Cerebrium
vs
Hugging Face
Both run GPU containers on A100 to RTX PRO 6000 cards. Cerebrium bills vCPU and memory separately from the GPU by the second, while Hugging Face Jobs bundles CPU, RAM and disk into one rate.
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
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Hugging Face | 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 | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 8x the amount of data stored | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Included within the allowance |
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 Hugging Face offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A100
8 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Hugging Face |
|
L4
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
T4
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Hugging Face |
|
H100
4 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A10
4 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cerebrium | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Functions |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cerebrium | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Enterprise plan only |
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 | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | huggingface.co |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Hugging Face on Sept. 24, 2026.