Lightning AI
vs
Thalassa Cloud
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
- European cloud with data residency in the Netherlands
- Full Terraform support and API-first platform
- Billed by the minute, with monthly invoicing in Euro
- Direct engineer support in Dutch and English
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lightning AI | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $9.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $121.22 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $246.62 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | $19.75 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 49% cheaper on Lightning AI |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $24.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.54 /mo HA Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed | -- Not 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
Lightning AI offers 8 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Thalassa Cloud.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lightning AI | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lightning AI | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II, AWS and GCP clouds only | -- |
| 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 | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs | ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide |
| Website | lightning.ai | thalassa.cloud |
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Our data for Lightning AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Sept. 18, 2026.