Free / Open-sourceThe AI cloud built by the creators of PyTorch Lightning
Free / Open-sourceThe AI cloud built by the creators of PyTorch Lightning

12 alternatives to Lightning AI (Grid.ai), matched by what they do.
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| ● | Lightning AI (Grid.ai) | grid.ai | 10.31K | -192 (-1.8%) | Usage-based / Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.4 | Profile |
| 1 | Lightning AI | lightning.ai | 272.56K | -38.07K (-12.3%) | Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 2 | RunPod | runpod.io | 2.88M | 161.49K (+5.9%) | Paid | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 3 | Nebius | nebius.com | 1.15M | 110.83K (+10.7%) | Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.5 | Compare |
| 4 | Vast.ai | vast.ai | 1.26M | 34.24K (+2.8%) | Paid | United States | 4.6 | Compare |
| 5 | Thunder Compute | thundercompute.com | 102.15K | -41.66K (-29%) | Paid (per-minute instances, per-second sandboxes) | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 6 | FluidStack | fluidstack.io | 154.62K | 10.49K (+7.3%) | Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 7 | TensorDock | tensordock.com | 19.69K | -5.98K (-23.3%) | Paid | United States | 4.2 | Compare |
| 8 | Modal | modal.com | 1.2M | 277.18K (+30.2%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.8 | Compare |
| 9 | Massed Compute | massedcompute.com | 11.75K | -21.03K (-64.1%) | Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.2 | Compare |
| 10 | Cirrascale | cirrascale.com | 27.19K | 4.05K (+17.5%) | Paid | United States | 4.2 | Compare |
| 11 | Salad | salad.com | 713.52K | 67.49K (+10.4%) | Free Trial, Paid, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.3 | Compare |
| 12 | Lium | lium.io | 58.48K | -9.45K (-13.9%) | Paid | United States | 4.3 | Compare |
Free / Open-sourceThe AI cloud built by the creators of PyTorch Lightning
Free / Open-sourceThe AI cloud built by the creators of PyTorch Lightning
The AI developer cloud for GPU pods, serverless inference and clustering
An AI-native cloud built from silicon to API for training, tuning, and serving models
An AI-native cloud built from silicon to API for training, tuning, and serving models
Rent cloud GPUs by the second from a global marketplace
Rent cloud GPUs by the second from a global marketplace

Low-cost cloud GPUs with per-minute instances and per-second sandboxes for AI workloads.
Low-cost cloud GPUs with per-minute instances and per-second sandboxes for AI workloads.

Gigawatt-scale AI compute, built and operated end to end

Rent cloud GPUs on demand for up to 80% less than hyperscalers
Rent cloud GPUs on demand for up to 80% less than hyperscalers
Free / Open-sourceServerless cloud infrastructure for AI and data workloads
Free / Open-sourceServerless cloud infrastructure for AI and data workloads

Rent NVIDIA cloud GPUs by the hour — or at cluster scale
Rent NVIDIA cloud GPUs by the hour — or at cluster scale

Private AI cloud for training and inference workloads
Private AI cloud for training and inference workloads

Free / Open-sourceDistributed GPU cloud that orchestrates the world's idle consumer GPUs
Free / Open-sourceDistributed GPU cloud that orchestrates the world's idle consumer GPUs

Agent-first GPU cloud: rent NVIDIA pods by the second from your terminal or API
Agent-first GPU cloud: rent NVIDIA pods by the second from your terminal or API