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Cerebrium vs Thunder Compute

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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

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • Offers fast GPUs at low prices, including A100 and H100 instances
  • Simple, pay-as-you-go, transparent pricing model
  • Customizable instance specs (CPUs, RAM, disk)

Price comparison

How do Cerebrium's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

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
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$10.00 / mo 100 GB · $0.1 per GB/month

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Cerebrium Cerebrium
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100 $2.21 $3.19 A100 $1.45 $1.09

Billing Options

Cerebrium Cerebrium
On-Demand
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Cerebrium offers 7 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Cerebrium Cerebrium
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(1) L4(1) A10(1) T4(1)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

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

Here are some managed services that Cerebrium and Thunder Compute offer:

Service Cerebrium Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers

Company details

Website
Cerebrium Cerebrium
www.cerebrium.ai
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Cerebrium Cerebrium
United States of America
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America
Founded
Cerebrium Cerebrium
2021
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Example Customers
Cerebrium Cerebrium
Deepgram, Vapi, Tavus, bitHuman
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Aug. 22, 2026.