TheAI Cloud
vs
Thunder Compute
What's good about each
- Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
- Reserved terms of 24 or 36 months
- 2TB DDR5 and 30TB NVMe per node
- Per-minute billing, nothing charged while an instance is stopped
- Per-second GPU sandboxes, each its own Firecracker microVM
- MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
- 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | TheAI Cloud | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $21.90 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited |
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
TheAI Cloud offers 1 GPU model, while Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | TheAI Cloud | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
2 configs
|
$4.70 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | TheAI Cloud only |
|
H100
4 configs
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Thunder Compute only |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Thunder Compute only |
|
L40
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
TheAI Cloud bills reserved (24 or 36 months); Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | TheAI Cloud | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers |
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 | TheAI Cloud | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2024 |
| Headquarters | UAE | USA |
| Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | NYU Langone Health, MIT, ETH Zürich, UC Berkeley, Theseus, Conduit, InstaLILY |
| Website | cloud.theai.com | www.thundercompute.com |
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Our data for TheAI Cloud was last updated on Oct. 23, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 23, 2026.