Lightning AI Studios
8.5#7 in coding playgroundsFrom $20 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Paperspace Gradient
8.3#1 in deep learning softwareFrom $8 a monthFree planWebAPIExtensionLinux
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| Fact | Lightning AI Studios | Paperspace Gradient |
|---|---|---|
| Company headquarters and size | LinkedIn lists Lightning AI as privately held, headquartered in New York, with 51–200 employees. | Crunchbase lists Paperspace in New York, New York, with 11–50 employees. |
| Deployment options | full_stack | full_stack |
| Documentation depth | Documentation includes platform guides, CLI references, SDK references, AI Studio tutorials, deployment, cluster and organization material. | The documentation includes getting-started guides, how-to articles, concepts, reference material, limits, known issues, support pages, CLI references, and SDK/API examples. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Intended users | The pricing page describes Free for students, researchers, and hobbyists; Pro for developers, researchers, and scientists; and Teams for research labs and small teams. | The pricing page describes plans for beginners and individual ML/AI engineers, data scientists, researchers, teams, research groups, and startups. |
| Private projects | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | AI Studio is a persistent, collaborative GPU cloud workspace for training models, running inference, building agents and AI apps, and coding together. | Gradient is a machine learning platform for developing, tracking, and collaborating on machine learning models. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.5 out of 5 from 4 reviews | Paperspace Core is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 10 reviews. |
Lightning AI Studios plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$20 a month
- Pro (annual)$20 a month
- Pro (monthly)$50 a month
- Teams (annual)$119 a month
- Teams$119 a month
Paperspace Gradient plans
- Free (Individual)Free
- Pro (Individual)$8 a month
- Growth (Individual)$39 a month
- Free (Team)Free
- Pro (Team)$12 a month
- Growth (Team)$39 a month
Pick Lightning AI Studios if…
The Free plan is described for students, researchers and hobbyists. Pro is aimed at developers, researchers and scientists, while Teams is described for research labs and small teams.
Pick Paperspace Gradient if…
Gradient is aimed at people and teams developing or serving machine learning models, including engineers, data scientists, researchers, and startups. Its browser notebooks, collaboration features, and deployment endpoints support different stages of model work.