Lightning AI
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lightning AI | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $18.86 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $37.78 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $57.97 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB (Drive) · First 10 GB free | $5.26 /mo 100 GB | 47% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $29.44 /mo 1 TB | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed | 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
Lightning AI offers 8 GPU models, while Utho offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lightning AI | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 9 configs
|
$4.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.18 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
H200
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.59 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
L4
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
H100
4 configs
|
$5.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$9.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lightning AI only |
Lightning AI bills on-demand; Utho bills reserved (36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Lightning AI | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | India |
| Locations | -- | 6 |
| Example customers | Nvidia, Cursor, Cisco, Runway, Supercell, Stability AI, Black Forest Labs | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | lightning.ai | utho.com |
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Our data for Lightning AI was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for Utho on Oct. 28, 2026.