NexGen Cloud (operator) | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only |
| 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 | Hyperstack | Lightning AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs |
| Website | www.hyperstack.cloud | lightning.ai |
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Our data for Hyperstack was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Lightning AI on Oct. 28, 2026.