Cerebrium
vs
Nebius
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 GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 36% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 37% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 37% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 30% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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 Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 1 config
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Nebius |
|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Nebius |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
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
|
-- | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Nebius bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | nebius.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 1, 2026.