Cerebrium
vs
CoreWeave
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 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 | Cerebrium | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | 29% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while CoreWeave offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
H200
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A100
8 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
T4
4 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | CoreWeave only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cerebrium | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Cerebrium | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 55 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | coreweave.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for CoreWeave on Oct. 1, 2026.