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AWS vs Crusoe

AWS offers GPU instances as part of its extensive cloud platform, while Crusoe specializes specifically in AI-optimized infrastructure. AWS provides broader cloud services but Crusoe offers more specialized AI infrastructure.

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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

Crusoe logo Crusoe

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Crusoe?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Crusoe Crusoe
--

VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Crusoe Crusoe
--

VM Large

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

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Crusoe Crusoe
--

Object Storage

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

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

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

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

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

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Crusoe Crusoe
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Crusoe Crusoe
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Crusoe logo Crusoe Pricing Details

Crusoe offers flexible pricing with on-demand, spot, and reserved options for GPU instances. Longer-term commitments (6-month to 3-year) provide cost savings. CPU instances are priced per core with different performance tiers available. Detailed machine specifications are available in their documentation.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Amazon Web Services AWS
Crusoe Crusoe
H100 $6.88 $3.90 H200 $7.91 $4.29 A100 $2.74 $2.00 L40S $1.86 $1.50

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Crusoe Crusoe
On-DemandSpotReservation

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Crusoe offers 5.

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)
View all 18 GPUs →
Crusoe Crusoe
H100(3) A100(7) H200(3) L40S(7) MI300X(3)

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 Crusoe offer:

Service AWS Crusoe
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
Crusoe Crusoe
crusoe.ai
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America US flag
Crusoe Crusoe
United States of America US flag
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Crusoe Crusoe
2018
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Crusoe Crusoe
5
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Crusoe Crusoe
Decart, MIT, Together.ai, Windsurf, Gridspace

Alternatives to consider

Compare AWS and Crusoe against other cloud providers.

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 28, 2026, and for Crusoe on Aug. 28, 2026.