Nebius
vs
TheAI Cloud
Both rent B200 and B300 GPUs. Nebius rents H100 to GB300 cards self-serve with spot pricing, managed Kubernetes and object storage, while TheAI Cloud rents whole 8-GPU bare metal nodes on reserved terms.
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms from 1 to 24 months
- 400G InfiniBand per GPU on B300 nodes
- 3TB DDR5 per node, up to 32TB local NVMe
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Nebius | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | -- 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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while TheAI Cloud offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | TheAI Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config · 5 configs
|
$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.30 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | Different terms |
|
B200
1 config · 5 configs
|
$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | Different terms |
|
H100
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Nebius only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot; TheAI Cloud bills reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Nebius | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
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 | Nebius | TheAI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | -- |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | UAE |
| Locations | 10 | 1 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | -- |
| Website | nebius.com | cloud.theai.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 3, 2026, and for TheAI Cloud on Oct. 3, 2026.