GPU cloud with AI Studios from the PyTorch Lightning creators
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Compute is billed by the second from prepaid credits, with free credits and one free 4-CPU Studio on every plan. Interruptible machines cut GPU rates by 50-80%.
| Price point | Configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Block storage 100 GB (Drive) First 10 GB free | 100 GB (Drive) First 10 GB free | $10.00 /mo |
| Egress | Not publicly listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Each card leads with a per GPU per hour rate. We prefer configurations the provider reports as in stock, on-demand rates before reserved or spot, then take the lowest per-GPU rate among those.
We match the GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.
Lightning AI lists 8 GPU models across 30 configurations, including the H100, B200 and RTX PRO 6000. Prices start at $0.55 /GPU/hr on demand.
No GPU models match .
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price. See Lightning AI's pricing.
Lightning AI is a GPU cloud headquartered in New York, founded in 2019 by the creators of PyTorch Lightning, for AI researchers and enterprise teams. It merged with Voltage Park in January 2026, which claims to own 36,000-plus Nvidia GPUs across seven US datacenters.
Studios are browser development environments with SSH access that attach a GPU and move between the Lightning cloud, AWS, GCP, Lambda and Nebius. Clusters run SLURM or Kubernetes, and deployments serve models with autoscaling.
Example customers include Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs. More here.
Lightning AI offers 4 of the 27 services we track.
Lightning AI covers 3 of the 6 compliance frameworks we track.
| Framework | Level | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only | lightning.ai | |
| HIPAA AWS and GCP clouds only | AWS and GCP clouds only | lightning.ai | |
| GDPR | lightning.ai |
Heads up: Each row links to the provider's own statement, checked on the date shown. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it.
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Our data for Lightning AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026.
