Lightning AI
vs
Sevalla
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
- Supports auto-deploy on git push, Docker image deployments, autoscaling, background workers, hibernation and more
- Fully managed platform: containers, databases, caches, and static sites
- Apps and databases run in locations on five continents, static sites on 260+ edge locations
- No seat based pricing, only usage based
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lightning AI | Sevalla | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM (CPU optimized C1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Standard S4) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16GB RAM (Standard S5) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | $30.00 /mo 100 GB | 67% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $175.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 50 GB (Database 4 + 30 GB add-on) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $34.00 /mo 2GB RAM (Database 2) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (static sites) | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB |
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. We don't currently list GPU prices for Sevalla.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lightning AI | Sevalla |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | AWS and GCP clouds 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 | Sevalla |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 25 |
| Example customers | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs | Smart11, Imaginary Space, Talentblocks, ClearEstate |
| Website | lightning.ai | sevalla.com |
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Our data for Lightning AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Sevalla on Sept. 22, 2026.