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Civo vs Hugging Face

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What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Kubernetes clusters deploy in under 90 seconds
  • Simple CLI and API with straightforward tooling
  • Transparent, predictable pricing with no hidden fees
  • GPU infrastructure including NVIDIA B200 for AI training and inference
  • UK-headquartered with data residency options
  • LLM inference with pay-per-token access to open-source models (GPT-OSS-120b, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi-K25) with up to 500k context windows

Hugging Face logo Hugging Face

  • 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

How do Civo's prices compare against Hugging Face?

VM Small

Civo Civo
$5.43 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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VM Medium

Civo Civo
$43.45 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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VM Large

Civo Civo
$86.91 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Block Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Object Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Hugging Face Hugging Face
$18.00 / mo 1 TB (private)

Load Balancer

Civo Civo
$10.86 / mo Single node
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Managed PostgreSQL

Civo Civo
$43.45 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Managed Redis®*

Civo Civo
$20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Free egress allowance

Civo Civo
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Hugging Face Hugging Face
8x the amount of data stored

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Civo Civo
Free and unlimited
Hugging Face Hugging Face
Included within the allowance

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Civo Civo
Hugging Face Hugging Face
H200 $3.49 $5.00 A100 $1.09 $2.50 L40S $1.29 $1.80

Billing Options

Civo Civo
On-DemandReserved (6mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)
Hugging Face Hugging Face
On-Demand

Available Models

Civo offers 5 GPU models, while Hugging Face offers 7.

Civo Civo
H100(10) A100(40) H200(10) L40S(20) B200(3)
Hugging Face Hugging Face
A100(3) RTX PRO 6000(4) H200(4) L40S(3) L4(2) T4(2) A10G(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Civo and Hugging Face offer:

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

Company details

Website
Civo Civo
civo.com
Hugging Face Hugging Face
huggingface.co
Headquarters
Civo Civo
United Kingdom GB flag
Hugging Face Hugging Face
United States of America US flag
Founded
Civo Civo
2015
Hugging Face Hugging Face
2016
Data Center Locations
Civo Civo
5
Hugging Face Hugging Face
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Example Customers
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
Hugging Face Hugging Face
Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 4, 2026, and for Hugging Face on Sept. 4, 2026.