Lightning AI
vs
Oblivus
What's good about each
- 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
- Unmetered bandwidth, up to 100 Gb/s per node
- Reservation terms of 1-36 months
- ISO 27001, SOC 1/2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant datacenters
- 3x replicated NVMe network storage
- Datacenters in Canada, Norway and the United States
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lightning AI | Oblivus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $83.52 /mo 4 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x4) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $167.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (INTEL_XEON_x8) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | $11.09 /mo 100 GB | 10% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| Egress | Not publicly listed | Free and unlimited |
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
Lightning AI offers 8 GPU models, while Oblivus offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lightning AI | Oblivus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 42 configs
|
$5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Oblivus |
|
B200
1 config · 1 config
|
$9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 15% cheaper on Oblivus |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 8 configs
|
$4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 44% cheaper on Oblivus |
|
H200
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 18% cheaper on Lightning AI |
|
A100
8 configs · 39 configs
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5% cheaper on Oblivus |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oblivus only |
|
RTX 4090
28 configs
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Oblivus only |
Lightning AI bills on-demand; Oblivus bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lightning AI | Oblivus |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lightning AI | Oblivus |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only | Type II, data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | AWS and GCP clouds only | Data centers only |
| GDPR | 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 | Lightning AI | Oblivus |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 3 |
| Example customers | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs | Stanford University, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University, University of Sydney, Bittensor, Akash, Prime Intellect, Shadeform, Strong Compute, RunComfy, VNG |
| Website | lightning.ai | oblivus.com |
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Our data for Lightning AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Oblivus on Oct. 28, 2026.