Lyceum
vs
TheAI Cloud
What's good about each
- Data center cards from L40S to Blackwell B300, 1 to 8 per VM
- European datacenters, and prompts and outputs are not stored
- Per-second billing on compute, per-token on inference
- OpenAI-compatible API that plugs into coding agents
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms of 24 or 36 months
- 2TB DDR5 and 30TB NVMe per node
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Lyceum | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- 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
Lyceum offers 7 GPU models, while TheAI Cloud offers 1. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$5.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | $4.70 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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$2.39 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
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$4.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Lyceum only |
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$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum only |
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$6.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum only |
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$1.19 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
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$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum only |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; TheAI Cloud bills reserved (24 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Lyceum | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Lyceum | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | -- |
| Headquarters | Germany | UAE |
| Locations | 2 | 1 |
| Example customers | Enpal, Apheris, Edgeless Systems, Macrocosmos, SONA | -- |
| Website | lyceum.technology | cloud.theai.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for TheAI Cloud on Oct. 22, 2026.