AWS
vs
CoreWeave
Both rent A100 to GB300 GPUs with object storage. AWS runs hundreds of managed services on six continents, while CoreWeave rents bare-metal nodes under its own Kubernetes service.
What's good about each
- 200+ managed services across compute, storage, databases and AI
- 30+ datacenter locations, including two GovCloud regions
- 100 GB of free egress each month
- Single-GPU T4 up to 8x H200 and B200 nodes
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3a.micro) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $110.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (c6a.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $220.32 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c6a.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | 13% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $37.96 /mo 1 TB | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | 38% cheaper on AWS |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $19.58 /mo 2 vCPU, 1.37 GiB RAM (cache.t3.small, Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $22.34 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $36.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while CoreWeave offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 2 configs
|
$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | 75% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
B200
1 config · 2 configs
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
H200
1 config · 2 configs
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
A100
6 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
GB200
1 config · 1 config
|
$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | $10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
L40S
24 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on AWS |
|
GB300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | -- On request | |
|
L4
30 configs
|
$0.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | AWS | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | -- |
| FedRAMP | High, GovCloud; Moderate in US East-West | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 36 | 55 |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | coreweave.com |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 20, 2026, and for CoreWeave on Sept. 20, 2026.