Civo
vs
TensorDock
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
- Marketplace model with competitive pricing
- Pay-per-second billing with no minimum commitments
- No waitlists or quotas for GPU access
- Global coverage across 100+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $10.80 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 50% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $20.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 52% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $41.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 70% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $0.01 /mo 100 GB | 99% cheaper on TensorDock |
| 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, while TensorDock offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | TensorDock | Difference |
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$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on TensorDock |
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$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Civo |
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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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$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
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-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
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-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
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-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
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-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); TensorDock bills on-demand. 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 | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | -- |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Florida State University, Creavite, airgpu, ELBO |
| Website | civo.com | www.tensordock.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for TensorDock on Sept. 18, 2026.