What's good about...

Cerebrium logo Cerebrium

  • Pay-per-second pricing with no cost for idle GPUs
  • Cold start times as low as a few seconds
  • Automatic scaling from zero to thousands of requests
  • Wide range of GPU options from T4 to H200
  • First 100GB storage free

Civo logo Civo

  • Kubernetes clusters deploy in under 90 seconds
  • Simple CLI and API with straightforward tooling
  • Transparent, predictable pricing with no hidden fees
  • GPU infrastructure including NVIDIA B200 for AI training and inference
  • UK-headquartered with data residency options
  • LLM inference with pay-per-token access to open-source models (GPT-OSS-120b, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi-K25) with up to 500k context windows

Price comparison

How do Cerebrium's prices compare against Civo?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$5.43 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$43.45 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$86.91 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
$5.00 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance
Civo Civo
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$10.86 / mo Single node

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$43.45 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
$20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cerebrium Cerebrium
$0.59/hr
Civo Civo
$0.69/hr

Billing Options

Cerebrium Cerebrium
On-Demand
Civo Civo
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

Cerebrium offers 7 GPU models, while Civo offers 5.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Cerebrium Cerebrium
www.cerebrium.ai
Civo Civo
civo.com
Headquarters
Cerebrium Cerebrium
United States of America
Civo Civo
United Kingdom
Founded
Cerebrium Cerebrium
2021
Civo Civo
2015
Data Center Locations
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Civo Civo
5
Example Customers
Cerebrium Cerebrium
Deepgram, Vapi, Tavus, bitHuman
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™

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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Civo on June 23, 2026.