Hugging Face vs Lightning AI
As of , Hugging Face and Lightning AI each list the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 6 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H200: Hugging Face $5.00 (aws) vs Lightning AI $4.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.50 (10%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Hugging Face |  Lightning AI | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 56 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $5.00 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $4.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 (10%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA H100 80GB (form factor not stated) median $3.95 · 27 providers · lowest FlexAI $2.10 GPU only | $4.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $5.45 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.95 (17%) | Hugging Face |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $2.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.85 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.65 (26%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.52 · 42 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.80 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $3.54 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.74 (49%) | Hugging Face |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 24 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.80 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $0.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.01 (1%) | Lightning AI |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.57 · 18 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.40 Spaces hardware captured Deploy ↗ | $0.55 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.15 (27%) | Hugging Face |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Hugging Face and Lightning AI, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA H200: Hugging Face $5.00 (aws) vs Lightning AI $4.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.50 (10%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 80GB (form factor not stated): Hugging Face $4.50 (aws) vs Lightning AI $5.45 per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $0.95 (17%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Hugging Face $2.50 (aws) vs Lightning AI $1.85 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.65 (26%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Hugging Face $1.80 (aws) vs Lightning AI $3.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $1.74 (49%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: Hugging Face $0.80 (aws) vs Lightning AI $0.79 per GPU-hour on-demand — Lightning AI is $0.01 (1%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Hugging Face $0.40 (Spaces hardware) vs Lightning AI $0.55 per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $0.15 (27%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: