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AWS vs CoreWeave

AWS provides comprehensive cloud services with GPU options, while CoreWeave specializes exclusively in high-performance GPU infrastructure with access to latest NVIDIA hardware.

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

CoreWeave logo CoreWeave

  • Access to latest NVIDIA GPU generations
  • Kubernetes-native cloud platform for easy orchestration
  • Transparent pricing with up to 60% savings on reserved capacity
  • Purpose-built for AI and ML workloads

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against CoreWeave?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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VM Large

Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Block Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Object Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Managed PostgreSQL

Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Managed Redis®*

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Serverless 25M Executions

Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Amazon Web Services AWS
CoreWeave CoreWeave
H100 $6.88 $6.16 B200 $14.24 $8.60 H200 $7.91 $6.30 RTX PRO 6000 $4.14 $2.50

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
CoreWeave CoreWeave
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while CoreWeave offers 10.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) RTX PRO 6000(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
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CoreWeave CoreWeave
H100(2) A100(2) RTX PRO 6000(3) H200(2) L40S(2) B200(2) B300(1) L40(2) GB200(1) GH200(1)

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and CoreWeave offer:

Service AWS CoreWeave
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
CoreWeave CoreWeave
coreweave.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America US flag
CoreWeave CoreWeave
United States of America US flag
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
CoreWeave CoreWeave
2017
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
CoreWeave CoreWeave
13
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
CoreWeave CoreWeave
Jane Street, OpenAI, MistralAI, NovelAI

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for CoreWeave on Aug. 30, 2026.