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Lightning AI

$$$ Premiumfrom $50/mo · Last reviewed August 2026

Lightning AI is the platform from the PyTorch Lightning maintainers: cloud Studios provide GPU-backed development environments in the browser, with training jobs, model serving, and multi-GPU scaling layered on. The PyTorch Lightning and LitServe frameworks are Apache-licensed open source, while the platform is a hosted service. A free plan includes a monthly credit allowance and one active Studio; the paid plan is a flat monthly subscription with more credits and faster GPUs, and team plans are priced per seat.

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Overview

Founded
2019
Pricing tier
High
Startup-friendly
Yes
Enterprise-ready
Yes

ML platform

Free tier
Yes: Free plan: 15 monthly credits, 1 active Studio
Open-source
Yes
Self-hostable
No
Managed training
Yes
Model hosting
Yes
Fine tuning
No
Notebooks
Yes

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