Civo
vs
Shadeform
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
- Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
- You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
- Free to use, zero mark-up fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Shadeform | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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
Civo offers 6 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Shadeform. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Shadeform | Difference |
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$2.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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$0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months). 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 | Civo | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | -- |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
| Website | civo.com | shadeform.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Shadeform on Sept. 18, 2026.