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Civo vs FluidStack

Civo is a cloud provider offering a wide range of managed services including GPUs. FluidStack specializes in GPUs for AI training and inference.

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Civo

Easy to use, uncomplicated cloud platform
Everything you need in a single platform, from databases to GPUs to object storage to instances
Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
Very competitive pricing, free egress

FluidStack

Deploy GPU workloads without having to manage infrastructure
Affordable prices, wide range of GPU options
Clusters can be reserved to lock-in savings
24/7 support with a 15-minute response time

Price comparison

How do Civo's prices compare against FluidStack?

Example configuration	Civo	FluidStack
VM Small	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	--
VM Medium	$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	--
VM Large	$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	--
Block Storage	$10.00 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer	--
Load Balancer	$10.00 / mo Single node	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	--
Managed Redis®*	$20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free and unlimited	--

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S Medium	1x L40S	48GB	8	64GB	$1.79
A100-40 Small	1x A100	40GB	8	64GB	$1.79
A100-80 Small	1x A100	80GB	12	128GB	$2.38
L40S Medium (2x)	2x L40S	96GB	16	128GB	$3.57
A100-40 Medium	2x A100	80GB	16	128GB	$3.57
A100-80 Medium	2x A100	160GB	24	256GB	$4.76
L40S Large	4x L40S	192GB	32	255GB	$7.14
A100-40 Large	4x A100	160GB	32	255GB	$7.14
A100-80 Large	4x A100	320GB	48	512GB	$9.52
L40S Extra Large	8x L40S	384GB	64	512GB	$14.29
A100-40 Extra Large	8x A100	320GB	64	512GB	$14.29
A100-80 Extra Large	8x A100	640GB	96	1024GB	$19.05
H100	1x H100	80GB	--	--	On Request
GH200	1x GH200	96GB	--	--	On Request

FluidStack offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia A4000	1x A4000	16GB	36	128GB	$0.40
Nvidia A5000	1x A5000	24GB	36	128GB	$0.55
Nvidia A40	1x A40	48GB	32	128GB	$0.60
Nvidia A6000	1x A6000	48GB	48	128GB	$0.80
Nvidia L40	1x L40S	48GB	32	48GB	$1.25
Nvidia A100 PCIe 40GB	1x A100	40GB	32	128GB	$1.65
Nvidia A100 PCIe 80GB	1x A100	80GB	48	256GB	$1.80
Nvidia H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	48	256GB	$2.89

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Civo and FluidStack offer:

Service	Civo	FluidStack
Block Storage		--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer		--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Civo	FluidStack
Website	civo.com	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2015	2017
Data Center Locations	5	4
Example Customers	TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway

	Civo
Website	civo.com
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2015
Data Center Locations	5
Example Customers	TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™

	FluidStack
Website	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway