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Civo vs Thunder Compute

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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

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

How do Civo's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

VM Small

Civo Civo
$5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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VM Medium

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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VM Large

Civo Civo
$86.91 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Block Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 100 GB
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included

Object Storage

Civo Civo
$10.00 /mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Load Balancer

Civo Civo
$10.86 /mo Single node
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Managed PostgreSQL

Civo Civo
$43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Managed Redis®*

Civo Civo
$20.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Civo Civo
Free and unlimited
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Civo Civo
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100 $2.99 $3.20 A100 $1.09 $1.09

Billing Options

Civo Civo
On-DemandReserved (6mo)Reserved (12mo)Reserved (24mo)Reserved (36mo)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Civo Civo
H100(10) H200(10) A100(40) L40S(20) B200(3) B300(4)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(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.

Which services do they offer

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

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

Company details

Website
Civo Civo
civo.com
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Civo Civo
United Kingdom GB flag
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Founded
Civo Civo
2015
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Civo Civo
5
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
1
Example Customers
Civo Civo
Oxford University, Orbital Materials, TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 11, 2026.