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Lightning AI Studios

Ch 307.8of 136 Coding Playgrounds
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan · free trial
  3. 3Real-time collaborationYes
  4. 4Private projectsYes
  5. 5Full-stack runtimeYes
  6. 6Deployment optionsfull stack
  7. 7Sharing controlsaccess control
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Overview

Lightning AI Studios is ranked #30 of 136 in coding playgrounds on Specifiction. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.

Lightning AI Studios plans and pricing

All plans
Free Free 1 free active Studio · 50 GB persistent storage · Up to 2 concurrent GPUs lightning.ai · 23 Sept 2026
Pro Not published 200 GB persistent storage · Up to 6 concurrent GPUs lightning.ai · 23 Sept 2026
Teams Not published 2 TB persistent storage · Up to 12 concurrent GPUs lightning.ai · 23 Sept 2026
Enterprise Not published Bring your own AWS or GCP cloud credits · Deploy in your own VPC · 99.95% uptime SLA · SOC 2 Type 2 compliance lightning.ai · 23 Sept 2026
Free Free Up to 30 credits · 1 free active Studio with 4-hour restarts · 50 GB storage limit lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Pro (annual) $20/mo annually 240 annual credits · 1 active Studio with no restarts · 200 GB storage limit lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026

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Facts

Purpose
AI Studio is a persistent, collaborative GPU cloud workspace for training models, running inference, building agents and AI apps, and coding together.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Browser tools
Studios include browser-accessible VS Code and JupyterLab.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
AI copilots
Studios include AI copilots trained to help with AI and machine-learning work, including debugging CUDA and PyTorch.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Persistent environment
Studios automatically save their environment, including installed packages, custom Python versions, and downloaded files.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Integrations
The Studio documentation describes connecting S3 buckets and EFS volumes through Lightning Drive and importing models from Hugging Face and GitHub.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Local development
Users can connect local IDEs such as VS Code, Cursor, and PyCharm over SSH.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Automation
Lightning provides an SDK for automating Studio workflows.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Free tier limit
The pricing page says the free active Studio requires a restart every four hours; Pro and higher have no such restriction.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Security
Lightning says it is SOC 2 compliant for AWS and GCP clouds in all regions.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Private cloud
Enterprise customers can run Lightning Studios in their own VPC and use AWS or GCP cloud credits.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
Support
Lightning lists email, Discord, and Twitter as support channels, and a dedicated Slack channel for enterprise support.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026
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.lightning.ai · 5 Oct 2026

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