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TheAI Cloud vs Zenlayer

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What's good about...

TheAI Cloud logo TheAI Cloud

  • Bare metal nodes with root access, no virtualization
  • Per-minute billing, no minimum order
  • Reserved terms of 1-12 months
  • NVLink 5 and InfiniBand for multi-node training

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do TheAI Cloud's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$11.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$52.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$104.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month

TheAI Cloud logo TheAI Cloud Pricing Details

TheAI Cloud offers two billing models:

  • Pay-as-you-go: billed per minute against a prepaid balance, with no minimum order. Opens with capacity in Q4 2026.
  • Reserved: terms of 1-12 months, with longer commitments priced lower. 30% prepayment required.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
$5.30/hr
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$0.56/hr

Billing Options

TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
On-DemandReserved (3mo)Reserved (1mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (6mo)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
On-Demand

Available Models

TheAI Cloud offers 2 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1.

TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
B300(5) GB300(4)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
T4(2)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that TheAI Cloud and Zenlayer offer:

Service TheAI Cloud Zenlayer
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
cloud.theai.com
Zenlayer Zenlayer
cloud.zenlayer.com
Headquarters
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
United Arab Emirates
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America
Founded
TheAI Cloud TheAI Cloud
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
22
Example Customers
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Our data for TheAI Cloud was last updated on Aug. 3, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Aug. 3, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now