Lightning AI Studios
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What both publish
| Fact | Lightning AI Studios | Replit |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | Lightning AI says founder William Falcon started the company in 2019 with Luis Capelo when it was called Grid.ai. | 2016 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The Studio documentation describes connecting S3 buckets and EFS volumes through Lightning Drive and importing models from Hugging Face and GitHub. | Listed integrations include OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Perplexity, Replit Auth, Firebase Auth, Google OAuth, Stripe, PayPal, Slack, Twilio, Telegram, Airtable, Google Analytics, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Dropbox. |
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
Replit plans
- StarterFree
- Replit Core$18 a month
- Replit Pro$90 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
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 Replit if…
Replit suits people who want to create software through prompts and chat, as well as developers seeking a browser-based cloud coding and collaboration environment. Its stated aim is to make software creation accessible beyond programmers.